Donjon Shipbuilding News Today

Erie lost one of its most valued Broadway connections April 24 when Jim Wilhelm, a heavy hitter in American theater, died of cancer at the age of 68.

The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority oversees numerous properties on the bayfront, leasing out many to individual entities.

A letter of support from past commanders of the U.S.S. Halyburton will show the Navy the deep level of support for the project.

In 2018, Buffalo Naval Park officials and marine engineers considered a plan to tow the USS The Sullivans, the decommissioned destroyer now in crisis in Buffalo’s Inner Harbor, across Lake Erie to Erie, Pa., to be docked on land so lasting repairs could be completed. That is under consideration again.

Six ships are expected to arrive in Erie for winter repairs and layover in the coming weeks. Heres how you can get a peek at them.

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Efforts to bring a Perry-class frigate to Erie and turn it into a floating museum could take years due to steep costs and the Navys extensive application process.

The authority is ready to launch one of those soon on lower State Street.  The authority is soliciting bids for the roughly $8 million project, which involves 700 feet of dock wall and the replacement of existing boardwalks along both sides of State Street north of the Bayfront Parkway, from East Front Street to the area near West Bay Drive, just south of Dobbins Landing. “The replacement walls will be constructed utilizing concrete encased steel H-pile soldier piles and precast concrete lag...

Caretakers of a World War II submarine are holding their breath this weekend as their treasured relic prepares for a maintenance stop in Erie on Monday

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