William Cramp & Sons

The William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by the American industrialist William Cramp and quickly became the most prominent U.S. iron yard of the 19th century.

History

The American Ship & Commerce Corporation bought the yard in 1919, but closed it again in 1927, as the 1923 adopted by the U.S. Navy Naval Limitations Treaty had stopped the further upgrading. 1940 awarded by the U.S. Navy for $ 22 million orders for cruisers and submarines.

The yard closed in 1947 and the site on the Delaware River to a commercial area. At the shipyard limited to a the chimneys of the power supplier Philadelphia Electric Company and on the other side of the industrial group Reading Company.

Known projects

• The Valencia, an American passenger steamer ( put into service in 1882 )
• The sister ships St. Louis and St. Paul, ocean liners of the American Line ( commissioning in 1895 )
• The sister ships Finland and Kroon land, ocean steamers of the Red Star Line ( commissioning in 1902 )
• Indiana, the first battleship of the U.S. Navy ( putting on November 20, 1895)
• The Kasagi, a Japanese -protected cruisers (delivered on October 24, 1898)
• The Varyag, a Russian protected cruiser ( putting on 2 January 1901)
• The Retwisan, a Russian ship of the line (delivered on 23 March 1902)
• The Oklahoma City, a light cruiser of Galveston -Class ( putting on 22 December 1944)
• The Little Rock, a light cruiser of the Cleveland class ( commissioning on June 17, 1945), now a museum ship