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Bethlehem Steel - Beaumont Shipyard
Records
AC -050
General Type. Records Physical
Description: 9 Folders
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1988
Donor: Richard Blackinton
The Beaumont Shipyard was established in 1917 as the Beaumont
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The Shipyard later became the
Pennsylvania Shipyard, the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, and finally
Trinity Industries. For a complete and concise history of the
shipyard please see William T. Faucett, The Shipyard at Beaumont,
Tex 523.8 Fau. Related manuscript collections include AC -131 and
The Pennship Log Newsletter (AC -073) .
This Collection consists of a list of ships constructed by The
Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, including construction data arranged in
chronological order. Information includes year, hull, dimensions,
type, name, owner, and launch date. The material was prepared by
the Central Technical Department of the BSC shipbuilding Division.