Dravo Corporation
Encyclopedia
Dravo Corporation was a shipbuilding
company with shipyard
s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and Wilmington, Delaware
. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh during the 1890s.
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
company with shipyard
Shipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh during the 1890s.
Facilities
- Neville Island shipyard, Pittsburgh - Started 1919, Constructed LST's during World War II employing 16,000, closed 1982.(40.510°N 80.117°W)
- Wilmington Shipyard, Delaware, Employed 10,500 during World War II, constructing Destroyer escortDestroyer escortA destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...
s. Now closed. (39.730°N 75.561°W)
External links
- Dravo - Wilmington
- Bethlehem - Wilmington (Prior activity before Dravo.
- Dravo - Pittsburgh
- Final Remedial action for cleanup at Wilmington
- Historical Marker