In which year did this steel and shipbuilding company, one of America's largest steel producers and shipbuilders, which contributed to the launching of USS Cherokee begin operations?
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USS Cherokee (AT-66) USS "Cherokee" (AT-66) was a US Navy fleet tug of the "Navajo" class , later renamed the "Cherokee" class . She was launched on 10 November 1939 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Staten Island, New York and sponsored by Miss E. Mark; and commissioned 26 April 1940, Lieutenant Commander P. L. F. Weaver in command. "Cherokee" served during World War II in the North African campaign. She was redesignated ATF-66 on 15 May 1944.
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Bethlehem Steel The Bethlehem Steel Corporation (commonly called Bethlehem Steel) was a steel and shipbuilding company that began operations in 1904 and was America's second-largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder.
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USS Agwidale (SP-4464) While still under construction, the single-screw steel-hulled freighter SP-4464 was acquired by the Navy from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. near the end of the first World War and assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation service (NOTS). Commissioned at Newport News on 16 November 1918, Lt. Comdr. Maurice E Huntley, USNRF, in command.
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Bureau of Construction and Repair The Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuC&R) was the part of the United States Navy which from 1862 to 1940 was responsible for supervising the design, construction, conversion, procurement, maintenance, and repair of ships and other craft for the Navy. The bureau also managed shipyards, repair facilities, laboratories, and shore stations.
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Birmingham Steel Corporation Birmingham Steel Corporation was a steel producer in the United States, which made steel merchant and rebar products. The company was formed in 1983 by AEA Investors, Inc. and managed by CEO James Todd. It bought steel mini-mills in Kankakee, Illinois and the mills previously run by Todd at Birmingham Bolt. They then bought the Jackson, Mississippi-based Mississippi Steel Division of Magna Corp. The company went public on NYSE in 1985.
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William McKinley Sr. William McKinley Sr. (November 15, 1807 – November 24, 1892) was an American manufacturer, notable for being a pioneer of the iron industry in eastern Ohio, and best known as the father of President William McKinley.
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USS Bannock (ATF-81) USS "Bannock" (AT-81/ATF-81) was an ocean-going tug launched 7 January 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, SC, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Carswell, widow of Chief Petty Officer Carswell. She was commissioned 28 June 1943, Lieutenant Sam P. Morgan in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet. The ship was named for the Bannock Indian tribe in southern Idaho.
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U.S. Steel The United States Steel Corporation (), more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe. The company was the world's 15th largest steel producer in 2014.
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USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) USS "Oklahoma City" (SSN-723), a "Los Angeles"-class submarine , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contract to build it was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and its keel was laid down on 4 January 1984. It was launched on 2 November 1985 sponsored by Mrs. Linda M. Nickles, and commissioned on 9 July 1988, with Commander Kevin John Reardon in command.
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International Steel Company International Steel Company was a steel company in Evansville, Indiana that created the Landing Ship, Tank (LST) warships for World War II. There are historical tours of the  in dock on the Ohio River in Evansville. The current remaining division of International Steel Co. is called International Revolving Door in Evansville, Indiana.
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USS Newport News (CA-148) The second USS "Newport News" (CA–148) was a "Des Moines"-class heavy cruiser in the United States Navy. "Newport News" was laid down 1 November 1945; launched on 6 March 1948 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. The vessel was sponsored by Mrs. Homer L. Ferguson upon commissioning on 29 January 1949, Captain Floyd Smoot commanding. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship in the United States Navy, and the last all-gun heavy cruiser in commission in naval history.
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USS Cone (DD-866) USS "Cone" (DD-866) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Hutch Ingham Cone USN (1871–1941). She was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island, New York, on 30 November 1944, launched on 10 May 1945 by Mrs. H. I. Cone, and commissioned on 18 August 1945.
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Combination Steel and Iron Company The Combination Steel and Iron Company was a steel mill founded in Chester, Pennsylvania by shipbuilder John Roach in 1880. Unlike Roach's other companies, Combination Iron and Steel was initially established not to support the operations of his Chester shipyard, but to produce steel rails and other products for third parties. Roach lost control of the company after his shipbuilding business entered receivership in 1885.
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USS Kete (SS-369) USS "Kete" (SS-369), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kete, the foureye butterflyfish "Chaetodon capistratus". Her keel was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 April 1944 sponsored by Mrs. E. S. Hutchinson, and commissioned on 31 July with Commander R. L. Rutter in command.
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SS Ohio (1872) SS "Ohio" was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. The second of a series of four "Pennsylvania"-class vessels, "Ohio" and her three sister ships—"Pennsylvania", "Indiana" and "Illinois" —were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of the transatlantic trade since the American Civil War.
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USS Washington (ACR-11) The seventh USS "Washington" (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy "Tennessee"-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 18 March 1905, sponsored by Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daughter of United States Senator John L. Wilson of Washington state, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 7 August 1906, Captain James D. Adams in command.
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Columbus Castings Buckeye Steel Castings was a Columbus, Ohio steelmaker best known today for its longtime president, Samuel P. Bush, who was the grandfather of President George H.W. Bush and great-grandfather of President George W. Bush.
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USS Indiana (BB-58) USS "Indiana" (BB-58), a "South Dakota"-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 19th state. Her keel was laid down on 20 November 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 21 November 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Lewis C. Robbins, daughter of Indiana governor Henry F. Schricker, and commissioned on 30 April 1942, Captain, later Vice Admiral, Aaron Stanton Merrill in command.
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USS Quinnebaug (SP-1687) The third USS "Quinnebaug was originally the Old Dominion Steamship Company Jefferson" built by the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania. She was launched on 14 October 1898 and completed during June, 1899. The ship was acquired for World War I naval service and, as USS "Quinnebaug", participated in planting the North Sea Mine Barrage. In March 1919 the ship returned to service as "Jefferson" with the Old Dominion Line.
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Crawford and Reid The firm of Crawford and Reid was a ship building company that had a shipyard at Tacoma, Washington in the first half of the 1900s. Vessels constructed by the yard included the passenger steamships "Daring", "Dix", "Monticello ", the sternwheeler "S.G. Simpson", and the steam tugs "Echo" and USS "Locust" .
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USS St. Augustine (PG-54) USS "St. Augustine" (PG-54) was built in 1929 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Newport News, Virginia. She was originally a steel-hulled yacht named "Viking" and later named "Noparo". She was purchased by the US Navy on 5 December 1940 and was sent to Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Boston, Massachusetts where she was converted into a patrol gunboat. She was named "St. Augustine" on 9 January 1941 and commissioned as USS "St. Augustine" on 16 January 1941.
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Type L6 class ship The Type L6 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II as a Great Lakes dry break bulk cargo ship. The L-Type Great Lakes Dry Bulk Cargo Ships were built in 1943 for World War II. The ships has a 15,82 deadweight tonnage. The L6 ships were built by two companies: American Ship Building Company and Great Lakes Engineering Works,Ashtabula, Ohio/ Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Ohio that built the type L6-S-B1 and American SB that built the class L6-S-A1. Steel supply needed for World War was great. To supply iron ore from Lake Superior to steel foundries, the United States Commission had a series of L6 Lakers ship built. The Maritime Commission ordered ten Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the L6-S-B1 type. The L6-S-B1 was design with a 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines. The L6-S-A1 used a lentz 4-zylinder compound engines. All L6 ships were coal burning and delivered between May and November 1943. L6-S-B1 was built for the US Maritime Commission under USMC contract MCc-1834 in 1943 at the River Rouge yard. Each L6 ship cost $2.265 million. The first L6-S-B1 was the SS "Adirondack/Richard J. Reiss", hull 290, keel was laid on March 9, 1942 and launched on September 19, 1942.