Baltimore-class Cruiser
The ''Baltimore''-class heavy cruisers were a large class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy commissioned during and shortly after World War II.The ''Baltimore''-class were the largest cruisers of World War II by tonnage. Fourteen ''Baltimore''s were completed, more than any other class of heavy cruiser (the British had 15 vessels planned, but only 13 completed), along with three ships of the sub-class. The ''Baltimores'' also were the first cruisers in the US Navy to be designed without the limitations of the London Naval Treaty. Fast and heavily armed, the ''Baltimore'' cruisers were mainly used in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in battle groups from air attack. Additionally, their main guns and secondary guns were regularly used to bombard land targets in support of amphibious landings. After the war, only six ''Baltimore''s (''St. Paul'', ''Macon'', ''Toledo'', ''Columbus'', ''Bremerton'', and ''Helena'') and two ''Oregon City''-class shi ...
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For most of the 20th century, it was one of the world's largest steel producing and shipbuilding companies. At the height of its success and productivity, the company was a symbol of American manufacturing leadership in the world, and its decline and ultimate liquidation in the late 20th century is similarly cited as an example of America's diminished manufacturing leadership. From its founding in 1857 through its 2003 dissolution, Bethlehem Steel's headquarters and primary steel mill manufacturing facilities were based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. The company's steel was used in the construction of many of America's largest and most famed structures. Among major buildings, Bethlehem produced steel for 28 Liberty Street, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, and the Wa ...
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