




USS Chester (CL-1), which launched in 1907, was one of the first two U.S. Navy vessels to have a steam turbine engine, placing it at the cutting edge of naval…



Progressive Era – September 21, 1906
USS Georgia (BB-15), which launched in 1904, is the only Bath-built battleship and was the largest ship built on the Kennebec until the 1960s. During sea trials, Georgia achieved 19.26…



Progressive Era – April 20, 1901
BIW awarded a subcontract to the William T. Donnell Shipyard in Bath, Maine, to build/launch the wooden hull. Vessel was towed to BIW to have the steam propulsion machinery installed…









Industrialization – December 31, 1898
Ship was built in 1894 by Harland & Wolff Shipyard (Belfast, Ireland); the contract issued to BIW in 1898 was to convert the existing vessel into a troop transport ship…


1898
On February 7, 1898, BIW delivered Light Vessel #71, a copper sheathed, steel framed light ship that was eventually stationed off Diamond Shoal in North Carolina. In World War I,…



Industrialization – October 15, 1897
Ship was delivered in 1890 by John A. Dialogue (Camden, New Jersey); the contract issued to BIW in 1897 was for repair work only (due to accidental grounding in Penobscot…



