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P
ulled from the archives of TheGeneral ShipRepair
Corporation, this photo shows the pier at the Key
Highway shipyard busy with ships in the early
1950s. The ships include the Liberty ship
Stephen
A. Douglas
and other Victory ships that had been converted to
merchant service afterWorldWar II.
STORY BY KATHY BERGREN SMITH
Vital Service for Victory Ships
The General Ship Repair Corporation was just one of many
repair yards that linedKeyHighway in the Inner Harbor. Today, it
is the only such facility inBaltimore.
The yardacquiredadrydock in the 1970sandbeganworking
on tugs that service theharborwhilemaintainingamobile repair
service for ships.
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