Puget Sound Yard to Expand for Navy Build-Up
Federal funds allocated to equip the Puget Sound navy yard as part of a massive national naval expansion effort.
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Washington.—Awards for the construction of 14 of the torpedo boat destroyers authorized by the last naval appropriation bill are announced by the navy department. The Fore River Shipbuilding corporation, Quincy, Mass., will construct eight, and the Union Iron Works company, San Francisco, six vessels. The minimum price for the construction of the destroyers is fixed at $1,200,000 each. As the result of the decision to award contracts for four battleships and 16 destroyers to private builders, the navy department probably will spend $6,000,000 available for improvement of government plants on the navy yards at Philadelphia and Norfolk. The Puget Sound navy yard also is to be equipped from the same appropriation.
“The Puget Sound navy yard also is to be equipped from the same appropriation.”
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, established in 1891, remains a cornerstone of the regional economy and national defense. These 1916 contracts reflect the era's buildup just prior to the U.S. entry into World War I, mirroring the ongoing regional tensions over defense spending and industrial infrastructure.
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