# George G. Sharp

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**George G. Sharp, Inc.** is a marine design and [naval architecture](/source/Naval_architecture) firm established in 1920 in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) by George Gillies Sharp, former Chief Surveyor of the [American Bureau of Shipping](/source/American_Bureau_of_Shipping). The firm started with the design of excursion steamboats on the [Delaware](/source/Delaware_River) and [Hudson](/source/Hudson_River) rivers, then moved into oceangoing passenger and cargo shipping. From 1934 Sharp designed a standardized series of merchant ships for the [U.S. Department of Commerce](/source/U.S._Department_of_Commerce). During World War II Sharp designed the standardized [Victory ship](/source/Victory_ship), of which 534 were built, and 50 [escort carriers](/source/Escort_carrier).[1]

Some of the 1500 vessels designed by Sharp include:

- [Type C2 ship](/source/Type_C2_ship) prototype
- [Type C3 ship](/source/Type_C3_class_ship) prototype
- [SS *Ancon*](/source/USS_Ancon_(AGC-4)), SS *Panama* and SS *Cristobal*, "World of Tomorrow" ships for the Panama Railroad Steamship line, 1939
- *[Milwaukee Clipper](/source/Milwaukee_Clipper)*, the last passenger steamship on the Great Lakes, 1940
- [Mississippi River Towboat](/source/Mississippi_River_Towboat), built for the [U.S. Army Corp Engineers](/source/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers), 1942
- [Victory ship](/source/Victory_ship), 534 built during World War II
- [*Casablanca*-class escort carrier](/source/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier), 50 built during World War II
- [USS *Klondike* (AD-22)](/source/USS_Klondike_(AD-22)) and three other destroyer tenders based on C3 hulls during World War II
- [*Owasco*-class cutter](/source/Owasco-class_cutter), 13 built for the [U.S. Coast Guard](/source/U.S._Coast_Guard) during World War II
- [SS *Del Norte*](/source/SS_Del_Norte), [SS *Del Sud*](/source/SS_Del_Sud) and [SS *Del Mar*](/source/SS_Del_Mar) passenger cargo ships for the [Mississippi Shipping Company](/source/Mississippi_Shipping_Company)'s [South American](/source/South_American) Service, 1946–47
- [USS *Rigel* (AF-58)](/source/USS_Rigel_(AF-58)) and [USS *Vega* (AF-59)](/source/USS_Vega_(AF-59)) storeships for the U.S. Navy in the 1950s
- [*Wichita*-class replenishment oiler](/source/Wichita-class_replenishment_oiler), class of seven for the U.S. Navy in the 1960s
- [NS *Savannah*](/source/NS_Savannah), the first nuclear-powered merchant ship
- [*Virginia*-class cruiser](/source/Virginia-class_cruiser), four nuclear-powered cruisers for the U.S. Navy in the 1970s
- [Staten Island Ferrys](/source/Staten_Island_Ferry) [*Andrew J. Barberi*](/source/MV_Andrew_J._Barberi) and *Samuel I. Newhouse* (1970s), *Alice Austen* and *John A. Noble* (1980s and 1990s), and the *Guy V. Molinari*, *Senator John. J. Marchi* and *Spirit of America* (2000s).[2][3]

By the 1930s Sharp was described together with [Gibbs & Cox](/source/Gibbs_%26_Cox) as one of the leading naval architecture firms in the United States.[4] In 1938, he designed the passenger cargo vessel *Cristobal* for Panama Line Service to the Canal Zone.[5]

Sharp prepared the working drawings for the *Casablanca class escort carrier*s built by [Henry J. Kaiser](/source/Henry_J._Kaiser)'s [California Shipbuilding Corporation](/source/California_Shipbuilding_Corporation) in 1942–43.[6] and the working plans for the Victory Ship series in 1943, allowing individual shipbuilding yards to modify the plans according to local practices.[7]

After World War II, the company developed a 17,000-ton luxury liner, the *SS Del Norte*, for service between New Orleans and the east coast of South America. The Del Norte was built by the [Ingalls Shipbuilding](/source/Ingalls_Shipbuilding) Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi and each room featured ocean views through casement windows. The ships were characterized by a dummy funnel in which officer's quarters, radio room and emergency generator were housed.[8] *Del Norte*, first of the three, was described as 'today's ship of tomorrow,' it was the first cargo-passenger ship equipped with commercial radar.[9]

In addition to design services, Sharp provides consultation on modification, maintenance, safety, systems integration and program management, with about 600 employees.[10]

## References

1. ["Home"](http://www.georgesharp.com/SHARP_Home.htm). George G. Sharp, Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

1. Krapf, David & Garschagen, Walter (April 1, 2005). "Big apple boats: the first of three new ferries for New York City enters service.". Workboat.

1. ["Company History"](http://www.georgesharp.com/SHARP_History.htm). George G. Sharp, Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

1. Lane, Frederick C. (2001 [1951]). *Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II*. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-8018-6752-5.

1. *Selections from the Work of George G. Sharp, Naval Architect and George G. Sharp Architectural Associates.* Architecture and Design Vol. XIII (1949). [Southeastern Architectural Archive](http://seaa.tulane.edu/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190322064726/https://seaa.tulane.edu/) 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.

1. Lane, p. 612

1. Lane, p. 580

1. Goossens, Reuben (2012). ["Delta Steamship Lines, Inc—The Del-Triplets—SS *Del Norte*, *Del Sud* & *Del Mar*"](http://www.ssmaritime.com/Del-Trio.htm). Retrieved 9 September 2013.

1. "Liner Del Norte Is Due Thursday." *The Times-Picayune* (November 11, 1946), p. 10.

1. ["Seaport Enhanced"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193531/http://seaport.georgesharp.com/team.htm). George G. Sharp, Inc. Archived from [the original](http://seaport.georgesharp.com/team.htm) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

## External links

- [George G. Sharp, Inc. website](http://www.georgesharp.com/SHARP_Home.htm)
- [Delta Steamship Lines, Inc—The Del-Triplets—SS *Del Norte*, *Del Sud* & *Del Mar*](http://www.ssmaritime.com/Del-Trio.htm)

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