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The Atlantic Basin Iron Works was an engineering company based in Brooklyn, New York, which was active from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The company specialized in ships repairs and conversions, and is probably best known for its conversion of steamships for military use during World War II.
Company history
[edit]Ships
[edit]- 2 asterisks = already on wp
- american legion[1] [2] [3]
- avery island[4]
- tranquility[5]
- wheatland[6]
- apollo[7]
- taconic[8]
- general a w greely[9]
- mormactide/lyon[10] [11]
- peninsula state / joseph t. dickman[12] [13]
- baxter[14]
- mormacyork / anne arundel[15]
- del santos / thurston[16]
- iriquois / solace[17]
- amerika / america / edmund b alexander[18] [19]
- gulf dawn / big horn[20]
- cristobal[23] pretty much done on newspapers.com; launch date[24]
- excelsior[25]
- pan america / hunter liggett[26]
- president buchanan[27]
- fairland[32]
- robin sherwood[33]
- george washington carver / dogwood[34]
- emily h m weder[35]
- seminole[36]
reflist
[edit]- diesel engine repairs etc 1919[42]
- minor army transport repairs, 4 pges, year 1901[43]
- 3 piers 1943?[44]
- WWI shipping board work, several pages[45]
- $1 million anval contraxcts WWI[46]
- $1 million in navy ship repairs to sep 1942[47]
- 1941 gov contract[48]
- apollo sub tender 1943[49] also avery island and baxter
- proprietor 1900[50]
- founded by morans 1890, bought by blair, plant and equipment 1947[51]
- founded 1898? Shields, Mulhearn, Moran partners, Shields president 1902-21 - htrust
- francis mulheran original proprietor? - 1900 nyt
- 80 workers 1900 - htrust
- patrol remodelled 1900 - nyt
- 1900 repairs outfitting of army transport wright - htrust
- abiw, morse ca. 1901 government contracts - htrust
- 1908 corner imlay and summit streets - htrust
- 109 employees 1913 - htrust
- rivetting record may 1918 - nyt
- new forge shop, location, 1918 - htrust
- bigger ad 1918 - htrust
- brief company description 1920 - htrust
- 1920 lessees of van brunt street pier - htrust
- john a moran president (1926) -nyt
- 1932 president john a moran - nyt
- repairs to wright 1900[52] [53]
- tranquility images[54]
- santa barbara former grace liner to transport aug 1940 - fhistory
- jul 1941 santa barbara overhaul - fhistory
- summary wartime labour dispute - htrust
- facilities upgrades 1941 - htrust
- 1941 solace commission at ABIW - fhistory
- army-navy E award 5% companies february 1946 fhistory
- brazil bid july 1946 fultonhistory
- 1953 annual overhaul of bluejacket - nyt
- Hospital ships of World War II : an illustrated reference to 39 United States military vessels / by Emory A. Massman. state lib
- Great passenger ships of the world / [by] Arnold Kludas 1977 stat lib