Defoe Shipbuilding Company
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1976
- Usage: 1941 - 1976
- Usage: 1905 - 1941
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Advertising sketch for a Defoe 118-foot Cruisemaster
Mock-up sketch of an advertisment for one of the largest consumer-grade boats available for Defoe Shipbuilding Company.
Basic specifications for the yacht CRESCEUS
Basic particulars of the yacht CRESCEUS during the time of its ownership by F.W. Defoe.
Defoe Shipbuilding Company and Bay City Boats, Inc., scrapbook
A scrapbook created by F.W. Atkins of Defoe Shipbuilding Company, and later, the spinoff company Bay City Boats, Inc. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, advertisements, and many photographs of yachts and pleasure craft built by the two companies.
Miscellaneous naval architectural drawings collection
This collection contains naval architectural drawings held by the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes that were not created by the American Shipbuilding Company or Great Lakes Engineering Works. The dates covered are 1867-1992.
Promotional material for the yachts ROBARK, YOREDA, BONNY II, VERONA-J, OLIVE K., and MARNELL
Written descriptions and photographs for six yachts built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in the late 1920s.
Shipyard layout and building schedules
General arrangement of the Defoe shipyard in Bay City, MI. Includes legend.
Summary of photos taken of the USS CRONIN (DE-704)
A handwritten list of the photographs taken of the USS CRONIN when newly completed in 1944.
The Defoe Rollover
A periodical created and published by the employees of the Defoe Shipbuilding Company with information on company status, contributions to the war effort, and extracurricular activities.
Welding procedures and sequence for steamer A.H. FERBERT
Instructional materials for welding for the steamer A.H. FERBERT during its conversion to oil-burning and automated boilers in 1971.
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Subject
- Shipbuilding -- Michigan -- Bay City 5
- Yachts and yachting 3
- Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America) 2
- Boatbuilding -- Michigan -- Bay City 1
- Buckley Class (Destroyer escorts) 1
- Docks -- Great Lakes Region (North America) 1
- Dry docks 1
- Naval architecture -- Designs and plans 1
- Recreational boating -- Great Lakes (North America) 1
- Shipbuilding -- Great Lakes (North America) 1
- Shipyards -- Great Lakes Region (North America) 1
- Welding 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States 1
More about 'Defoe Shipbuilding Company'
Also known by the following names:
- Defoe Boat & Motor Works