Froemming Brothers

USS Allentown (PF-52) built at Froemming Brothers, underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 August 1944. She is painted in Measure 32/16D dazzle camouflage.
USS Chatham (AK-169), built at Froemming Brothers, departing an island port in the Pacific, in 1945.
A V4-M-A1 tug, in New York July 1943
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Froemming Brothers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was a shipyard that built ships for World War II under the emergency shipbuilding program, War Shipping Administration and United States Navy. Froemming Brothers shipyard was opened in 1942 by Ben Froemming (1902-1945). Froemming Brothers closed after the war in 1945, after building 26 ships. The shipyard was located on the north side of the Kinnickinnic River. The shipyard had 2,400 workers in three shifts. In 1945 it was sold to Wagner Iron Works and later sold to the Milwaukee Marine Yacht. The site today is Horny Goat Marina, Blue Max Charters and Clete Long Enterprises. The shipyard was in Bay View, Milwaukee neighborhood at 43°00′31″N 87°54′42″W / 43.008597°N 87.911697°W / 43.008597; -87.911697.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Froemming Bros".
  2. ^ "Remember When...warships were built in Milwaukee?". content.mpl.org.
  3. ^ "When Milwaukee Went to War: Part 7 – War Memorial Center". warmemorialcenter.org.