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Following the company's closure, the land became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_Shipyard_Village_Historic_District" title="Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District">Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District</a> </p><p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&params=30.767_N_88.059_W_dim:1000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°46′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°03′32″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.767°N 88.059°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.767; -88.059</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chickasaw_Shipbuilding_and_Car_Company">Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Coal,_Iron_and_Railroad_Company" title="Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company">Tennessee Coal and Iron Company</a>, a division of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Steel" title="U.S. Steel">U.S. Steel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, recognized the opportunities which the Chickasaw area provided for <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a> with its location and deep waterway.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 17, 1917, the company announced that a shipyard would be constructed in Chickasaw.<sup id="cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalsecurity-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">Steel</a> would be provided from the <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Alabama" title="Fairfield, Alabama">Fairfield, Alabama</a> site of Tennessee Coal and Iron.<sup id="cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalsecurity-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large area of land, including the location of the future city of Chickasaw, was purchased. In order to develop the shipbuilding business and the supporting infrastructure, three companies—<a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_Shipbuilding_and_Car_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company">Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company</a>, Chickasaw Utilities Company, and Chickasaw Land Company—were formed.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Shipbuilding" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Shipbuilding">Federal Shipbuilding</a> developed the shipyard with twenty million dollars from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalsecurity-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Taxodium" title="Taxodium">cypress</a> <a href="/wiki/Swamp" title="Swamp">swamp</a> adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Stream" title="Stream">stream</a> (Chickasaw Bogue or Chickasaw Creek) was drained, <a href="/wiki/Dike_(construction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dike (construction)">dikes</a> were constructed, and drainage <a href="/wiki/Pump" title="Pump">pumps</a> were installed.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, a company town was constructed to house and serve the shipyard workers. </p><p>Before operations at the shipyard could commence, the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)">Armistice</a> was declared. However, before closing, the Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company produced and launched fourteen <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-colton-chickasaw_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-chickasaw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some town occupants left for other opportunities after the shipyard closing, the remaining residents formed a tight-knit community. In April 1939, Mobile businessman <a href="/wiki/Ben_E._May" title="Ben E. May">Ben May</a> acquired the shipyard and company town.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>14 cargo ships for the <a href="/wiki/Isthmian_Steamship_Company" title="Isthmian Steamship Company">Isthmian Steamship Company</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Steel_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Steel Corporation">U.S. Steel</a>) </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_October_1942#7_October" title="List of shipwrecks in October 1942">Chickasaw City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_January_1943#9_January" title="List of shipwrecks in January 1943">Birmingham City</a></i>, <i>Mobile City</i>, <i>Ensley City</i></li> <li><i>Montgomery City</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_May_1942#4_May" title="List of shipwrecks in May 1942">Tuscaloosa City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1936#November" title="List of shipwrecks in 1936">Bessemer City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_July_1942#5_July" title="List of shipwrecks in July 1942">Fairfield City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1942#6_April" title="List of shipwrecks in April 1942">Selma City</a></i></li> <li><i>Anniston City</i>, <i>Atlanta City</i>, <i>Memphis City</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1942#2_June" title="List of shipwrecks in June 1942">Knoxville City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_February_1943#22_February" title="List of shipwrecks in February 1943">Chattanooga City</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation">Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg/220px-08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg/330px-08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg/440px-08-2-1_Gulf-Chickasaw-25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1988" /></a><figcaption>The yard in 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 1940, the town and shipyard were sold to Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, a <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Waterman_Steamship_Corporation" title="Waterman Steamship Corporation">Waterman Steamship Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the shipyard and town were renovated by the new owner. The corporation began to receive its first contracts from the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> for <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ships</a>. Later followed the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> contracts to build the new <a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer">Fletcher Class Destroyers</a>. Due to the scale of the operation, a large number of workers migrated to Chickasaw. With production activity at its peak, Gulf Shipbuilding employed between 10,000 and 15,000 workers.<sup id="cite_ref-cronenberg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cronenberg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rogers_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rogers-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This population boom required the introduction of eligibility requirements for living in company-owned properties. Only persons with connection to the shipyard could rent houses from the company while many previous occupants were forced to vacate.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To further accommodate the demand for housing, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">federal government</a> constructed the Gulf Homes housing project, other temporary housing structures, and Navy <a href="/wiki/Barracks" title="Barracks">barracks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> was produced 36 cargo ships, 7 destroyers, 1 <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank" title="Landing Ship, Tank">amphibious landing ship</a> and 27 US and 2 Royal Navy Minesweepers. After the war, the number of government contracts dropped and there was a surplus in the market for commercial vessels. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gulf Shipbuilding produced ships for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">United States Maritime Commission</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> as well as for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-colton-gulf_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-gulf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the demand for ships diminished and the shipyard was again closed. The ships produced by Gulf Shipbuilding are summarized below. </p> <ul><li>in Chikasaw, Alabama</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><b>United States Maritime Commission</b><sup id="cite_ref-colton-gulf_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-gulf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>30 of 328 <a href="/wiki/Type_C2_ship" title="Type C2 ship">Type C2</a> (30 of 30 C2-S-E1) <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">all-purpose cargo ships</a> (1942 — 1946) <ul><li>849, 850</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><ul><li><ul><li><ul><li>472 ... 485, appropriated for PubL 77-247,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MARCOM contracts 1709-1722, 15 Sep 1941, in<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1602 ... 1614</li> <li>2826 (named <i>John B. Waterman</i>)</li> <li>2827 - 2842 (cancelled)</li> <li>the chaos here seems to originate in the fact that Gulf was contracted to build 4 C2 for the Waterman Steamship Corp.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the same time MARCOM contracts arrived and the earlier built ships were requisitioned after contracts were issued and thus assigned numerically larger hull numbers.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><ul><li><ul><li>e.g. SS <i>Afoundria</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_R_ship" title="Type R ship">Type R2</a> (R2-ST-AU1) <a href="/wiki/Reefer_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reefer (ship)">refrigerated ships</a> (6 ships delivered from 1945 to 1946) <ul><li>hull numbers: 1648 ... 1653</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li><b>United States Navy</b><sup id="cite_ref-colton-gulf_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-gulf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer"><i>Fletcher</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> (7 ships delivered from 1943 to 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casa_Grande-class_dock_landing_ship" title="Casa Grande-class dock landing ship"><i>Casa Grande</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">dock landing ships</a> (1 ship delivered in 1946, 2 additional ships sold to private owners prior to delivery)</li></ul></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Louisiana" title="Madisonville, Louisiana">Madisonville, Louisiana</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&params=30.398636_N_90.155285_W_dim:1000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°23′55″N</span> <span class="longitude">90°09′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.398636°N 90.155285°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.398636; -90.155285</span></span></span></a></span></span>) <ul><li><b>United States Navy</b></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><ul><li>11 of 95 <a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a> (1942 to 1945)</li> <li>16 of 123 <a href="/wiki/Admirable-class_minesweeper" title="Admirable-class minesweeper"><i>Admirable</i>-class</a> minesweepers (1943 to 1944)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Royal Navy</b><sup id="cite_ref-colton-gulf_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-gulf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine-class minesweeper"><i>Catherine</i>-class</a> minesweepers (2 ships delivered in 1943)</li></ul></li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grace_Marsh_incident">Grace Marsh incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grace Marsh incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Except for the fact that Gulf Shipbuilding owned the property, nothing distinguished Chickasaw from other towns and suburbs in the vicinity of Mobile. Since the area was freely accessible with no discernible boundaries separating private and public lands, the shopping areas of Chickasaw became popular to both residents and non-residents of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-newton_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grace Marsh, a <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witness</a>, and her colleagues began to visit Chickasaw in November 1943. In addition to door-to-door visits, the religious workers would distribute literature (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Watchtower" title="The Watchtower">The Watchtower</a></i> and <i>Consolation</i>) along sidewalks in the business district. Beginning in December 1943, the Witnesses were <a href="/wiki/Arrest" title="Arrest">arrested</a> on multiple occasions and ultimately charged with <a href="/wiki/Trespass" title="Trespass">trespassing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newton_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1944, the Inferior Court of Mobile County found Marsh and the other Witnesses guilty of trespassing. An <a href="/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal">appeal</a> was filed with the <a href="/wiki/Circuit_court" title="Circuit court">circuit court</a>, the Alabama Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which refused to consider the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">constitutional</a> considerations raised by Marsh and allowed the ruling of the lower court to stand. Upon further appeal, the Court of Appeals of Alabama granted <a href="/wiki/Certiorari" title="Certiorari">certiorari</a> hearing the case in November 1944. The decision in January 1945 confirmed the decision of the lower courts. An application for a rehearing in the Court of Appeals and a subsequent <a href="/wiki/Petition" title="Petition">petition</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Supreme Court">Alabama Supreme Court</a> were denied.<sup id="cite_ref-newton_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1945, a petition for appeal was made to the United States Supreme Court. The Court accepted the petition and heard <a href="/wiki/Oral_argument" title="Oral argument">oral arguments</a> within the year (<i><a href="/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama" title="Marsh v. Alabama">Marsh v. Alabama</a></i>, 326 U.S. 501 (1946)). Attorneys for Marsh argued that "constitutional inhibitions applicable to municipal ordinances" should apply to Gulf Shipbuilding likewise since it acted as a <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> municipal corporation in its relationship to the public. The Court split 5–3 in favor of Marsh. In his decision, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Black" title="Hugo Black">Justice Hugo Black</a> wrote that the most important consideration was that Chickasaw was like "any other American town". The Court had decided that certain fundamental liberties (freedoms of <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United_States" title="Freedom of speech in the United States">speech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_the_United_States" title="Freedom of the press in the United States">press</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">religion</a>) held a preferred position over <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newton_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incorporation_of_Chickasaw">Incorporation of Chickasaw</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Incorporation of Chickasaw"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Early in 1946, Leedy Investment Company purchased the entire company town for one million dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Current occupants were given the option to purchase the homes they had been renting. Many prior residents also purchased homes and moved back to the town. The city of Chickasaw was <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">incorporated</a> on November 12, 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-chickasaw_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979, <a href="/wiki/Halter_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Halter Marine">Halter Marine</a> reactivated the shipbuilding facility to provide service vessels and <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboats</a> to the booming <a href="/wiki/Oil_platform" title="Oil platform">offshore industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-colton-halter_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-halter-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resurgence was short-lived and the facility was closed again in 1983. The former shipyard now serves as a small general cargo facility.<sup id="cite_ref-colton-halter_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-halter-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Shipbuilding_Corporation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-chickasaw-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-chickasaw_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070607162123/http://ci.chickasaw.al.us/content/history/index.htm">"History of Chickasaw"</a>. <i>City of Chickasaw</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-06-12</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=City+of+Chickasaw&rft.atitle=History+of+Chickasaw&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ci.chickasaw.al.us%2Fcontent%2Fhistory%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGulf+Shipbuilding+Corporation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-globalsecurity-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-globalsecurity_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/chickasaw.htm">"Chickasaw Shipyard, Chickasaw, Alabama"</a>. <i>GlobalSecurity.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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