Hurley Marine Shipyard of Hurley Marine Works also site of Naval Reserve Armory, Oakland and the Naval Industrial Reserve Repair Facility, Oakland was a shipyard in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

. The Hurley Marine Shipyard opened in 1940 on property (the former Hanlon Dry Dock and Shipbuilding yard) that previously had belonged to the General Engineering & Drydock Company, in 1951 the yard was operated by Crowley Maritime Corporation. In 1964 the site was operated by Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company. The shipyard closed in 1992, today most of the shipyard is vacant land with part of the land now Leal Seal Boat Works owned by Leal Charonnat, of Leal Charonnat - Architect & Engineering. A small boatyard operated at the site from 1935 to 1940. The shipyard was located at 321 Embarcadero Oakland on the

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, Inner Oakland Harbor. Crowley Maritime Corporation was the parent corporation of Pacific Dry Dock, which used the shipyard to repair its fleet of

tugboats A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...

and other ships. Pacific Dry Dock also operated a shipyard across from

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till 1991 at 1414 Embarcadero Oakland. In 1943

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opened the Naval Industrial Reserve Repair and Naval Reserve Armory, Oakland on 2.8 acres of the site to support

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. On June 12, 1944 the Navy moved a 2,800 ton Auxiliary Floating Drydock, Light (AFDL) to the site to repaired Navy ships. After the war on April 16, 1948 Navy ended the lease of the Naval Reserve Armory. On June 30, 1965 Navy ended the lease of the Naval Industrial Reserve Repair Facility. The site returned to the Port of Oakland. From 1955 to 1965 the

Martinolich Shipbuilding Company The Martinolich Shipbuilding Company was founded in the early 1900s by John Martinolich (1877-1960), an Italian immigrant from modern day Croatia. Course of business The company's original shipyard was at Dockton, Washington, but later expanded t ...

leased the Auxiliary Floating Drydock. US Navy ARDC-9, later called, AFDL-42, an Auxiliary Repair Dock, Concrete (ARDC), was sold to Hurley Marine Works in 1945 and scrapped in 1975. AFDL-42 was built by J. E. Haddock Company in

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it was 8,300 tons and had a length of 389 feet.

Repair work

Some ships overalled at the shipyard: *

USS Audrain USS ''Audrain'' (APA-59) was a ''Gilliam''-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Laid down 1 December 1943, ''Audrain'' was launched on 21 April 1944, acquired by the Navy 1 September 1944 and commissioned th ...

USS Lynx (AK-100) USS ''Lynx'' (AK-100) was a commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. ''Lynx'' was the third US Navy vessel to bear the name, but unlike previous ships this one was named after the constellation Lynx. She was responsible for del ...

USS Alkes USS ''Alkes'' (AK-110) was a commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II, named after Alkes, a star in the Crater constellation. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. Service ...

Wapama (steam schooner) ''Wapama'', also known as ''Tongass'', was a vessel last located in Richmond, California. She was the last surviving example of some 225 wooden steam schooners that served the lumber trade and other coastal services along the Pacific Coast of ...

USS Potomac (AG-25) USS ''Potomac'' (AG-25), formerly USCGC ''Electra'', was Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy role while Roosevelt held a secret conference to develop the Atlantic ...

* Sea Giant Tugboat, 1,000 tons Sea Giant Tugboat
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{{Reflist Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States

Repair work

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