Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company

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Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company was a major American shipyard based in Chester, Pennsylvania, known for constructing numerous commercial and military vessels, especially during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
shipbuilding company ⓘ
associatedWith Sunoco ⓘ
builtFor United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
builtVesselType cargo ships ⓘ
naval auxiliaries ⓘ
tanker ships ⓘ
contributedTo U.S. war effort in World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employedDuring World War II ⓘ
foundedBy Sun Oil Company ⓘ
hasActivity drydocking ⓘ
ship construction ⓘ
ship repair and conversion ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sun Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
historicalRole key industrial employer in Chester, Pennsylvania ⓘ
industry ship repair ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
locatedIn Chester, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Delaware County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Delaware River waterfront ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedOn Delaware River ⓘ
notableFor large-scale World War II ship production ⓘ
operatedDuring World War II ⓘ
partOf American shipbuilding industry ⓘ
servedRegion Atlantic coast shipping ⓘ
servedSector commercial shipping ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
significance major U.S. wartime shipyard ⓘ
specializedIn commercial ship construction ⓘ
military ship construction ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
transportInfrastructureType maritime industrial complex ⓘ
typeOfFacility dry dock facility ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

T2 tanker → builtBy → Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company ⓘ
subject linked to: T2 tankers
SS Ohio → builtBy → Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company ⓘ
SS Ohio → shipyard → Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company → hasAlternativeName → Sun Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
linked to: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company