Dravo Corporation was a shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891.[1] The corporation became "public" issuing stock and listed on the exchange in 1936 and in 1998 was bought out by Carmeuse for $192 million ($277.8 million today).[2] On March 5, 1942 it became the first corporation to receive the Army-Navy "E" Award for outstanding war time production.[3] Dravo ranked 72nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[4]
Facilities[]
- Neville Island shipyard, Pittsburgh - Started 1919, Constructed LST's during World War II employing 16,000, closed 1982.(40°30′36″N 80°07′01″W / 40.510°N 80.117°W)
- Wilmington Shipyard, Delaware, Employed 10,500 during World War II, constructing Destroyer escorts. Now closed. (39°43′48″N 75°33′40″W / 39.730°N 75.561°W)
External links[]
- Dravo - Wilmington
- Bethlehem - Wilmington (Prior activity before Dravo.
- Dravo - Pittsburgh
- Final Remedial action for cleanup at Wilmington
- Historical Marker
References[]
- ↑ http://www.clpgh.org/research/pittsburgh/history/ww2/wwm.html
- ↑ http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=19980915fac
- ↑ http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=hswpead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-QQS-MSS288
- ↑ Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.619
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