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Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden, New Jersey was a shipyard opened in March 1940 to build ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. The shipyard was on Cooper Point at north end of North 5th Street at 39.957309°N 75.117501°W. After building 29 vessels Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. closed in June 1945 after building its last vessels.
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- ↑ Carol Comegno, Camden shipyard museum opens to raves, USA Today (September 11, 2016).
- ↑ Genovese, Peter (28 February 2014). "Hope floats: In nation's most dangerous city, Camden kids build boats, trust, confidence". The Star-Ledger . Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ Riordan, Kevin (17 July 2016). "In Camden, new museum to enshrine city's maritime history". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Urban BoatWorks | UrbanPromise". www.urbanpromiseusa.org. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
