,_on_20_January_1943_(BS_85616).jpg) HMS Calder (K349) under construction as USS Formoe (DE-58), with USS Foss (DE-59) on the right at the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard. | |
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 1941 in Hewitts Cove, Weymouth Back River, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Defunct | 1945 |
Number of employees | 23,000 |
| Parent | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Footnotes / references 42°15′5.37″N 70°55′3.55″W / 42.2514917°N 70.9176528°W | |
The Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard of Hingham, Massachusetts, was a shipyard in the United States from 1941 until 1945. Located on Weymouth Back River, it was owned by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company and operated by the nearby Fore River Shipyard. During the three and a half years that the yard was operational, it produced 277 ships,[1] including a destroyer escort delivered in 23 days.[2]
- ^ "The History of Hingham Shipyard – From the documentary Remembering the Hingham Shipyard". Hingham Shipyard Marinas. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Rines, Lawrence S.; Sarcone, Anthony F. "A History of Shipbuilding at Fore River". Thomas Crane Public Library. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.