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Amid layoffs, members of Congress and Mayor Kenney try to buoy Philly Shipyard

During 2018, the shipyard downsized from about 1,200 workers to around 400, and the last ship it is working on is due to be delivered this month. It faces an uncertain future without a new contract.

US. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., right, speaks to John Kane, the Plumbers Union Business Manager for Local 690, in the Philly Shipyard after a press conference, urging that the shipyard receive a government contract for training vessels for the U.S. maritime academies.
US. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., right, speaks to John Kane, the Plumbers Union Business Manager for Local 690, in the Philly Shipyard after a press conference, urging that the shipyard receive a government contract for training vessels for the U.S. maritime academies.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer