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During World War II, Bath Iron Works launched one new ship approximately every 17 days. The shipyard today is a major regional employer, and currently operates as a division of the General Dynamics Corporation. In the Bath, Maine, anti-Catholic riot of 1854, an Irish Catholic church was burned.
The Trufant Historic District encompasses a concentration of 19th-century middle-class residential housing on the south side of Bath, Maine.This area was most heavily developed during Bath's heyday as a major shipbuilding center, and includes numerous examples of Greek Revival and Italianate styling.
Frank Albion Small was born in Bath on April 17, 1865, as the youngest son of shipmaster Joseph Small. Graduating from Bath High School, Small worked initially for a shipbroker and insurance agent, then took a job with the Kelley, Spear & Co. shipyard in Bath. Small would serve as Bath mayor in 1911 and 1912.
Levi P. Lemont (1874), "Town, city and county officials", 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, from 1604 to 1874, p. 19 – via HathiTrust Parker McCobb Reed (1894), "Municipal government" , History of Bath and environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1894 , Portland, Me.: Lakeside Press, Printers – via ...
The Captain Merritt House is a historic house at 619 High Street in Bath, Maine. Built in 1851 for a ship's captain, its lavish Italianate styling epitomizes the wealth that came to the city in the mid-19th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
Cora F. Cressey was built in 1902 at the Percy and Small Shipyard (now the campus of the Maine Maritime Museum) in Bath, Maine. As built, she was a five-masted schooner, 273 feet (83 m) long, with a beam of 45.4 feet (13.8 m) and a hold depth of 27.9 feet (8.5 m). The hull was not diagonally braced, but did have iron belts for reinforcement.
USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship, the third of five ships of the class.She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, with her keel laid in August 1901 and her launching in October 1904.
The Bath Historic District encompasses the historic 19th-century business district of Bath, Maine, along with an adjacent period neighborhood. The city has a long history as one of the nation's preeminent shipbuilding centers. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]