McCloskey & Company Shipyard
McCloskey & Company Shipyard was a ship builder in Tampa, Florida. McCloskey & Company built 38 cargo ships, Type N3 ship for World War II founded in 1942. McCloskey & Company also built type C1-S-D1 concrete ships. Matthew H. McCloskey founded the construction company McCloskey & Company in Philadelphia. McCloskey & Company built the Philadelphia Convention Hall, the Philadelphia Sheraton Hotel, and the Washington D.C. Stadium. The Tampa shipyard is now Tampa Ship LLC owned by Edison Chouest Offshore.
Matthew McCloskey (at right) with President Harry Truman
A Type N3-S-A2 ship built in World War II
A 2004 view of the city of Powell River with its breakwater ships visible.
Mulberry artificial harbour in Normandy, September 1944
Type N3-S ships were a Maritime Commission small coastal cargo ship design to meet urgent World War II shipping needs, with the first of the 109 N3, both steam and diesel, type hulls delivered in December 1942.
N3-S-A1 illustration from ""American World Traders-New Ships for the Merchant Marine"
The Rovigo in Malta, which was originally the N3-S-A2 ship George W. Brown
N3-M-A1 as USS Enceladus (AK-80), August 1943 in original Navy configuration. Note Whirley crane, a part of the original N3-M-A1 design.
USAPRS Thomas F. Farrel, Jr. underway off the East Coast of the United States, 26 August 1944
