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http://destroyerhistory.org/destroyers/federal/

Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. was originally located at Kearny Point, Kearny, New Jersey on the west bank of the Hackensack River, about three miles from today’s Newark International Airport. A subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, it was organized in 1917 for the construction of steel ocean-going vessels.

From 1930 through the last of the Gearing class, Federal built more destroyers than any other builder except Bath Iron Works, including the lead ships of the Somers, Benham, Fletcher, Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes. Federal’s Gearings were built at a separate facility, completed during the war, at Port Newark, New Jersey.

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Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. was originally located at Kearny Point, Kearny, New Jersey on the west bank of the Hackensack River, about three miles from today’s Newark International Airport. A subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, it was organized in 1917 for the construction of steel ocean-going vessels.

That shipyard will get a mention in our lead story next Saturday.