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USS Macaw (ASR-11)
The USS ''Macaw'' (ASR-11) was a Chanticleer class rescue ship, ''Chanticleer''-class submarine rescue ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1944. History ''Macaw'' was laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California; launched on12 July 1942; sponsored by Miss Valnessa Easton of Berkeley, Calif.; and commissioned exactly one year later. Departing California on 28 August 1943, after shakedown and training exercises, ''Macaw'' steamed in convoy to Espiritu Santo, arriving on 2 October. Thence proceeding to Funafuti, via Wallis Island, she charted previously unknown reefs. She anchored off Funafuti on the 16th and remained until 13 November when she was ordered back to Pearl Harbor. After six weeks in Hawaii, ''Macaw'' departed for Midway Island. Sinking ''Macaw'' was scheduled to take part in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Marshall Islands campaign and was transiting back to Honolulu due to contaminated water tanks when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moore Dry Dock Company
Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California. In 1905, Robert S. Moore, his brother Joseph A. Moore, and John Thomas Scott purchased the National Iron Works located in the Hunter's Point section of San Francisco, and founded a new company, the Moore & Scott Iron Works Moore had previously been vice president of the Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco. Scott was nephew to Henry T. and Irving M. Scott, owners of the nearby Union Iron Works, where John had risen from apprentice to superintendent. Their new business was soon destroyed by fire resulting from the San Francisco earthquake. They quickly recovered and were back in business before the end of 1906 by purchasing Boole & Sons shipyard on Union Street in Oakland. In 1909, Moore and Scott decided to move across the Bay, and so purchased the W.A. Boole and Son Shipyard, located in Oakland at the foot of Adeline Street along the Oakland Estuary. In 1917, Moore bought out Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
