Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
The Moran Brothers Shipyard of Klondike Gold Rush fame) in Seattle Harbor during World War I some time in 1916.In 1939, the old Tacoma shipyard in Commencement Bay was revived (from scratch[6]) by Todd and Kaiser Shipbuilding, initially with two slipways,[7] with the aid of some $15 million in capital provided by the U.S. Government this was eventually increased to eight.[9] The government invested $9 million in a new destroyer construction facility on Harbor Island which was then built starting October 15, 1940[10] next to the existing repair dock founded in 1918.The "Plant A" destroyer facility produced a single civilian ship, the luxury ferry Chinook, launched in 1947,[12] but by 1952 oil terminals had been established in the spot.[13] The original repair yard continued to be part of the Todd Corporation, now building new civilian and military ships and it remains active to this day as a facility of Vigor Shipyards.in Commencement Bay (47°16′46″N 122°24′25″W / 47.27949°N 122.40705°W / 47.27949; -122.40705 (Todd Tacoma Shipyard)) Escort carriers (56) Auxiliaries (14) Cargo (5) Ships of World War II produced before 1924 (incomplete) Description of the plant as of January 1940: [26] Photograph of the plant in the initial 2-ways stage (launch of the Cape Alava): [27] on Harbor Island (47°35′21″N 122°20′53″W / 47.58903°N 122.3481°W / 47.58903; -122.3481) in 2 separate facilities at the north end of the island.Although the Seattle yard produced the largest number of destroyers on the West Coast, Union Iron Works was slightly more productive overall with 4 Atlantas, 9 Bensons, 18 Fletchers, 6 Sumners, 3 Gearings and 12 Buckleys.TODO: Show how this naming scheme started in Portland by Albina Engine & Machine Works, from where Swayne & Hoyt picked it up.
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