- City:
- Jersey City, NJ
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement on the training ship USS Newton, stationed in Jersey City, NJ. The boat sank in the Hudson River in 1946, and “her hulk was later sold.”
WPA project details:
“Improve training ship”
Official Project Number: 765‐22‐2‐58
Total project cost: $7,446.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Training Ship, U.S.S. Newton, U.S. Navy
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-123).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newton_(ID-4306)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 21, 2018.
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