Welding Shipyards

Welding Shipyards was founded by American shipping businessman, Daniel K. Ludwig (1897–1992) in 1940 at Norfolk, Virginia on the Sewell's Point peninsula.

Welding Shipyards build T3 tanker ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program.

To shorten keel to ship launching time due losses to German U-boats, block construction was used.

[4][5] In 1940 and early 1941, Welding Shipyards converted older World War I surplus cargo ships into oil tankers.

T3-S-BZ1 had high pressure turbines with double reduction gears for 13,400 shp, to a single propeller with a top speed of 17 knots.