Legacy Vault
Established in 2020 and in celebration of Maine’s bicentennial, The BIW Legacy Vault is an archive of photographs, plans and ephemera that chronicles our contribution to American shipbuilding and celebrates the unique place that BIW holds for the people of our state and our country.
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Post War America – 1940
BIW Structural Fabrication Facility (Harding) is built in East Brunswick, ME
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Great Depression and WW II – 1939-1946
BIW delivered 89 destroyers to the US Navy (19% of DDs built during WWII)
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Great Depression and WW II – October 21, 1936
LAMSON
On Oct. 21, 1936, the Bath-built USS Lamson (DD-367) was commissioned. It was the fastest destroyer built for the U.S. Navy at the time, with a top speed at trials…
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