'' Light Vessel No.57'' at Toledo, Ohio History-navy-mil-CoxasUSS-Puritan

Craig Shipbuilding was a shipbuilding company in Long Beach, California. To support the World War I demand for ships Craig Shipbuilding

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switched over to military construction and built: US Navy

Submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

s 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 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 1907 Craig Shipbuilding is given a contract to dredge a channel from the Pacific ocean to the inner harbor. In 1917 Craig sold the shipyard to the 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 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 the World War 2 demand for ships. Craig leased the Long Beach Shipbuilding yard to Consolidated Steel Corporation. Consolidated Steel Corporation built Type C cargo merchant ships and two Type P1 passenger ships at the leased yard. Consolidated Steel operated two other large shipyards 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.

Craig Shipbuilding Toledo

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 the American Ship Building Company. Run today by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority: *Two schooners, the ''James H. Seguine'' and ''Edwin Kirk'' in 1864 at Keyport, New Jersey *''Amelia G. Ireland'', built at Wicomico Creek, Maryland in 1866 * Schooner ''Jane Ralston'' for Robert W. Linn. Craig started partnership with Linn: Linn & Craig * ''Manistique'' in 1882 as John Craig & Son (with George Losee Craig); son John Franklin Craig joins in 1889; yard moves to Toledo. *''E.G. Crosby'' (1903) *''City of South Haven'' *''Lakeside'' *''City of Benton Harbor'' *''Indianapolis'' *''Chippewa'' * SS ''George M. Cox'' (SS ''Puritan'') 1901 steel passenger screw-steamer, 495 tons, wrecked May 27, 1933. * ''Detroiter'', 1902 *''

Light Vessel No.57 ''Light Vessel No.57'' (also known as ''Lightship No.57'' or ''LV57'') was an American lightvessel that was built in 1891 and served on the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan), west of the Straits of Mackinac (the reef is now the site of the Grays Reef L ...

'' * SS ''City of South Haven'' * SS ''Harriet B.'' * SS ''Puritan'' * ''John C. Barr'' tug * Grays Reef Light * SS ''Grand Haven'' *LV55, LV56, and LV57 at the

Lansing Shoals Light Station The Lansing Shoals Light Station is a lighthouse located in northeastern Lake Michigan, southeast of Point Patterson, in Newton Township, Mackinac County, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. History: Lig ...

Light vessel A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, t ...

s * United States lightship ''Nantucket'' (LV-58) * Many tugs, propellers, barges, car ferries, light ships and passenger boats

Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach Yard

Notable ships built at Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach Yard (1906 to 1917) and (1922-1934):Historical Society of Long BeachOctober 2018The Great War as Civic Engagement:Southern California, 1916-1925, by Craig Hendricks
/ref> * ''Paraiso'', built 1912 * USLHT ''Cedar'', 1917 * ''Cedar'' (WAGL 207), US Coast Guard buoy tender, 1,890 tons, 1917 * USS ''L-6'' (SS-45), US Navy submarine, 1917 * USS ''L-7'' (SS-46), US Navy submarine, 1917 * ''Infanta'', built 1930 for the actor John Barrymore (120-foot steel-hulled cruiser) *''

Velero III ''Velero III'' was a motor vessel built for George Allan Hancock at Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, California, with the intention of using the vessel for both business and research. Hancock was a donor to the University of Southern California ...

'', built 1931 for George Allan Hancock * USS ''Amethyst'', built 1931 * ''Georganna'', built 1925 * ''Caroline'', built 1931 for Eldridge R. Johnson, later converted to motor torpedo boat tender *'' Geoanna'', 1934 schooner

Long Beach Shipbuilding Company

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. Other notable ships built at Long Beach Shipbuilding Company Long Beach Yard (1918-1921): * ''Edythe'', yacht built in 1920 for owner John F. Craig; 186 tons; later sold and renamed ''Melodie'' * ''Mazatlan'', 987 ton cargo ship for Swayne & Hoyt shipping; later renamed ''San Diegan'' in 1937

Consolidated Steel at the Long Beach Shipyard

See: Consolidated Steel Corporation#Long Beach shipyard

Shipbuilding in Los Angeles and Long Beach

* West Basin ** Consolidated Steel Wilmington **

Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Before applying its last corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles ...

Western Pipe and Steel The Western Pipe and Steel Company (WPS) was an American manufacturing company that is best remembered today for its construction of ships for the Maritime Commission in World War II. It also built ships for the U.S. Shipping Board in World W ...

* Terminal Island **

Southwestern Shipbuilding Company Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro was a major shipbuilding company on Terminal Island in San Pedro, California owned by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro built: US Nav ...

*** Bethlehem San Pedro ** California Shipbuilding Corporation **

Al Larson Boat Shop Al Larson Boat Shop or Al Larson Boat Building is a shipbuilding and dry dock repair company in San Pedro, California on Terminal Island. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Al Larson Boat Shop built: US Navy Sub chasers and Minesweeper ...

* Long Beach ** Long Beach Shipbuilding Company *** Consolidated Steel Long Beach

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