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.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
WW1 and Roaring 20s – January 20, 1919
BUCHANAN
Launched in 1919, Bath-built USS Buchanan (DD-131) would come to an interesting fate. In 1940, the ship was given to the United Kingdom to support the war effort and renamed…
-
-
-
-
WW1 and Roaring 20s – July 22, 1918
WICKES
Lead ship of a class of 111 ships, of which many served until 1945
-
-
WW1 and Roaring 20s – 1917
BIW is sold to a syndicate of Maine investors upon the death of John Hyde
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
