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Sun Ship's Yard No. 4: Black Shipbuilding During WWII in Chester, PA

Delaware County Historical Society (DCHS) celebrated Black History Month with a virtual program on the history of Sun Shipbuilding's Yard No. 4, which was a segregated Black shipyard during WWII, and highlighting the contributions of Black shipbuilders during and after the war. The program held on Feb. 23, 2022 featured speakers presenting on the history of Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company leading into and during WWII, the creation of Yard #4, and insight from community members sharing their personal experiences. Dave Kavanagh, president of the Sun Shipbuilding Historical Society Dr. John McLarnon, professor of history at Millersville University and author of Ruling Suburbia: The Biography of the McClure Machine of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Reginald Thompson - mother Florence Thompson worked for Emmett Scott in Yard. No 4 during WWII and regarded as a Black Rosie. Reginald is a former Chester resident and also worked at Sun Ship for a few years. Len Laury - former Chester resident and Sun Ship employee during the 70's In 1943, more than half of the 35,000 employees at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. were Black, with one-third of them working in the segregated Yard No. 4. Emmett J. Scott, former secretary to Booker T. Washington, was hired by the Pew family to oversee recruitment and assistants. Sun Ship was the largest shipyard in the world during WWII and built tankers, hospital ships, cargo ships and escort carriers. It was formerly located on the Delaware riverfront in Chester where Harrah's Casino is located today.