Campbell Industries or Campbell Machine Company was a

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company in

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, most construction was

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. To support the

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demand for ships Campbell Industries shipyard switched over to military construction and built:

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Minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

s. Campbell Industries was started in 1906 as the Campbell Machine Company as builder and repair yard for tuna seiners. Campbell Machine Company went public in 1960 and was renamed to Campbell Industries. In 1979 the yard was sold again to Marco. In 1982 Marco sold the yard to San Diego Marine Industries, Inc. (not the well known San Diego Marine Construction, Inc.). San Diego Marine Industries, Inc. later became Southwest Marine in 1985. The shipyard closed in 1991 and was later sold, part of the land became

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. The shipyard was located at 1206 Marina Park Way, San Diego, in San Diego Bay near Embarcadero Marina Park South in the

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''YMS-1''-class minesweeper

Campbell Industries built s for the

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in 1942 and 1943. The ships had a

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of 270 tons, a length of , a

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of , a

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of , and a top speed of . The ships had a crew of 32. The vessels were armed with one 40 mm gun. Twin sister ship see:

USS Bobolink (AMS-2) USS ''Bobolink'' (AMS-2/YMS-164) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing. ''YMS-164'' was laid down on 24 April 1942 at Benton Harbor, Michigan, by the Da ...

Notable ships

Notable ships: * USS YP-279 converted fishing vessel, district patrol craft during World War II. * USS YP-278 converted fishing vessel. Use as reefer food supplies shipments in the Pacific theater during World War II. *

USS YP-284 USS ''YP-284'' was a converted fishing vessel which served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was sunk in action with Japanese destroyers on 25 October 1942. World War II The wooden hulled diesel-engine purse seiner fishing vessel '' ...

converted fishing vessel. Sank in action by Japanese destroyers on 25 October 1942. * USS YP-290 converted fishing vessel, district patrol craft during World War II. * Campbell Industries converted some fish boats to US navy minesweepers like the USS Bunting (AMc-7) and USS Reedbird (AMc-30) in 1941 * ''YP-292'' District Patrol Craft, 1937, built as Tuna clipper ''Azoreana'' * ''Constitution Service'', ''Pioneer Service'', ''Liberty Service'', ''Freedom Service'' and ''Independence Service '' Tugs for Zapata Marine Service Inc. Both 208-feet a beam of 40 feet and a draft of 14.5 feet, top speed 15 knots with 5,750 hp. ''Independence Service'' sank in 30 feet of water on the west side of

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and became a total loss, she was raised and scrapped. * Tuna superseiners 18 ships one ''Marjorie R'', 218 feet long, a beam of 40-feet, up to 1,200 tons frozen fish payload, top speed 17 knots.Campbell Launches 18th In Series Of Tuna Superseiners
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''YMS-1''-class minesweeper

Notable ships

See also

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