Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Site of DeFoe Shipbuiding Company

Site of the DeFoe Shipbuilding Company, where the USS Currier and 154 naval ships were built.
At its height, it could produce one ship per week!


A nearby nature park along the Saginaw River.

Duane Colby and Roy Williams

Sailboat under the drawbridge

DeFoe Shipbuilding Company Plaque

Railroad trestle where the USS Currier was built

Roy and Wanda Williams, our welcoming co-hosts

Randa Colby and Wanda Williams

Duane and Randa Colby, our wonderful hosts

 The pier (where the Currier was built) was located above at the treeline.


Port of Bay City on the Saginaw River

USS Currier was built to the left of this building (building is new)

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