W. & A. Fletcher Co. merged with five other New York-based shipbuilding/ship repair companies to form United Dry Docks, Inc. in February 1929.
[1][2] [3] The yard had United States Navy contracts for ship repair.
In November 1982 Eliot Braswell, with Hoboken Shipyard, purchased the yard.
In 1999 the yard was closed and sold for 45 acres of land and waterfront development, including residences, retail space, a public promenade and a waterfront park.
[4] Hoboken Historical Museum is last standing building of the former shipyard.