Moran Brothers Shipyard
The Seattle Construction and Drydock Company was a shipbuilding company based in Seattle, Washington. Between 1911 and 1918, it produced a substantial number of ships for both commercial and military uses. History Formally established in 1911, the shipyard could trace its history back to 1882, when Robert Moran opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf () and became involved with Bailey Gatzert and the Seattle Dry Dock & Ship Building Company. Moran was elected mayor of Seattle in 1888 and while his original shop and the dry dock became a victim of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the business continued to expand and became the Moran Brothers Shipyard, located a few steps further south (). In 1906 the Moran family left the business, but the name persisted and the yard now operated as Moran Company and became the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company at the end of 1911. Some time in 1916, William H. Todd made one of the first acquisitions for the corporation that would ...
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Launch Of The WH SEWARD At Moran Brothers Shipyard, Seattle, April 16, 1900 (PEISER 95)
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List Of Emergency Fleet Corporation Shipyards
Steel refs: East Coast Gulf Coast West Coast * See also ** Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation#Shipbuilding in Puget Sound ** Moore Dry Dock Company#Shipbuilding in Oakland and Alameda Great Lakes Contracts and Cancellations Wood East Coast Gulf Coast West Coast Great Lakes Contracts and Cancellations Downey Shipbuilding Corporation (approximate) refs: Atlantic Corp. refs: Texas Shipbuilding Company refs: Terry Shipbuilding Company refs: Union Construction Company The Union Construction Company was a shipyard in Oakland's Outer Harbor, Oakland, California, that existed between 1918 and 1930. For the United States Shipping Board * 10 of 84 Design 1015 ships in 1919 and 1920: ''Hatchie'' (#1461) ... ''Heber'' (#1470) For the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company * 4 tankers in 1921: ''Acardo'', ''Achatina'', ''Ampullaria'', ''Amalthus'' For Standard Oil of California * 2 tankers in 1920 and 1921: ''Charlie Watson'', ''R. J. Hanna'' F ...
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Defunct Shipbuilding Companies Of The United States
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1911 Establishments In Washington (state)
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