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Western Pipe and Steel Company

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service in the war. All of the vessels were of riveted construction, in accordance with the available technology of the period. They had a length of 410 feet (120 m), a beam of 54 feet (16 m), a draft of 24 feet 2 inches (7.37 m), and a displacement of about 8000 tons. They ran on oil fuel and had a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h) and a crew of 39 to 45.
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damage on launch which then had to be repaired. The company was however, to persevere with side launching for the whole of its existence, and eventually these technical problems would be overcome. The channel and the four shipping ways were completed in only three months, and the keel of the company's very first ship,
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nine miles (14 km) of heavy welds, and the experience gained was to help make Western Pipe & Steel a world leader in the field of automated welding technology by the outbreak of World War II - expertise that would be put to good use after commencement of the company's wartime shipbuilding program.
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As the war progressed and the Allies began to achieve dominance, the need for new ships diminished and shipbuilding contracts began to wane. However, existing ships were suffering damage in combat and needed repair. Some required only minor repairs while others were badly damaged and needed extensive
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Many of the ships built by Western Pipe & Steel were inevitably destined to relatively uneventful careers. Many of the Type C3 vessels, for example, played a modest role in the Second World War as troopships or transports and subsequently settled down to mundane postwar careers as cargo vessels.
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All shipbuilding contracts were signed during the war. A handful of ships that were still in the process of production upon the cessation of hostilities were completed in the immediate postwar period. This latter category included two icebreakers, five Type C3 cargo ships and eight high performance
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The first 18 penstock pipes were each 290 feet (88 m) long and 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter, while the remaining three had the same length but a 6-foot (1.8 m) diameter. The twelve pump-inlet pipes were each 14 feet (4.3 m) in diameter. Fabrication of the pipes required more than
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While many of America's First World War emergency shipyards shut down at the end of the war, Western Pipe & Steel continued to grow its business in the postwar era. The company closed its Richmond operation in 1921 and moved the plant located there to the San Francisco shipyard, which now began
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In 1917 Western Pipe & Steel bought out another local San Francisco company, the Schaw Batcher Pipe Works. Schaw Batcher had frontage on San Francisco Bay and had just received a contract from the U.S. Shipping Board for the building of 22 merchant ships in accordance with the Board's strategic
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Because of the shortage of water frontage, the company dredged a large rectangular launching basin, and four shipping ways - two per side - were built, which launched ships sideways into the basin. The side launching method was not ideal for ships of this size and some of the vessels suffered hull
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The Shipping Board's contract with WPS called for the building of eighteen vessels of about 5,650 tons each and four larger vessels of 8,800 gross tons. The larger vessels were eventually cancelled in 1918 but all eighteen of the smaller ships were completed, though few were built in time to see
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magazine questioned the wisdom of awarding such a large contract to Western Pipe & Steel, disparaging the company as "a small steel fabricator which did only a $ 5,336,034 gross business last year" and characterizing the shipyard grant as "wild". In the event, these early expenditures on
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was decommissioned and returned to the United States, where her flight deck was removed. Laid up for some years, she was eventually bought by Russian entrepreneur Alexander Vlasov whose company the Sitmar Line undertook another major conversion of the vessel, this time into an
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remained in service with the Soviet Union as a special cargo vessel for the transport of fish, a role she retained until 1978. In that year she was acquired by Japanese interests and subsequently sold for scrap, bringing to an end a remarkably long career of 58 years.
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cargo vessels - proved successful, and in October 1939 a $ 10 million contract was signed. Along with the contract came a government grant of $ 400,000 to help restore the company's old World War I California shipyard. Three months later, the first C1 keel - that of
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In the late 1930s, the U.S. government set up the Maritime Commission, tasked with developing a scheme for replacing America's ageing merchant fleet with more modern vessels suitable for use as naval auxiliaries in the event of war. The commission introduced the
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of California, which in turn sold the assets for $ 8.3 million to Columbia Steel, a division of US Steel, in 1948. Columbia Steel transferred the assets to a new division, Consolidated Western Steel, which was later merged into the parent company,
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After the initial 1939 order for the five C1s was completed, more Maritime Commission contracts followed, but the company was to build no more C1s. Instead, the San Francisco shipyard switched in 1940 to manufacture of the larger and faster
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around 1907 by two brothers named Talbot and possibly a partner named T. A. Hays. Hays, a businessman with 21 years experience in the steel industry, was at some stage appointed Vice President of the new company, which in this period was a
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When the commission began to offer public contracts for its shipbuilding program, the Western Pipe & Steel Company found itself in an advantageous position. To begin with, the company's President, H. G. Tallerday, served on the
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the ship was assigned to the migrant passenger route between Britain and Australia in 1958, a role she retained until the early 1970s when Sitmar lost the migrant contract. Subsequently, she was operated by Sitmar as a popular
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The company made its first move into San Francisco in 1910 with the purchase of a local riveted pipe manufacturer, the Francis Smith Company, whose own origins dated back to 1854. Shortly thereafter, WPS purchased land in the
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steam turbines with a horsepower of 2500, but the plant proved unreliable and was subject to frequent breakdowns. Some of these vessels were lost at sea after foundering due to breakdown, and the rest were scrapped by 1930.
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was disabled by bombing near-misses and forced to be abandoned, after which she exploded and sank. The PQ 17 disaster proved so costly that the British were subsequently compelled to totally revise their convoy strategy.
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The hulls of these two vessels were not laid down by Western Pipe & Steel but by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland California. The hulls were shipped to WPS which completed the ships at their San Francisco
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and thus had contacts in the Roosevelt administration. Moreover, the company's years of experience with heavy welding in the 1930s now put it in the enviable position of being one of only three companies on the
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on the San Francisco Peninsula, and its subsequent extension from San Mateo to San Francisco. Today, the Dam supplies water to 2.4 million San Franciscans. The company also worked at this time on a pipeline for
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and aircraft were able to easily pick off the isolated merchant vessels, sinking 25 of the convoy's 36 ships and putting PQ 17 into the history books as the greatest Russia-bound convoy loss of the war.
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for repairs. A second voyage resulted in more repairs, this time to a cracked turbine. The following January she commenced a new voyage, and on 13 February was reported stranded in breakers northwest of
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In this period the company also began to extend its operations into other regions. The Fresno factory was expanded and in the 1930s new operations were set up in the San Francisco peninsula, and at
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and subsequently of Southern France. In 1944 she was transferred to the Pacific where she was part of the fleet that witnessed the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945. Shortly thereafter,
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In the years following the end of the war, various proposals for the revamping of the San Francisco shipyard came and went. In 1949, the Navy Bureau of Ships proposed the building of sixteen
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and pump inlet pipes. These pipes were so large that they could not be transported to the site, and had to be manufactured onsite in a fabrication plant built expressly for the purpose.
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column multiplied by the number of ships of this type built. Exact displacements are not available for some types. In such cases, the displacement of the basic C3 type is given instead.
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plant in the United States, this giant project was eventually to employ the services of 21 companies. Western Pipe & Steel was awarded the contract to build the dam's
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and pipes. During this period the company is reported to have built self-propelled fuel, gasoline and water barges, and both self-propelled and non-self-propelled covered
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By August 1945 the company was able to report that a total of 118 ships had been repaired, with repairs taking an average of ten days per ship. But with the surrender of
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Perhaps the biggest peacetime contract awarded to Western Pipe & Steel was for work on the Grand Coulee Dam project in the 1930s. Destined to become the biggest
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joined the Maritime Commission in contracting work from Western Pipe & Steel. A Navy grant of $ 7 million enabled the company to establish a second shipyard (
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Another major project undertaken by Western Pipe & Steel in the interwar years was for construction of the large calibre water transport pipes between the
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fleet. With the purchase of Schaw Batcher, Western Pipe & Steel inherited these contracts, thus gaining its first foothold into the shipbuilding industry.
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crewmen on board survived the attack. In September of the same year, five of another party of nine former crewmates were killed aboard the Japanese hell ship
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with sufficient expertise to immediately begin building ships with all-welded hulls. The company ranked 89th among United States corporations in the value of
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A number of warships built by Western Pipe & Steel distinguished themselves in wartime service. Perhaps the most notable of these was the escort carrier
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Others however had more unusual, more distinguished, or sometimes more tragic destinies. The following list includes a selection of these latter groups.
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from "The San Francisco Bay Region" by Bailey Millard Vol. 3 page 119. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924, reproduced on the
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had almost been completed as a standard Type C3 cargo ship when word came through that she was to be converted into one of the newly designed
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Rupture and Fire, San Bruno, California, September 9, 2010 NTSB PAR-11/01
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attack), the ship returned after the war to cargo service with the San Francisco-based Matson Navigation Company, operating under the name
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In 1983, the site was sold to a commercial developer. Little evidence now remains of the shipyard which once existed there.
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In late 1945, shortly after the war, the Western Pipe & Steel Company was sold for a sum in excess of $ 6.2 million to
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Five of these were not built as troop transports by WPS but were later converted to troop transports by other companies
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Sources for this section: Maudsley pp. 115–179, Colton Company website, Hyperwar website, see References below.
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Some of the other warships built by Western Pipe & Steel which accumulated distinguished service records were
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One of the five Type C1 vessels built by Western Pipe & Steel for its initial Maritime Commission contract,
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Little information is available concerning the fate of the San Pedro shipyard, except that it no longer exists.
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recorded here is the month the ship was delivered by WPS to its owner/operator, given in the format month/year.
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3. Figures in the "Light" and "Full" summary row represent average displacements for ships built at this yard.
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for the US Navy during the war. These vessels were produced at the San Francisco shipyard and were for use at
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in September 1942. Eleven crew members were killed in the engagement but the remaining 47 were rescued by
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Steel Ships and Iron Pipe: Western Pipe and Steel Company of California, the Company, the Yard, the Ships
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which received four battle stars in World War II, four in the Korean War and two in the Vietnam War, and
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2. Figures in the date columns represent delivery dates for the first and last ships built at this yard.
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In addition to the vessels listed below, the company also produced eleven 500-cubic-yard (380 m)
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Western Pipe & Steel quickly began to expand its operations. In 1910 it established a factory in
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Delivered in August 1919, she made her maiden commercial voyage the same month and was subsequently
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which had sunk in the mid-Pacific. Many of the details concerning this operation are still secret.
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work. Western Pipe & Steel received its first contract for ship repair work in October 1944.
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consortium, who planned yet another major conversion for the vessel, into a casino ship named
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was on course to intercept, he decided to split up the convoy with disastrous results. German
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Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
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and South San Francisco, including the material used in a gas transmission pipeline which
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In 1942, the vessel was acquired by the US government and transferred to the USSR under
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was the last such ship to be fitted with the unreliable General Electric turbine motor.
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was delivered in July 1941 but only made a handful of voyages before being sunk by the
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1. Figure for the "No. built" represents the total number of ships built at this yard.
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in 1937 which set a goal of producing 500 new merchant ships over a ten-year period.
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was credited with the sinking of four German U-boats during the course of the war -
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which received six battle honours for service with the Royal Navy in World War II.
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4. Figure in the "Total" column represents total light tonnage built at this yard.
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steel pipe and metal casings manufacturer. An early President of the company was
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class escort aircraft carriers. The conversion was subsequently carried out and
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The origins of the company are somewhat obscure. It appears it was organized in
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was to serve with distinction during the war, taking part in the invasion of
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Other crewmembers died in Japanese captivity. Of the original 58-man crew of
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This is the total light displacement of all ships built in the given period.
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before being transferred under lend lease to the Royal Navy who dubbed her
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of San Francisco, and moved the Francis Smith plant to the new location.
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One WPS ship with a particularly interesting and varied history was
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shipbuilding by the US government were to prove grossly inadequate.
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The most notable ships built at the San Pedro yard were the seven
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in June 1942. When the convoy commander was informed the German
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launching basin of Western Pipe & Steel as it looked in 2003
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column gives the weight of the ship itself, with no cargo. The
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Launched in September 1941 under Maritime Commission contract,
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The worst peacetime disaster to befall a WPS ship occurred to
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in World War I and took part in the construction of the giant
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In the early 1970s, the yard briefly came to life again when
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column multiplied by the number of ships of this type built.
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to serve the agricultural and oil industries in that state.
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column gives the weight of the ship when fully loaded. The
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devastated an American fleet in the Pacific led by Admiral
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Another WPS ship to undergo an interesting conversion was
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In 1977 the ship was damaged in a collision and sold to a
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Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography
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when the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine
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The WPS ship with the longest service life was probably
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in 1913. In 1915 a third new factory was established in
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to take the surrender of the Japanese garrison there.
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built by the company for service with the Royal Navy,
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United States aircraft production during World War II
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The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis
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The WPS vessel with the shortest service history was
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The company's first bid - for the production of five
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States
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The 256:The first eight of the ships were fitted with 197:for the supply of pipes and containers to the 5357:Former defense companies of the United States 5028: 3745: 2775: 2444:World War II Maritime Commission ship designs 2429: 543:icebreakers built by Western Pipe & Steel 157:in World War II. It also built ships for the 8: 1195: 62: 5372:Manufacturing companies established in 1906 2070:Western Pipe & Steel San Pedro shipyard 2005:California Genealogy & History Archives 1316:whose purpose was the salvage of a Russian 5230: 5110: 5035: 5021: 5013: 3752: 3738: 3730: 2782: 2768: 2760: 2436: 2422: 2414: 2015: 2013: 1532:Another of the World War I-era WPS ships, 264:The remaining 10 vessels were fitted with 61: 5256:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2111:- Historical American Engineering Record. 237:goal of developing a naval auxiliary and 2342:Drury, Robert & Clavin, Tom (2006): 1877: 1716: 1596: 1265: 1015: 1008: 1001: 994: 987: 706: 699: 692: 685: 678: 528: 406: 283: 224: 1984: 1482:were being transported on the Japanese 2104: 2102: 2096:- US Government Bureau of Reclamation. 1572:One of the victims of the debacle was 1522:, only 28 returned home from the war. 1424:(site of the notoriously treacherous 1416:in 1928, and foundered and sank near 982: 979: 973: 673: 670: 664: 7: 5382:1945 disestablishments in California 1946:. The book was later turned into an 1860:underwent a major conversion into a 1478:In April 1944 eighteen survivors of 976: 667: 1892:One WPS ship, the destroyer tender 1576:, then operating under the name of 1508:when she was torpedoed and sunk by 1498:. Only five of the eighteen former 1438:Another ill-fated crew was that of 5154:Hispanic Americans in World War II 5060:American music during World War II 2094:Grand Coulee Dam and Power Complex 1868:. She was sold for scrap in 1981. 589:, within spitting distance of the 25: 5377:1906 establishments in California 5159:Native Americans and World War II 2172:WPS San Pedro shipbuilding record 5176: 5105:Internment of Japanese Americans 1306:and the large submersible barge 591:Consolidated Wilmington shipyard 253:, was laid on 30 November 1917. 201:. Another factory was opened in 5100:Internment of Italian Americans 2249:"Shipyards: Large Western Pipe" 1910:. During the Second World War, 1866:West Coast of the United States 1663:also participated in Operation 506:- was laid on 5 February 1940. 494:military production contracts. 475:Long Range Shipbuilding Program 5095:Internment of German Americans 5080:New Mexico during World War II 2889:Anti-submarine warfare carrier 2389:Maritime Commission ship types 2333:website. Also Mawdsley p. 116. 1973:Maritime history of California 1968:California during World War II 1940:-prize winning fictional work 1471:, who turned them over to the 1300:began the construction of the 986: 677: 483:National Labor Relations Board 304: 143:Western Pipe and Steel Company 127:Ships, iron and steel products 27:American manufacturing company 1: 5164:Puerto Ricans in World War II 5121:Women Airforce Service Pilots 5044:United States in World War II 2807:Naval ship classes in service 1659:on the same day, 2 May 1944. 1256:ruptured in San Bruno in 2010 369:Source: Mawdsley, pp. 95-114. 5131:Woman's Land Army of America 3275:Harbour defence motor launch 1312:, as part of the top-secret 1184: 1173: 1102: 1076: 1048: 1023: 915: 890: 859: 834: 802: 770: 739: 714: 468:South San Francisco shipyard 341: 333: 326: 319: 312: 305: 5070:Arizona during World War II 3558:Ballistic missile submarine 3404:Mine countermeasures vessel 5398: 5075:Nevada during World War II 3605:Submarine aircraft carrier 2987:Pre-dreadnought battleship 2797:in 19th and 20th centuries 2394:Mawdsley, Dean L. (2002): 2346:, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2082:WPS San Francisco shipyard 1185: 1174: 1103: 1077: 1049: 1024: 916: 891: 860: 835: 803: 771: 740: 715: 638:Total production 1941-1947 280:Total production 1918-1920 5326:Destroyers-for-bases deal 5224:Medal of Honor recipients 5174: 4984: 4946:Motor torpedo boat tender 3500:General stores issue ship 3169:Amphibious transport dock 2944:Merchant aircraft carrier 2934:Interdiction Assault Ship 2802: 2734: 2383:http://coltoncompany.com/ 2230:Guide to summary figures: 2174:, Colton Company website. 2084:, Colton Company website. 2072:, Colton Company website. 1221:With the dropping of the 1169: 1166: 1163: 534:USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) 449:Crystal Springs Reservoir 300: 297: 294: 291: 113:San Francisco, California 5362:History of San Francisco 5313:Diplomatic participation 3578:Deep-submergence vehicle 3568:Cruise missile submarine 3495:Fast combat support ship 3138:Guided-missile destroyer 2996:Standard-type battleship 2363:Drury and Clavin, p. 286 2162:, Thule Airbase website. 1551:for the Russian port of 1387:, where she was renamed 1327:Individual ships of note 266:triple expansion engines 63:Western Pipe & Steel 18:Western Pipe & Steel 4991:Completed after the war 3822:Light aircraft carriers 3174:Amphibious warfare ship 2884:Amphibious assault ship 2253:shipbuildinghistory.com 2132:Harvard Business School 2109:Richmond Shipyard No. 3 175:Los Angeles, California 5246:Attack on Pearl Harbor 5187:Military participation 4976:Underway replenishment 3250:Armed boarding steamer 3214:Landing Ship Logistics 3209:Landing ship, infantry 3035:Guided missile cruiser 2939:Light aircraft carrier 1889: 1733: 1617: 1275: 659:San Francisco shipyard 570:33.76728°N 118.27859°W 544: 469: 416: 286:San Francisco shipyard 233: 165:project in the 1930s. 48:37.66669°N 122.39315°W 3450:Auxiliary repair dock 3399:Destroyer minesweeper 3295:Ocean boarding vessel 3199:Landing Craft Support 3194:Landing craft carrier 2914:Fighter catapult ship 1881: 1720: 1689:during World War II, 1641:on 10 February 1944, 1600: 1475:as prisoners of war. 1269: 532: 504:American Manufacturer 467: 435:Hetch Hetchy pipeline 410: 228: 188:Richfield Oil Company 151:construction of ships 4997:Single ship of class 4926:High-speed transport 3676:Littoral combat ship 3229:Landing Ship Vehicle 2972:Coastal defence ship 2125:Scherer, Frederic M. 1420:at the mouth of the 1217:Postwar developments 983:Displacement (tons) 674:Displacement (tons) 575:33.76728; -118.27859 301:Displacement (tons) 53:37.66669; -122.39315 3530:Replenishment oiler 3433:Command and support 3219:Landing Ship Medium 3082:Unprotected cruiser 2924:Flight deck cruiser 2671:Miscellaneous-cargo 2391:- Hyperwar website. 1916:William Halsey, Jr. 1901:American literature 1732:on 13 November 1942 1547:PQ 17 set out from 1418:Cape Disappointment 1360:Terschelling Island 1160: 1079:Landing Ship Medium 970: 661: 616:Coast Guard cutters 584:Port of Los Angeles 566: /  454:Everett, Washington 445:Hetch Hetchy Valley 415:'s third powerhouse 397:Seattle, Washington 288: 159:U.S. Shipping Board 155:Maritime Commission 64: 44: /  5292:Japanese Americans 5126:Women's Army Corps 3646:Breastwork monitor 3510:Joint support ship 3465:Combat stores ship 3260:Coastal motor boat 3224:Landing Ship, Tank 3204:Landing Ship Heavy 3103:Convoy rescue ship 2929:Helicopter carrier 2639:Type S4-SE2-BE1 (" 2626:Type S4-SE2-BD1 (" 2608:-class cable layer 2595:Landing Ship, Tank 1932:American novelist 1890: 1822:Philippine Tourist 1734: 1627:. One of the four 1618: 1314:Operation Jennifer 1287:Landing Ships Dock 1283:attack cargo ships 1276: 1243:Consolidated Steel 1164:Production Period 1156: 968:San Pedro shipyard 966: 918:Type C3 cargo ship 893:Type C2 cargo ship 717:Type C1 cargo ship 657: 545: 470: 417: 284: 234: 5339: 5338: 5307: 5306: 5287:Chinese Americans 5272:African Americans 5251:Normandy landings 5172: 5171: 5136:Rosie the Riveter 5010: 5009: 4372:Destroyer escorts 3767:Aircraft carriers 3727: 3726: 3631:Armed merchantman 3573:Cruiser submarine 3563:Coastal submarine 3330:Fast attack craft 3184:Dock landing ship 3062:Protected cruiser 3045:Pocket battleship 3002:Treaty battleship 2992:Super-dreadnought 2876:Aircraft carriers 2824:Operational zones 2757: 2756: 2686:("Coastal Cargo") 2647:attack cargo ship 2613:Type S4-S2-BB3 (" 2317:"Ship Name: Iowa" 1730:San Francisco Bay 1685:which won eleven 1465:Cape of Good Hope 1456:auxiliary cruiser 1391:. After the war, 1318:nuclear submarine 1298:Summa Corporation 1213: 1207: 1206: 1154: 1153: 964: 963: 608:destroyer escorts 520:attack transports 441:O'Shaughnessy Dam 411:Penstocks at the 371: 365: 364: 215:Richmond District 139: 138: 16:(Redirected from 5389: 5299:Jewish Americans 5231: 5180: 5111: 5037: 5030: 5023: 5014: 4971:Submarine tender 4916:Destroyer tender 4891:Floating drydock 3893:Commencement Bay 3754: 3747: 3740: 3731: 3666:Floating battery 3600:Midget submarine 3553:Attack submarine 3535:Submarine tender 3485:Destroyer tender 3315:Submarine chaser 3179:Attack transport 3123:Escort destroyer 3118:Destroyer leader 3113:Destroyer escort 3020:Aircraft cruiser 2834:Green-water navy 2829:Brown-water navy 2784: 2777: 2770: 2761: 2704:("Refrigerated") 2634:attack transport 2593:Type S3-S2-BP (" 2438: 2431: 2424: 2415: 2400:Glencannon Press 2364: 2361: 2355: 2340: 2334: 2326: 2320: 2313: 2307: 2306: 2304: 2302: 2296: 2288: 2282: 2272: 2266: 2263: 2257: 2256: 2245: 2239: 2228: 2222: 2218: 2212: 2209: 2203: 2181: 2175: 2169: 2163: 2157: 2151: 2141: 2135: 2118: 2112: 2106: 2097: 2091: 2085: 2079: 2073: 2067: 2061: 2060:Mawdsley, p. 10. 2058: 2052: 2030: 2024: 2017: 2008: 1998: 1992: 1989: 1943:The Caine Mutiny 1858:Hawaiian Citizen 1851:Hawaiian Citizen 1698:attack transport 1683:destroyer escort 1616:, 4 January 1950 1209: 1161: 1158:Total production 1026:Destroyer escort 971: 868:attack transport 773:Destroyer tender 662: 654:in the Pacific. 581: 580: 578: 577: 576: 571: 567: 564: 563: 562: 559: 413:Grand Coulee Dam 403:Grand Coulee Dam 375:Between the wars 367: 289: 258:General Electric 207:Phoenix, Arizona 195:Taft, California 163:Grand Coulee Dam 65: 59: 58: 56: 55: 54: 49: 45: 42: 41: 40: 37: 21: 5397: 5396: 5392: 5391: 5390: 5388: 5387: 5386: 5342: 5341: 5340: 5335: 5303: 5282:Asian Americans 5276:Tuskegee Airmen 5260: 5241:List of battles 5229: 5181: 5168: 5140: 5109: 5085:G.I. Generation 5046: 5041: 5011: 5006: 4980: 4966:Seaplane tender 4936:Ice cream barge 4878:Auxiliary ships 4872: 4758: 4730: 4611: 4556: 4473: 4448: 4427:Patrol frigates 4421: 4366: 4354:Robert H. Smith 4347:Allen M. Sumner 4227: 4144: 4077: 4008: 3988: 3898: 3849:Escort carriers 3843: 3816: 3761: 3758: 3728: 3723: 3717:Sailing vessels 3700: 3619: 3590:Fleet submarine 3539: 3520:Net laying ship 3445:Ammunition ship 3428: 3382: 3324: 3238: 3157: 3086: 3077:Torpedo cruiser 3057:Merchant raider 3025:Armored cruiser 3006: 2982:Fast battleship 2958: 2949:Seaplane tender 2894:Balloon carrier 2870: 2854:Central battery 2839:Blue-water navy 2798: 2788: 2758: 2753: 2730: 2713: 2666: 2574:Special-purpose 2569: 2537: 2519:Emergency cargo 2514: 2445: 2442: 2373: 2368: 2367: 2362: 2358: 2354:, p. 3, p. 269. 2341: 2337: 2330:American Leader 2327: 2323: 2314: 2310: 2300: 2298: 2294: 2290: 2289: 2285: 2273: 2269: 2264: 2260: 2247: 2246: 2242: 2237: 2235: 2233: 2231: 2229: 2225: 2219: 2215: 2210: 2206: 2182: 2178: 2170: 2166: 2158: 2154: 2142: 2138: 2121:Peck, Merton J. 2119: 2115: 2107: 2100: 2092: 2088: 2080: 2076: 2068: 2064: 2059: 2055: 2031: 2027: 2018: 2011: 1999: 1995: 1991:Mawdsely, p. 29 1990: 1986: 1981: 1964: 1956:Humphrey Bogart 1790:After the war, 1755:briefly became 1671:in April 1944. 1629:escort carriers 1520:American Leader 1500:American Leader 1480:American Leader 1449:American Leader 1441:American Leader 1433:American Leader 1329: 1303:Glomar Explorer 1264: 1239: 1219: 837:Troop transport 805:Seaplane tender 640: 624: 574: 572: 568: 565: 560: 557: 555: 553: 552: 536:, one of seven 516:escort carriers 462: 437: 405: 377: 282: 239:merchant marine 223: 184:James A. Talbot 171: 119: 115: 52: 50: 46: 43: 38: 35: 33: 31: 30: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 5395: 5393: 5385: 5384: 5379: 5374: 5369: 5364: 5359: 5354: 5344: 5343: 5337: 5336: 5334: 5333: 5328: 5323: 5317: 5315: 5309: 5308: 5305: 5304: 5302: 5301: 5296: 5295: 5294: 5289: 5279: 5268: 5266: 5262: 5261: 5259: 5258: 5253: 5248: 5243: 5237: 5235: 5228: 5227: 5220:Service medals 5217: 5212: 5207: 5205:Army Air Force 5202: 5191: 5189: 5183: 5182: 5175: 5173: 5170: 5169: 5167: 5166: 5161: 5156: 5150: 5148: 5142: 5141: 5139: 5138: 5133: 5128: 5123: 5117: 5115: 5114:American women 5108: 5107: 5102: 5097: 5092: 5090:Schools at War 5087: 5082: 5077: 5072: 5067: 5062: 5056: 5054: 5048: 5047: 5042: 5040: 5039: 5032: 5025: 5017: 5008: 5007: 5005: 5004: 5001: 4998: 4995: 4992: 4989: 4985: 4982: 4981: 4979: 4978: 4973: 4968: 4963: 4958: 4953: 4948: 4943: 4938: 4933: 4928: 4923: 4918: 4913: 4908: 4903: 4898: 4893: 4888: 4882: 4880: 4874: 4873: 4871: 4870: 4863: 4856: 4849: 4842: 4835: 4828: 4821: 4814: 4807: 4800: 4793: 4786: 4779: 4774: 4768: 4766: 4760: 4759: 4757: 4756: 4751: 4746: 4740: 4738: 4732: 4731: 4729: 4728: 4721: 4714: 4707: 4700: 4693: 4686: 4679: 4672: 4665: 4658: 4651: 4644: 4637: 4632: 4627: 4621: 4619: 4613: 4612: 4610: 4609: 4602: 4595: 4588: 4581: 4574: 4566: 4564: 4558: 4557: 4555: 4554: 4547: 4540: 4533: 4526: 4519: 4512: 4505: 4498: 4491: 4483: 4481: 4475: 4474: 4472: 4471: 4466: 4458: 4456: 4450: 4449: 4447: 4446: 4439: 4431: 4429: 4423: 4422: 4420: 4419: 4416:John C. Butler 4412: 4405: 4398: 4391: 4384: 4376: 4374: 4368: 4367: 4365: 4364: 4357: 4350: 4343: 4336: 4329: 4322: 4315: 4308: 4301: 4294: 4287: 4280: 4273: 4266: 4259: 4252: 4245: 4237: 4235: 4229: 4228: 4226: 4225: 4218: 4211: 4204: 4197: 4190: 4183: 4176: 4169: 4162: 4154: 4152: 4146: 4145: 4143: 4142: 4137: 4130: 4123: 4116: 4109: 4102: 4095: 4087: 4085: 4083:Light cruisers 4079: 4078: 4076: 4075: 4068: 4061: 4054: 4047: 4040: 4033: 4026: 4018: 4016: 4014:Heavy cruisers 4010: 4009: 4007: 4006: 3998: 3996: 3994:Large cruisers 3990: 3989: 3987: 3986: 3979: 3972: 3965: 3962:North Carolina 3958: 3951: 3944: 3937: 3930: 3923: 3916: 3908: 3906: 3900: 3899: 3897: 3896: 3889: 3882: 3875: 3868: 3861: 3853: 3851: 3845: 3844: 3842: 3841: 3834: 3826: 3824: 3818: 3817: 3815: 3814: 3807: 3800: 3793: 3786: 3779: 3771: 3769: 3763: 3762: 3759: 3757: 3756: 3749: 3742: 3734: 3725: 3724: 3722: 3721: 3720: 3719: 3708: 3706: 3702: 3701: 3699: 3698: 3693: 3688: 3683: 3678: 3673: 3668: 3663: 3658: 3653: 3648: 3643: 3638: 3633: 3627: 3625: 3621: 3620: 3618: 3617: 3612: 3607: 3602: 3597: 3592: 3587: 3586: 3585: 3575: 3570: 3565: 3560: 3555: 3549: 3547: 3541: 3540: 3538: 3537: 3532: 3527: 3522: 3517: 3512: 3507: 3502: 3497: 3492: 3487: 3482: 3477: 3472: 3467: 3462: 3457: 3455:Auxiliary ship 3452: 3447: 3442: 3440:Amenities ship 3436: 3434: 3430: 3429: 3427: 3426: 3421: 3416: 3411: 3406: 3401: 3396: 3390: 3388: 3384: 3383: 3381: 3380: 3375: 3370: 3365: 3360: 3355: 3350: 3345: 3340: 3334: 3332: 3326: 3325: 3323: 3322: 3317: 3312: 3310:Steam gun boat 3307: 3302: 3297: 3292: 3287: 3282: 3277: 3272: 3267: 3262: 3257: 3252: 3246: 3244: 3240: 3239: 3237: 3236: 3231: 3226: 3221: 3216: 3211: 3206: 3201: 3196: 3191: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3171: 3165: 3163: 3159: 3158: 3156: 3155: 3150: 3145: 3140: 3135: 3130: 3125: 3120: 3115: 3110: 3105: 3100: 3094: 3092: 3088: 3087: 3085: 3084: 3079: 3074: 3072:Strike cruiser 3069: 3064: 3059: 3054: 3049: 3048: 3047: 3037: 3032: 3027: 3022: 3016: 3014: 3008: 3007: 3005: 3004: 2999: 2989: 2984: 2979: 2974: 2968: 2966: 2960: 2959: 2957: 2956: 2951: 2946: 2941: 2936: 2931: 2926: 2921: 2916: 2911: 2909:Escort carrier 2906: 2901: 2896: 2891: 2886: 2880: 2878: 2872: 2871: 2869: 2868: 2867: 2866: 2861: 2856: 2851: 2845:Gun placement 2843: 2842: 2841: 2836: 2831: 2821: 2820: 2819: 2814: 2803: 2800: 2799: 2789: 2787: 2786: 2779: 2772: 2764: 2755: 2754: 2735: 2732: 2731: 2729: 2728: 2721: 2719: 2715: 2714: 2712: 2711: 2705: 2699: 2693: 2687: 2681: 2674: 2672: 2668: 2667: 2665: 2664: 2650: 2637: 2624: 2621:escort carrier 2611: 2601:Type S3-S2-BP1 2598: 2591: 2577: 2575: 2571: 2570: 2568: 2567: 2566:("Z-ET1-S-C3") 2561: 2556: 2551: 2545: 2543: 2539: 2538: 2536: 2535: 2529: 2522: 2520: 2516: 2515: 2513: 2512: 2507: 2500: 2493: 2486: 2479: 2474: 2469: 2464: 2459: 2453: 2451: 2447: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2440: 2433: 2426: 2418: 2412: 2411: 2392: 2386: 2380: 2372: 2369: 2366: 2365: 2356: 2335: 2321: 2308: 2283: 2267: 2258: 2240: 2223: 2213: 2204: 2176: 2164: 2152: 2136: 2113: 2098: 2086: 2074: 2062: 2053: 2025: 2009: 1993: 1983: 1982: 1980: 1977: 1976: 1975: 1970: 1963: 1960: 1876: 1875: 1862:container ship 1832: 1831: 1715: 1714: 1647:on 1 May, and 1614:South Carolina 1606: (APA-33) 1595: 1594: 1530: 1529: 1436: 1435: 1422:Columbia River 1404: 1403: 1374: 1373: 1340: 1339: 1328: 1325: 1263: 1260: 1238: 1235: 1218: 1215: 1205: 1204: 1201: 1198: 1194: 1193: 1190: 1187: 1183: 1182: 1179: 1176: 1172: 1171: 1168: 1165: 1152: 1151: 1148: 1145: 1142: 1139: 1136: 1133: 1129: 1128: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1113: 1110: 1101: 1100: 1097: 1094: 1091: 1088: 1085: 1082: 1075: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1065: 1062: 1059: 1056: 1047: 1046: 1043: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1028: 1022: 1021: 1014: 1007: 1000: 993: 985: 984: 981: 980:Delivery date 978: 975: 962: 961: 958: 955: 952: 949: 946: 943: 939: 938: 935: 932: 929: 926: 923: 920: 914: 913: 910: 907: 904: 901: 898: 895: 889: 888: 885: 882: 879: 876: 873: 870: 858: 857: 854: 851: 848: 845: 842: 839: 833: 832: 829: 826: 823: 820: 817: 814: 801: 800: 797: 794: 791: 788: 785: 782: 769: 768: 765: 762: 759: 756: 753: 750: 748:escort carrier 738: 737: 734: 731: 728: 725: 722: 719: 713: 712: 705: 698: 691: 684: 676: 675: 672: 671:Delivery date 669: 666: 639: 636: 623: 620: 461: 458: 436: 433: 404: 401: 376: 373: 363: 362: 359: 356: 353: 350: 347: 344: 340: 339: 332: 325: 318: 311: 303: 302: 299: 298:Delivery date 296: 293: 281: 278: 222: 219: 170: 167: 137: 136: 133: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 117: 111: 109: 105: 104: 99: 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 83: 79: 78: 69: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5394: 5383: 5380: 5378: 5375: 5373: 5370: 5368: 5365: 5363: 5360: 5358: 5355: 5353: 5350: 5349: 5347: 5332: 5329: 5327: 5324: 5322: 5319: 5318: 5316: 5314: 5310: 5300: 5297: 5293: 5290: 5288: 5285: 5284: 5283: 5280: 5277: 5273: 5270: 5269: 5267: 5263: 5257: 5254: 5252: 5249: 5247: 5244: 5242: 5239: 5238: 5236: 5232: 5225: 5221: 5218: 5216: 5213: 5211: 5208: 5206: 5203: 5200: 5196: 5193: 5192: 5190: 5188: 5184: 5179: 5165: 5162: 5160: 5157: 5155: 5152: 5151: 5149: 5147: 5143: 5137: 5134: 5132: 5129: 5127: 5124: 5122: 5119: 5118: 5116: 5112: 5106: 5103: 5101: 5098: 5096: 5093: 5091: 5088: 5086: 5083: 5081: 5078: 5076: 5073: 5071: 5068: 5066: 5063: 5061: 5058: 5057: 5055: 5053: 5049: 5045: 5038: 5033: 5031: 5026: 5024: 5019: 5018: 5015: 5002: 4999: 4996: 4993: 4990: 4987: 4986: 4983: 4977: 4974: 4972: 4969: 4967: 4964: 4962: 4959: 4957: 4954: 4952: 4949: 4947: 4944: 4942: 4939: 4937: 4934: 4932: 4929: 4927: 4924: 4922: 4919: 4917: 4914: 4912: 4911:Combat stores 4909: 4907: 4904: 4902: 4899: 4897: 4894: 4892: 4889: 4887: 4884: 4883: 4881: 4879: 4875: 4869: 4868: 4864: 4862: 4861: 4857: 4855: 4854: 4850: 4848: 4847: 4843: 4841: 4840: 4836: 4834: 4833: 4829: 4827: 4826: 4822: 4820: 4819: 4815: 4813: 4812: 4808: 4806: 4805: 4801: 4799: 4798: 4794: 4792: 4791: 4787: 4785: 4784: 4780: 4778: 4775: 4773: 4770: 4769: 4767: 4765: 4761: 4755: 4752: 4750: 4747: 4745: 4742: 4741: 4739: 4737: 4733: 4727: 4726: 4722: 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4544:Camanche 4409:Rudderow 4340:Fletcher 4270:Farragut 4249:Caldwell 4180:Plymouth 4150:Gunboats 4099:Brooklyn 4037:Portland 3955:Colorado 3920:New York 3879:Sangamon 3790:Yorktown 3661:Flagship 3394:Danlayer 3265:Corvette 3143:Kaibōkan 3012:Cruisers 2904:CAM ship 2859:Casemate 2795:warships 2727:("Tugs") 1962:See also 1938:Pulitzer 1903:and the 1847:kamikaze 1836:Sea Wren 1829:Sea Wren 1802:Renamed 1792:Attacker 1781:Attacker 1773:Attacker 1766:Attacker 1724:Attacker 1693:Bayfield 1665:Tungsten 1604:Bayfield 1592:Warships 1473:Japanese 1463:off the 1227:Nagasaki 1203:451,534 1186:Postwar 1181:395,398 1170:Tonnage 960:380,747 887:113,400 863:Bayfield 856:107,100 425:penstock 386:lighters 361:101,700 153:for the 132:Services 124:Products 68:Industry 4906:Collier 4839:Acubens 4818:Alstede 4811:Tolland 4804:Artemis 4783:Haskell 4777:Victory 4772:Liberty 4736:Tankers 4662:Dolphin 4655:Narwhal 4571:Lapwing 4469:PT boat 4388:Buckley 4361:Gearing 4333:Gleaves 4291:Gridley 4263:Clemson 4242:Sampson 4159:Dubuque 4106:Atlanta 4051:Wichita 3983:Montana 3913:Wyoming 3865:Charger 3705:Related 3681:Monitor 3615:Wet sub 3460:Collier 3378:Shin'yō 3373:PT boat 3270:Gunboat 3133:Frigate 2864:Turrets 2696:Type P2 2690:Type P1 2678:Type L6 2658:Derrick 2642:Artemis 2629:Gilliam 2606:Neptune 2588:frigate 2510:Type N3 2504:Type C9 2497:Type C8 2490:Type C7 2483:Type C6 2477:Type C5 2472:Type C4 2467:Type C3 2462:Type C2 2457:Type C1 2130:(1962) 2001:Extract 1927:Cascade 1896:Cascade 1885:Cascade 1842:Goodhue 1805:Fairsky 1777:Salerno 1704:Stalker 1678:Bangust 1669:Tirpitz 1566:U-boats 1561:Tirpitz 1549:Iceland 1252:Maywood 1192:56,136 1150:70,787 1132:Summary 1127:14,762 1099:16,120 1073:25,025 1045:14,880 942:Summary 937:68,850 912:13,112 778:Cascade 767:31,200 736:28,875 614:'s and 549:US Navy 512:C3 type 499:C1 type 447:to the 443:in the 180:calibre 90:Defunct 85:c. 1907 82:Founded 5234:Events 4961:Repair 4951:Reefer 4860:Hyades 4846:Arctic 4697:Tambor 4683:Salmon 4523:Keokuk 4516:Terror 4495:Wassuc 4488:Oglala 4463:Action 4443:Tacoma 4402:Edsall 4395:Cannon 4381:Evarts 4326:Benson 4312:Benham 4305:Somers 4298:Bagley 4277:Porter 4256:Wickes 4140:CL-154 4127:Juneau 4003:Alaska 3927:Nevada 3838:Saipan 3811:Midway 3783:Ranger 3610:U-boat 3338:E-boat 3305:Q-ship 3091:Escort 2725:Type V 2708:Type B 2702:Type R 2684:Type N 2644:-class 2631:-class 2618:-class 2585:-class 2583:Tacoma 2542:Tanker 2406:  2350:  2301:24 May 2123:& 1759:Barnes 1661:Fencer 1633:Fencer 1624:Fencer 1469:Michel 1460:Michel 1453:German 1362:, the 1197:Total 1106:Owasco 957:15,134 934:16,100 909:13,893 884:16,100 853:16,100 831:8,950 828:13,700 799:9,260 796:16,430 764:14,400 745:-class 382:barges 358:8,000~ 251:Isanti 203:Fresno 178:small- 74:& 4956:Oiler 4921:Depot 4867:Mizar 4832:Adria 4725:Tench 4718:Balao 4690:Sargo 4592:Eagle 4578:Raven 4551:Chimo 4530:Salem 4284:Mahan 4222:PGM-9 4215:PGM-1 4201:Vixen 4120:Fargo 4092:Omaha 3872:Bogue 3804:Essex 3153:Sloop 3098:Aviso 2661:Barge 2295:(PDF) 2221:site. 2200:Light 2196:Total 2188:Light 2134:p.619 2049:Light 2045:Total 2037:Light 1948:Oscar 1749:Bogue 1696:, an 1656:U-959 1650:U-674 1644:U-277 1638:U-666 1393:Desna 1389:Desna 1309:HMB-1 1147:1,880 1144:1,160 1138:10/43 1124:1,978 1121:1,342 1081:(LSM) 1070:6,515 1067:3,575 1042:1,620 1039:1,240 1033:10/43 1018:Total 1004:Light 990:First 954:7,768 931:7,650 906:6,556 881:8,100 878:12/44 865:class 850:7,650 825:8,950 822:11/42 819:11/42 793:9,260 761:7,800 743:Bogue 733:9,100 730:5,775 727:10/41 709:Total 695:Light 681:First 632:Japan 601:class 541:class 355:5,650 352:10/20 349:10/18 336:Total 322:Light 308:First 5215:Navy 5195:Army 4711:Gato 4599:Hawk 4319:Sims 4208:Erie 3976:Iowa 3797:Wasp 3583:DSRV 3368:MTSM 2793:and 2718:Tugs 2404:ISBN 2348:ISBN 2303:2018 2279:here 2192:Full 2146:Time 2041:Full 2019:The 1952:film 1922:Hull 1681:, a 1653:and 1495:Tang 1413:Iowa 1270:The 1229:and 1141:3/47 1118:9/46 1115:5/45 1090:2/45 1087:8/44 1064:3/47 1061:2/44 1036:9/44 1011:Full 997:Last 951:8/46 948:4/41 928:8/46 925:1/45 903:4/44 900:2/44 875:3/43 847:9/44 844:2/43 790:9/42 787:9/42 758:5/43 755:9/42 724:4/41 702:Full 688:Last 599:Wind 539:Wind 522:and 395:and 329:Full 315:Last 141:The 98:Fate 93:1945 4585:Auk 3363:MTM 3358:MTB 3348:MGB 3343:MAS 1608:at 1225:on 1200:111 1096:900 1093:520 612:LSM 526:. 147:WPS 5348:: 2748:, 2744:, 2740:, 2649:") 2636:") 2623:") 2610:") 2603:(" 2597:") 2590:") 2398:, 2315:* 2251:. 2101:^ 2012:^ 1958:. 1929:. 1853:. 1813:. 1799:. 1769:. 1612:, 1582:. 1515:. 1296:' 1258:. 1189:15 1178:96 1135:61 1112:11 1084:32 1030:12 945:50 872:14 841:14 610:, 518:, 456:. 399:. 346:18 190:. 116:, 5278:) 5274:( 5226:) 5222:( 5201:) 5197:( 5036:e 5029:t 5022:v 5000:X 4994:S 4988:C 4635:S 4630:R 4625:O 3753:e 3746:t 3739:v 2998:) 2994:( 2783:e 2776:t 2769:v 2752:. 2663:" 2656:- 2652:" 2506:) 2502:( 2499:) 2495:( 2492:) 2488:( 2485:) 2481:( 2437:e 2430:t 2423:v 2410:. 2379:. 2305:. 2281:. 2255:. 1058:7 922:9 897:2 816:1 812:) 808:( 784:1 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Western Pipe & Steel
37°40′00″N 122°23′35″W / 37.66669°N 122.39315°W / 37.66669; -122.39315
Manufacturing
shipbuilding
Liquidated
San Francisco, California
construction of ships
Maritime Commission
U.S. Shipping Board
Grand Coulee Dam
Los Angeles, California
calibre
James A. Talbot
Richfield Oil Company
Taft, California
oil industry
Fresno
Phoenix, Arizona
Richmond District

merchant marine
General Electric
triple expansion engines
Joshua Hendy
barges
lighters
Grand Coulee
Seattle, Washington

Grand Coulee Dam

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