California Shipbuilding Corporation built 467 Liberty and Victory ships during World War II , including Haskell -class attack transports . California Shipbuilding Corporation was often referred to as Calship .
21-728: In 1916 the California Shipbuilding Company built a few submarines in the Craig Shipbuilding Company yard in Long Beach. There is no relationship other than the name of the company. The Calship shipyard was created at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California , United States as part of America's massive shipbuilding effort of World War II. W. A. Bechtel Co. was given sponsorship and executive direction of Calship. As of 1940, Los Angeles shipyards had not built
42-574: A large ship in 20 years. By late 1941 though, shipbuilding had become the second largest manufacturing industry in the Los Angeles area. Calship was created from scratch with ground broken on January 27, then for a planned 8-way yard. It began production of Liberty Ships in May 1941. In the early 1940s, contracts from the U.S.Department of Maritime Commission and a number of U.S. Navy contracts led to prosperity shipbuilding business in Los Angeles . The yard
63-458: A particular hull was towed to them for outfitting or their engine delivered to the yard. Other notable ships built at Long Beach Shipbuilding Company Long Beach Yard (1918-1921): This company was established in 1915 with John F. Craig as president, but due to World War I, it was a dormant operation until its service was inaugurated with the launch of the MS ; Mazatlan . The line was to establish
84-406: A trade route between Los Angeles and ports on the west coast of Mexico north of Mazatlán . The round trips were planned to include La Paz, Topolobampo, Mazatlan, San Bias, Manzanilio and at times Guaymas and last 25 days. J. McMillan was general manager and Chas. G. Krueger, Los Angeles agent was also local agent for Swayne & Hoyt on their traffic passing through San Pedro. In August 1921
105-791: Is in Tampa, Florida and the SS Lane Victory is in Los Angeles. They are open to the public for dockside tours and also sail periodically. 33°45′40″N 118°15′05″W / 33.76111°N 118.25139°W / 33.76111; -118.25139 First keels laid on slipways 1 through 14, marking the completion steps of the shipyard facilities Launching of Liberty tankers, missing on shipbuildinghistory See also, similar role:- Empire ship , Fort ship , Park ship , Ocean ship . Craig Shipbuilding Company 33°46′14″N 118°12′50″W / 33.770586°N 118.213819°W / 33.770586; -118.213819 Craig Shipbuilding
126-624: The American Ship Building Company . Run today by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority : On May 19, 1908, the Western Dredging and Marine Construction Co. , of which John F. Craig was president and C. H. Windham general manager and treasurer was contracted to complete for $ 600,000 all dredging of the harbor, including that of Channels 1, 2, 3 and Slips 4 and 6, the turning basin and the ocean entrance at
147-728: The World War 2 demand for ships. Craig leased the Long Beach Shipbuilding yard to the Consolidated Steel Corporation . Consolidated Steel built Type C1-B and C1-M cargo merchant ships and two Type P1 passenger ships at the leased yard from prefabricated sections erected at their Maywood plant inland. Consolidated Steel operated two other large shipyards, one nearby in the Port of Los Angeles West Basin in Wilmington , which
168-471: The Craig Shipyard, including two submarines and a lighthouse tender. In 1921, Craig purchased his original shipyard back and renamed it back to Craig Shipbuilding. At the same time he renamed the Long Beach Shipbuilding to Craig Shipbuilding and ran both as one company. The tow shipyard did repair work on built yachts. The United States Maritime Commission started a shipbuilding program in 1939, to support
189-726: The company advertised as representing Swayne & Hoyt (whose volume of course was much bigger than the company's own sailings), and as having offices in 794 Pacific Electric Building and operating on the Fifth Street Wharf in Los Angeles Harbor. The Llewellyn Iron Works, builder of marine engines for ships launched from Long Beach during World War I was one of the companies merged into Consolidated Steel. Consolidated did not build any engines during World War II. See: Consolidated Steel Corporation#Long Beach shipyard Empire ship Too Many Requests If you report this error to
210-563: The exhaust end of the triple-expansion engine to increase the speed of the ships. The yard was the smallest of the three steel shipyards in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach active during the World War I shipbuilding boom, responsible for 17% of the tonnage produced there. The Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles produced engines for a number of yards on the West Coast. It is unknown whether
231-619: The fitting-out docks were even completed. The yard's workers came from every region of the United States, reaching a force of 40,000 men and women, only 1% of whom had any shipbuilding experience whatsoever. The Calship Log, aimed at "Calshippers" and "Calshipperettes", was published on the 1st and 15th of each month. The log covered the progress of working for the war effort, safety rules, policies and procedures, as well as leisure activities and information on public transport, gasoline rations, personal tax increases and war bonds. A Victory Edition
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#1732858302048252-493: The mouth of San Gabriel River. Included was the purchase of the new electric dredge for $ 65,000. Notable ships built at Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach Yard (1906 to 1 January 1916, when it was bought by the California Shipbuilding Company ) and (1922-1934): In 1932 Craig reconditioned 2 cargo vessels ( Point Ancha , Point Lobos ) for Swayne & Hoyt , including the installation of a low pressure turbine at
273-483: The peak of shipbuilding in California were involved 282 000 persons. Shipbuilding became a highly efficient wartime industry. The building of vessels and the number of jobs in the shipbuilding peaked in mid-1943. The Calship yard was known as "the city built on invisible stilts." It was situated on marshy ground, and was built on artificial earth supported by 57,000 piles driven into the mud. Shipbuilding commenced before
294-551: The shipyard to the short-lived California Shipbuilding Company . but then opened a new shipyard next to the one he just sold and called it the Long Beach Shipbuilding Company . The Long Beach Shipbuilding Company built cargo ships in 1918, 1919, and 1920 for the United States Shipping Board . In 1918 California Shipbuilding started to have difficulties completing contracts that it had purchased with
315-528: The value of World War II military production contracts. In 1947 the Calship facility was taken over by National Metal & Steel Corporation which operated a scrap yard there. Ironically, 55 of the Liberty and Victory ships that were built at Calship were scrapped on the same site. The surviving museum ships : SS American Victory and SS Lane Victory , were built in the Calship yard. The SS American Victory
336-567: The yard broke the record by delivering 15 Liberty Ships in June 1942. It delivered 111 ships in 1942, more than any other yard in the United States. In June 1943, it broke the record again by delivering 20 ships for the month, and yet again in December 1943, delivering 23 ships. Large Navy contracts developed shipbuilding in California. As a result of that, many workers migrated to the work area. Many shipyards sprang up from San Francisco to San Diego . At
357-567: Was a shipbuilding company in Long Beach, California . To support the World War I demand for ships Craig Shipbuilding shipyard switched over to military construction and built: US Navy Submarines and Cargo Ships. Craig Shipbuilding was started in 1906 by John F. Craig. John F. Craig had worked in Toledo, Ohio with his father, John Craig (1838-1934), and Blythe Craig, both shipbuilders, their first ship
378-609: Was also supplied by Maywood, the other in Orange, Texas , and two other small boatyards. After World war 2, the Consolidated-leased yard closed. Craig shipyard continued to do repair work as the Long Beach Marine Repair and closed in 1970. Notable ships built at Craig Shipbuilding Toledo (1864-1905), later purchased by a syndicate of investors in 1905 and renamed Toledo Shipbuilding Company , and then purchased in 1945 by
399-491: Was built in 1864 at Craig Shipbuilding Toledo . John F. Craig opened his shipbuilding company in Port of Long Beach on the south side of Channel 3, the current location of Pier 41 in the inner harbor, becoming the port's first shipyard. In 1908 Craig Shipbuilding was given the contract to finishing dredging of the Port of Long Beach inner harbor and to dredge the channel connecting it to the Pacific Ocean . In 1917 Craig sold
420-471: Was located on 175 acres on the north side of Terminal Island, north of Dock Street, near present-day berths 210-213. It initially had 8 ways , and later increased this to 14. 40,000 men and women worked under the military contract to construction of 467 vessels over 5 years. The combination of these ships were known as the "Liberty Fleet". These cargo ships were designed for rapid construction with lower costs for them. Thirteen months after commencing production,
441-566: Was published on September 27, 1945. After the war, the Maritime Commission and the Navy department cancelled their contracts with Calship. As the result of that, the level of shipbuilding began to decline. Calship closed in September 1945, after launching the last Victory ship, "four years to the minute after the first slid into the water ." Calship ranked 49th among United States corporations in
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