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UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF SHIPS,
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF U.S. SHIPYARDS, 1943-1945 (COCHRANE COLLECTION)

Bureau of Ships, Aerial Photographs of U.S. Shipyards, 1943-1945
(Cochrane Collection)

-- First Naval District

The First Naval District included Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The photographs for the First Naval District were in three binders.

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-- First Naval District, Vol. 1.

• 01-1-1, Bath Iron Works, Inc., Bath, Maine. Photo no. BA 342435 dated 22 May 1945. Then building DD.
  
• 01-1-2, Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass. Photo no. BA 303655 dated 23 Feb 1945. Then building LST, APD.
  
• 01-1-3, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Atlantic Works), East Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303675 dated 5 Mar 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 01-1-4, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Atlantic Works), East Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303678 dated 5 Mar 1945. Same.
  
• 01-1-5, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Simpson Plant), East Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303665 dated 5 Mar 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 01-1-6, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Simpson Plant), East Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303668 dated 5 Mar 1945. Same.

-- First Naval District, Vol. 2.

• 01-2-1, Bethlehem Steel Co. (Fore River), Quincy, Mass. Photo no. BA 303664 dated 28 Feb 1945. Then building CA, CL, CV, DD.
  Formerly Fore River Ship & Engine Co. (to 1913).
  
• 01-2-2, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303681 dated 20 Feb 1945. Then building SS, LSD, APB, APL, YF.
  
• 01-2-3, Boston Navy Yard, Chelsea Annex, Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303673 dated 4 Feb 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 01-2-4, New England S.B. Corp., South Portland, Maine. Photo no. BA 272951 dated 20 Nov 1944. Then building EC2.
  This firm was the product of a merger in 1943 of South Portland S.B. (at bottom) and Todd-Bath Iron S.B. (immediately above it).

-- First Naval District, Vol. 3.

• 01-3-1, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Photo no. BA 303689 dated 21 Feb 1945. Then building SS.
  
• 01-3-2, Richmond Shipbuilding Corp., South Gardiner, Maine. Photo no. BA 272958 dated 2 Dec 1944. Derelict MC yard.
  This yard built three wooden B3-F1 type oceangoing barges for the Maritime Commission, the last being delivered in February 1944.
  
• 01-3-3, U. S. Naval Dry Docks, South Boston Annex, Boston, Mass. Photo no. BA 303697 dated 20 Feb 1945. Repair yard.
  
• 01-3-4, Walsh-Kaiser Company, Inc., Providence, R.I. Photo no. BA 338106 dated 9 Jul 1945. Then building S4-SE2-BE1 (AKA-22).

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