USS Converse (DD-509), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for George A. Converse (1844–1909).
USS Converse (DD-509) in San Francisco Bay, 9 October 1944.
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics, one of the world's largest defense companies. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy.
Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery
Mine-damaged USS Samuel B. Roberts on May, 1988
USS Chester (CL-1) was the first United States cruiser of the numbering series used through the first half of the 20th century.
Two of the seven Bath Iron Works destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. The outboard ship made the St. Nazaire Raid.