Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard

Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.
IndustryShipbuilding
FoundedDecember 1941; 82 years ago (1941-12) in Hewitts Cove, Weymouth Back River, Hingham, Massachusetts
Defunct1945 (1945)
Number of employees
23,000
ParentBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Footnotes / references
42°15′5.37″N 70°55′3.55″W / 42.2514917°N 70.9176528°W / 42.2514917; -70.9176528

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]

  1. ^ "The History of Hingham Shipyard – From the documentary Remembering the Hingham Shipyard". Hingham Shipyard Marinas. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ^ 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.