Dravo Corporation
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Dravo Corporation was an American shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891. The corporation went public in 1936 and in 1998 it was bought out by Carmeuse for $192 million. On March 5, 1942, it became the first corporation to receive the Army-Navy "E" Award for outstanding war time production. Dravo ranked 72nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
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Dravo Corp.
LST-1-class tank landing ship, LST-542-class tank landing ship,
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Location: 40.4417, -80, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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