page_title: New York Shipbuilding strike
hierarchical_section_title: New York Shipbuilding strike
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey (USA), in May 1919. Seven Wickes-class destroyers and a Clemson-class destroyer are fitting out. These ships are (from left to right): USS Dickerson (Destroyer # 157, builder's hull # 216); USS Leary (Destroyer # 158, builder's hull # 217); USS Schenck (Destroyer # 159, builder's hull # 218); USS Herbert (Destroyer # 160, builder's hull # 219); USS Brooks (Destroyer # 232, builder's hull # 221); USS Hatfield (Destroyer # 231, builder's hull # 220); USS Babbitt (Destroyer # 128, builder's hull # 213) and USS DeLong (Destroyer # 129, builder's hull # 214). Note the triple torpedo tubes on the wharf in the center foreground, and the destroyer smokestacks in the lower left.
context_page_description: The New York Shipbuilding strike was a strike that occurred in the Port of Camden, New Jersey, in the spring of 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Company. Around 3,100 men took part in the 7-week action, centered at the company's Camden, New Jersey construction yard.
  A second and longer strike of the company occurred in the spring and summer 1935, which required intervention from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to force a settlement.
context_section_description: The New York Shipbuilding strike was a strike that occurred in the Port of Camden, New Jersey, in the spring of 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Company. Around 3,100 men took part in the 7-week action, centered at the company's Camden, New Jersey construction yard.
  A second and longer strike of the company occurred in the spring and summer 1935, which required intervention from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to force a settlement.
caption: The New York Shipbuilding Company's Camden, New Jersey facility operating at capacity due to World War I.
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