Lynch Shipbuilding
Lynch Shipbuilding was a wooden shipbuilding company in San Diego, California. To support the World War II demand for ships, Lynch Shipbuilding built US Navy rescue tugs and Coastal trading vessel, coastal cargo ships. Lynch Shipbuilding yard was started in the 1930s. Lynch was in the lumber business at the time also. In 1952 the yard was sold to Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, as Martinolich Shipbuilding San Diego. Martinolich's main shipyard was in Dockton, Washington. John A. Martinolich died in 1960. Martinolich's sons operated boatyards from 1940s to 1970 in Tacoma and San Diego also. Martinolich sold the San Diego shipyard in 1957 to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company which is at the current site, 1400 South 28th Street, San Diego. Notable ships * Six APc-1-class small coastal transports. Displacement of 100 tons lite, 258 tons full, a length 103 feet, a beam of 21 feet, a draft of 9 feet, a top speed of 10 knots. Crew of 3 officers and 22 enlisted with a troop ...
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USS Illusive (MSO-448) And USS Conquest (MSO-488) Off Sitra, Bahrain, On 26 December 1987 (6429495)
USS ''Illusive'' may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: * The construction of ''Illusive'' (AM-243) was canceled on 6 June 1944 * , was a minesweeper launched 12 July 1952 and decommissioned 30 March 1990 {{DEFAULTSORT:Illusive United States Navy ship names ...
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