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Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901.
In 1918, the Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard built an impressive 18 destroyers, 10 submarines and six merchant ships. Altogether, the yard built 71 destroyers during World War I, more than all the other U.S. shipyards combined. Bethlehem Fore River even built a destroyer, the USS Reid, in a record-breaking 45.5 days.
Numerous famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. A partial list is below. The date in parentheses indicates the date the ship was commissioned by the U.S. Navy , and not the date of its launch.
NameYard No.TypeOwner107108109110404' 7-Masted Coal SchoonerCoastwise Transportation Co.Plans, business records, and photographs from a major twentieth century commercial and naval shipyard. Bethlehem Steel’s Fore River Shipyard was founded in 1884 by Thomas A. Watson, who previously worked with Alexander Graham Bell on telephone technology, as the Fore River Engine Company.
Nov 19, 2023 · From Dec. 7, 1941 until the end of the war, Fore River Shipyard built 92 naval vessels of 11 different types; the most notable types being the battleship, carrier, heavy and light cruisers, and destroyers for which the yard has been known.
Bethlehem Steel's shipyard in Quincy MA was started by Alexander Graham Bell's famous assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in 1886, as The Fore River Engine Company. It was originally located in East Braintree but soon moved to Quincy and became The Fore River Ship & Engine Company.
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Archives, photos, and film documenting the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts in the late 20th century.
