Froemming Brothers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was a

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

that built ships for World War II under the emergency shipbuilding program, War Shipping Administration and United States Navy. Froemming Brothers shipyard was opened in 1942 by Ben Froemming (1902-1945). Froemming Brothers closed after the war in 1945, after building 26 ships. The shipyard was located on the north side of the Kinnickinnic River. The shipyard had 2,400 workers in three shifts. In 1945 it was sold to Wagner Iron Works and later sold to the Milwaukee Marine Yacht. The site today is Horny Goat Marina, Blue Max Charters and Clete Long Enterprises. The shipyard was in Bay View, Milwaukee neighborhood at .

Legacy

Ben Froemming died in 1945 near the end of the war. The last ship built at the yard had its name changed before the christening. The SS ''Tapir Splice'' a C1-M-AV1 Cargo ship was renamed the SS ''Ben Froemming'' and delivered to the War Shipping Administration in October 1945. After the war in 1947, the ''Ben Froemming'' was sold to a private company. In 1975 she was converted to the drillship SS ''Goldrill''.

Ships built

Froemming Brothers for World War II: * V4-M-A1 Type V ship Tugboats, at a cost of $1.2 million each. *S2-S2-AQ1, Tacoma-class frigate, *

C1-M-AV1 Type C1 was a designation for small cargo ships built for the United States Maritime Commission before and during World War II. Total production was 493 ships built from 1940 to 1945. The first C1 types were the smallest of the three original M ...

Type C1 ship Type C1 was a designation for small cargo ships built for the United States Maritime Commission before and during World War II. Total production was 493 ships built from 1940 to 1945. The first C1 types were the smallest of the three original M ...

Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...

s *Tacoma-class frigate 4 built: *

USS Allentown USS ''Allentown'' (PF-52), a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945, has thus far been the only U.S. Navy ship to be named for Allentown, Pennsylvania. She later served in the Soviet Navy as ''EK-9'' and in the Japan Maritime Sel ...

USS Sandusky (PF-54) USS ''Sandusky'' (PF-54), a in commission from 1944 to 1945, was the second United States Navy ship of the name and the first to be named for Sandusky, Ohio. She later served in the Soviet Navy as ''EK-7'' and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defens ...

USS Bath (PF-55) The second USS ''Bath'' (PF-55) was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945 which later served in the Soviet Navy as ''EK-29'' and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, with her Japanese name reported by various sources (see ...

USS Machias (PF-53) The second USS ''Machias'' (PF-53) was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945 which later served in the Soviet Navy as ''EK-4'' and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS ''Nara'' (PF-2), JDS ''Nara'' (PF-282) and ''YTE-8'' ...

*Type V ship - tug boat, V4-M-A1 8 built *Point Loma Scrapped 1972 *Anacapa Scrapped 1973 *Point Vicente To Mexico 1969 renamed Huitilopochtli (A 51) *Point Arguello Scrapped 1973 *Sankaty Head Helped with Normandy landings, Scrapped 1978 *Yaqina Head Sold private 1971, scrapped *Bald Island Scrapped 1973 *Fire Island Scrapped 1972 *C1 Ships, C1-M-AV1 Cargo ships, 14 built: * USS Chatham (AK-169) *

USS Craighead (AK-175) USS ''Craighead'' (AK-175) was an commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. Construction ''Craighead'' was launched 28 February 194 ...

USS Claiborne (AK-171) USS ''Claiborne'' (AK-171) was an commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. Construction ''Claiborne'' was launched 3 September 1944 ...

* USS Chicot (AK-170) *

USS Colquitt (AK-174) USCGC ''Kukui'' (WAK-186) was a Maritime Commission Type C1-M small cargo ship launched 21 January 1945, by Froemming Brothers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, transferred to the Navy and commissioned and designated as USS ''Colquitt ''(AK-174) 22 Sep ...

* USS Clarion (AK-172) * USS Charlevoix (AK-168) * Doddridge, renamed Coastal Messenger, then USCGC Courier *Codington *Duval, renamed Coastal Racer, then YFP-10navsource YFP-10
/ref> *Knob Knot *Salmon Knot *Yard Hitch *Tapir Splice, renamed Ben Froemming, then Golddrill 5

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Legacy

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