Brooklyn Steel-Blood Tenacity will take the reader inside the gritty world of shipbuilding where the
working class of Brooklyn built the 2220,000 ton Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Stuyvesant & Bay Ridge
[oil tankers larger then super tankers], 8 ocean going barges,1 ice breaker barge and 2 Ro-Ro's
against all odds!
This in itself might be interesting but the real story lies in the daily struggle
of the workers working in hellish conditions with more than a few being killed in some horrible ways
inorder to build those ships. The passionate dislike between the workers, management, the union
and the government are also detailed.
This is a non technical, down to earth, easy reading book with pictures included.
Contents: Seatrain Lines Enters Shipbuilding, Applying for Employment, Building the Brooklyn,
Williamsburg, Stuyvesant;Economic Hell!, ABC World News Visits the Stuyvesant,
The Area Around the Yard, The Sea Witch, Ro-Ro's and the Bay Ridge, Shadow of the Grim Reaper,
The End of the Line!, The Great Brooklyn Navy Yard Today, The Royal Screwing, Along Time Coming!
Brooklyn Steel-Blood Tenacity publisher; Publish America.
ISBN1-4241-8273-5
Brooklyn Steel-Blood Tenacity Copy Right 2007 All Rights reserved.
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About the author: Graduate of Food and Maritime Trades High School N.Y.C. [School Ship John W. Brown]
University of Southern Maine, BA in Economics. The author has worked in several major shipyards
and has also worked on foreign naval vessels in Europe and South America.
Questions, coments or just want to talk to the Author, please go to Contact Us [above].
Pictures inside the Yard
No pictures may be copied without written permission by author Frank J. Trezza
The cover of the Shipbuilder published by Seatrain Shipbuilding. The Brooklyn was the first
VLCC built by the shipbuilders of Seatrain Shipbuilding, the Brooklyn was also the first
ship built in the inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard after the Navy closed the Yard
and sold it to N.Y.C.
Interesting Point! Why does the Brooklyn Navy Yard fail to acknowledge the years Seatrain Shipbuilding
was building these massive ships inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard? See for yourself!
Please help me in my efforcts to correct this injustice by contacting
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Historian,
Brooklyn Navy Yard Corp. Building 292
Flushing Ave. Unit 300, Brooklyn N.Y. 11205
or Phone 718-907-5900
Ask for the Seatrain Shipbuilding years be included into the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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