Groton Iron Works

Morse, Secretary [10] Emergency Fleet Corporation contract #57 S.C. for six 8,800 dead-weight ton steamers was signed 11 August 1917.

[17] On 25 January 1927, Atlantic Coast Fisheries purchased the northern section of the property from Boston Iron and Metal Company,[18] to fillet, freeze and package haddock.

In 1929 they purchased the remaining property, then sold some to Shell Oil Company for the construction of a distributing center with seven tanks.

[19] In January, 1941, a syndicate headed by Alfred Holter purchased most of the property, intending to build freighters for Britain.

[22] $9.5 million was spent to construct the Victory Yard, where the Electric Boat Company began building submarines on 22 July 1942.