Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard

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industrial facility shipyard

Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard was a major World War II-era American shipbuilding facility in Baltimore, Maryland, known for its mass production of Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.

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Label Occurrences
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ
associatedWith Liberty ship program NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victory ship program NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor Allied war effort ⓘ
United States Maritime Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtForPurpose rapid construction of standardized cargo ships ⓘ
category Industrial history of Baltimore ⓘ
World War II shipyards of the United States ⓘ
contributedTo U.S. industrial mobilization in World War II ⓘ
rapid wartime ship construction ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employedDuringPeak tens of thousands of workers ⓘ
endDate 1945 ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
heritage part of Baltimore’s industrial and maritime history ⓘ
historicalRole supporting Allied supply lines ⓘ
industry shipbuilding ⓘ
locatedIn Baltimore ⓘ
Baltimore Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
locatedInTime World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Brooklyn neighborhood of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Curtis Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn site of former Fairfield Farms ⓘ
notableFor mass production of Liberty ships ⓘ
mass production of Victory ships ⓘ
operatedBy Bethlehem Steel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Bethlehem Steel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Bethlehem Shipbuilding Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. wartime shipbuilding program ⓘ
product Liberty ships NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victory ships ⓘ
cargo ships ⓘ
transport vessels ⓘ
regionServed Atlantic theater logistics ⓘ
startDate 1941 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
strategicImportance major East Coast shipbuilding center ⓘ
successorUse largely dismantled post-World War II ⓘ
timePeriod early 1940s ⓘ
usedTechnology assembly-line style ship construction ⓘ
prefabrication of hull sections ⓘ
workforceIncludes African American workers ⓘ
women ⓘ

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Victory ships → builtAt → Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard ⓘ
subject surface form: Victory ship
Liberty ships → builtAt → Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberty ship