![]() ![]() ![]() Over the next six years, New York Shipbuilding Corporation would play a vital role in constructing the largest and most powerful Navy in history. However, the urgent naval construction needs of America and its Allies now required that New York Ship convert its entire production capability to building new naval warships. Before WWII, New York Ship had been a major builder of civilian vessels during its first 43 years in business. The United States Navy began a massive new warship building program to meet the growing threat from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. A further nine were converted during construction to light fleet carriers (CVL) of the famous “Independence Class,” all of which were completed at New York Ship. ![]() More than twenty were actually built, seven at New York Ship alone. The first in a planned series of fifty cruisers, the “Cleveland Class” were easily the largest single cruiser group ever built to one design. The hull of the 10,000 ton light cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-55), seen on the ways in Camden, NJ. ![]()
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