Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation

Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation

Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation is a US corporation that ran a shipbreaking operation. In the 1960s and 1970's it purchased many surplus U.S. Navy and U.S. Merchant Marine ships from World War II for scrapping.


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