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Al Griffis

ww2dbaseAl Griffis was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving on a ship patrolling the Vietnamese coast during the Vietnam War. He worked on the history of German shipyards for most of his life, having collected and organized statistics, photographs, and drawings over the course of over 30 years. He joined the WW2DB team in May 2019 and immediately shared all of his research material with the team. He passed away in early 2020 and he is sorely missed by the WW2DB team. His research material will continue to be published on the website for many more months to come.

Latest Contributions

Ship: N11 Dec 2023 
Facility: Kriegsmarinewerft20 Nov 2023 
Facility: Lübecker Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG30 Oct 2023 
Facility: Lübecker Flenderwerke AG23 Oct 2023 
Facility: Lindenau GmbH Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik16 Oct 2023 
Ship: M11 Sep 2023 
Ship: L21 Aug 2023 
Ship: K17 Jul 2023 
Facility: F. Schichau Pillau3 Oct 2022 
Facility: F. Schichau Königsburg26 Sep 2022 
Facility: F. Schichau Danzig19 Sep 2022 
Facility: F. Schichau Elbing12 Sep 2022 
Facility: Oderwerke AG2 Aug 2021 
Facility: AG Vulcan Stettin22 Mar 2021 
Facility: Howaldtswerke Kiel9 Nov 2020 
Facility: H. C. Stülcken Sohn26 Oct 2020 
Facility: Reiherstieg-Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik5 Oct 2020 
Facility: Howaldtswerke Hamburg21 Sep 2020 
Facility: Deutsche Werft Hamburg17 Aug 2020 
Facility: Joh. C. Tecklenborg Schiffswerft- und Maschinenfabrik AG27 Jul 2020 
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Photographs/Maps Contributions

A warship near completion in the horizontal slip at F. Schichau Danzig shipyard, Danzig, 1874; the shipyard stopped using this slip sometime after WW1A building of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 1877
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Timeline Contributions

Al Griffis has also contributed 52 entries in the WW2 Timeline. A small sample of his timeline contributions is shown below.

» 19 Sep 1896: North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American began to issue orders to Bremer Vulkan, thus necessitating a large expansion period for the German shipbuilder.

» 8 Nov 1843: Eisengiesserei & Maschinenbau-Anstalt Waltjen und Leonhard was founded in Bremen, Germany.

» 12 Nov 1936: The keel of Pinguin was laid down at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany.

» 28 May 1925: The former Kaiserliche Werft Kiel in Germany became the public limited company Deutsche Werke Kiel AG.

» 29 Sep 1903: Nordseewerke Emden Werft und Dock Aktiengesellschaft in Emden, Germany was entered in the Commercial Register.

» 16 Jul 1841: Franz Tecklenborg, Johann Simon Abegg, and Peter Ulrichs established the new shipyard company Abegg & Co in Bremerhaven, Germany.





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