LSM Grouping
The Dravo Corporation was founded in 1891 by Frank and Ralph Dravo. They had 2 shipyards one in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and the other in Wilmington Delaware.
Dravo made LST and LSM landing crafts. They were the first corporation to be awarded The Army Navy E Award in March 1942 for excellence in production of war equipment.
Dravo where pioneers of assembly line manufacturing, which was adopted by ship yards all over the US. This style of manufacturing suited building landing crafts and allowed Dravo build large numbers of landing crafts in a short period of time.
This grouping consists of blue prints and build plans for LSM and LST landing crafts, copies of the shipyard magazine and a program from the E award ceremony.