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USS Mimosa (AN-26)
USS ''Mimosa'' (AN-26/YN-21) was an ''Aloe''-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets. Built in Cleveland, Ohio ''Mimosa'' (YN 21) was laid down 15 October 1940 by American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio, launched 15 March 1941, sponsored by Miss Alin Woehrman, and placed in service 28 October 1941. World War service East coast operations Exiting the Great Lakes via the Welland Canal and the St. Lawrence River, ''Mimosa'' proceeded by short sailings down the U.S. East Coast. At the end of the year, with the United States at war, she steamed from Jacksonville, Florida, to bolster the defenses of the high priority Panama Canal. For over 2 years she maintained the net defenses at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, and also installed submarine nets at Trujillo Bay, Honduras; Port Limon, Costa Rica; and Talora Bay, Peru. ''Mimosa'' commissioned 10 December 1942. In January 1944, 1-1⁄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Shipbuilding Company
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed its name to the American Ship Building Company in 1900, when it acquired Superior Shipbuilding, in Superior, Wisconsin; Toledo Shipbuilding, in Toledo, Ohio; and West Bay Shipbuilding, in West Bay City, Michigan. With the coming of World War I, the company also acquired Buffalo Dry Dock, in Buffalo, New York; Chicago Shipbuilding, in Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit Shipbuilding, in Wyandotte, Michigan. American Shipbuilding ranked 81st among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. The Lorain Yard The Lorain, Ohio Yard served as the main facility of the company after World War II and to this day five of the 13 separate ore carriers on the Great Lakes were built in Lorain, including the M/V ''Paul R. Tregu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |