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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CHESTER
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…
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Progressive Era – 1905
John S. Hyde, eldest son of General Hyde, purchases BIW from bankruptcy court
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Progressive Era – September 21, 1906
GEORGIA
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…
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Progressive Era – April 20, 1901
HOCKOMOCK
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…
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Industrialization – December 31, 1898
GRANT
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…
