Submarine Boat Company was founded in April 1915 to meet the demand for ships for World War I.
Submarine Boat Company was to able to complete ships quickly as they had other shipyards prefabricate about 80% of the hull.
For World War II the shipyard was reopened by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
The location of the former Submarine Boat Company shipyard is at the Toyota Logistics Services Inc. automobile terminal, 390 E. Port Street, Newark, just south of Interstate 78.
While Submarine Boat Company ended shipbuilding in 1922, due to its good working with steel, in 1923 it received a construction contract from the Newton Amusement Corporation to build a 1,000-seat stadium theater.
The Electric Boat Company initially built submarines based on John Philip Holland designs.
Transmarine Lines New York State Canal Tug No. 1 in Buffalo, New York Harbor in 1922.
Transmarine Lines route in 1923
"Make Every Minute Count For Pershing", United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, ca. 1917–1919, poster that would have been posted at Submarine Boat Company for the workers.
Coast Farmer
Australian War Memorial photograph captioned "Starboard side view of the American transport Coast Farmer which brought U.S. troops to Australia as part of the Pensacola Convoy in 1941–12. She was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 15 miles off Jervis Bay on 1942-07-20. (Naval Historical Collection)
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collision when the Irish tanker SS Iroquois rammed her three times in fog on March 23, 1920, 8 miles off Lizard Point, Cornwall
Transmarine Corporation barges working on the New York State Canal System with a cargo of wheat to New York City in 1922. Barges built by parent company Submarine Boat Company.
Transmarine Lines New York State Canal System barge routes in 1922. Transmarine Lines was owned by the Submarine Boat Company that built the 29 barges used on the line.
