Dravo Corporation was an American shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware.
[2] On March 5, 1942, it became the first corporation to receive the Army-Navy "E" Award for outstanding war time production.
[3] Dravo ranked 72nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
[4] From 1942 to 1945, Dravo Corporation built Landing Ship, Tank, (LST).
The LST had a flat keel, so it could be beached and stay upright.