History of the Ammunition Industrial Base - JMC - U.S. Army
History of the Ammunition Industrial Base - JMC - U.S. Army
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APPENDIX A - WWII AMMUNITION PLANTS 181<br />
DATE APPROVED NAME & LOCATION PRODUCT OPERATING<br />
10 April 1942 Allegany Ord. Plant -<br />
Cumberland, MD<br />
23 Jan 1941 Alabama Ord. Works #1 -<br />
Sylacauga, AL<br />
30 June 1941 Alabama Ord. Works #2<br />
Sylacauga, AL<br />
19 July 1941 Arkansas Ordnance Plant<br />
– Jacksonville, Arkansas<br />
1 Feb 1942 Badger Ordnance Works –<br />
Badger, WI<br />
23 Oct 1943 Baytown Ord. Works –<br />
Baytown, TX<br />
11 Feb 1942 Bluebonnet Ord. Plant –<br />
McGregor, TX<br />
13 Dec. 1941 Buckeye Ord. Works –<br />
South Point, OH<br />
14 Sep. 1953 Cactus Ord. Works –<br />
Dumas, TX<br />
10 July 1942 Cherokee Ord. Works –<br />
Danville, PA<br />
26 Jan 1942 Chickasaw Ord. Works –<br />
Millington, TN<br />
20 Feb. 1941 Coosa River Ord. Works –<br />
Talladega, AL<br />
3 Mar. 1942 Cornhusker Ord. Plant –<br />
Grand Island, NE<br />
12 Aug. 1942 Dixie Ord. Works –<br />
Sterlinton, LA<br />
18 July 1941 Des Moines Ord. Plant –<br />
Des Moines, IA<br />
10 Dec. 1940 Denver Ordnance Plant -<br />
Denver, CO<br />
16 Oct 1942 Detroit Cup Plant –<br />
Detroit, MI<br />
6 Oct 1941 East Tennessee Ord.<br />
Works – Copperhill, TN<br />
21 Sept. 1940 Eau Claire Ord. Works -<br />
Eau Claire, WI<br />
21 Sept 1942 Elwood Ord. Plant –<br />
Joliet, IL<br />
.30 cal Armor Piercing<br />
<strong>Ammunition</strong><br />
Smokeless Powder, DPA,<br />
DNA<br />
Bellite, DNT, Tetryl,<br />
Oleum, TNT<br />
Fuze, Prime., Per., Elate.<br />
Det., Delay<br />
Smokeless Powder,<br />
Oleum, E.C. Pwder<br />
Tolunul<br />
CONTRACTOR<br />
Kelly Springfield<br />
Engineering Company<br />
E.I. Dupont de Memours<br />
& Co. Military Explosives<br />
Division<br />
E.I. Dupont de Memours<br />
& Co. Military Explosives<br />
Division<br />
Ford , Bacon & Davis, Inc.<br />
Hercules Powder Co.<br />
Humble Oil Ref. Co.<br />
Shells, Bomb Cluster, National Gypsum Co.<br />
Demolition Blocks,<br />
Bombs<br />
Anhydrous Ammonia Atmospheric Nitrogen<br />
Corp.<br />
C-3 Shell Union Oil Corp.<br />
Formaldehyde &<br />
Hexamine<br />
TNT, DNT, Smokeless<br />
Powder<br />
Bag & Igniter Loading,<br />
Rockets<br />
Bomb & Shell Loading<br />
Heyden Chemical Co.<br />
E.I. Dupont de Memours<br />
& Co. Military Explosives<br />
Division<br />
The Brecon Loading Co.<br />
Quaker Oats Ord. Corp.<br />
Anhydrous Ammonia Commercial Solvents<br />
Corp.<br />
Small Arms Ammo, .30 & U.S. Robber Co.<br />
.50 cal<br />
.30 cal ammo Remington Arms Co.<br />
.30 cal steel cartridge case<br />
cups<br />
Oleum<br />
Parker-Wolverine Co.-<br />
Ordnance Division<br />
Tennessee Copper Co.<br />
.30 cal incendiary and ball U.S. Rubber Co.<br />
Shell & Bomb Loading, Sanderson & Porter<br />
primers, detonators, fuzes<br />
& boosters, amatol &<br />
ammonium nitrate<br />
.30 cal carbine & .45 cal Chrysler Corporation &<br />
Sunbeam Electic Mf. Co.<br />
13 March 1942 Evansville Ord. Plant –<br />
Evansville, IN<br />
1 Oct 1940 Gadsden Ord. Plant – Shell Forging and Lansdowne Steel & iron<br />
181 This list is representative <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> ammunition plants that operated during <strong>the</strong> WWII. Data obtained<br />
from a 1944 Field Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ammunition</strong> Plants (FDAP) Data <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ammunition</strong> Plants List & Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chief <strong>of</strong><br />
Ordnance, <strong>Ammunition</strong> Plant Directory (DA, Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chief <strong>of</strong> Ordnance: 1946) passim.<br />
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