WW2 Era Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation Employee Badge/Pin #267. This nice old badge is silver tone and measures approximately 3/4 tall. It has a working pin back and clasp and was made by Whitehead & Hoag. It shows light signs of age/wear and is in good vintage condition. Please note: Pictures are magnified for better viewing, please refer to measurement for actual size. New England Shipbuilding Corporation. Located in the city of. The yard originated as two separate entities, the. Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation. And the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation , which were created in 1940 and 1941 respectively, in order to meet the demand created by. The two merged in 1943, then continued to produce ships as the New England Shipbuilding Corporation’s East Yard and West Yard. New England Shipbuilding ranked 97th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. Both closed at the end of the war. The two yards built 266 ships: 154 in the East Yard, 112 in the West Yard. The first 30 East Yard ships were. The remaining ships were of the. Design, derived from the. Class, and were built for the. United States Maritime Commission. Among them was the. Mass launching of five ships on August 16, 1942. Five of the British Ocean ships, hulls 1924. Ocean Gallant , were launched along with two destroyers. At a record breaking mass launching on August 16, 1942. The ships were launched by flooding the construction basins and towing them to the fitting out docks, all within fifteen minutes. At the peak of production, the yards employed 30,000 people. If you encounter a problem, please let us know so we can rectify the matter. Our home is a non-smoking, pet-free environment. Please see our other auctions for more vintage pins and other small treasures. The free listing tool. The item “WW2 Era Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation Employee Badge/Pin #267″ is in sale since Wednesday, August 19, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Other Naval Collectibles”. The seller is “threelittlelambs” and is located in Castaic, California. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.
