Sausalito Shipbuilding

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Sausalito Shipbuilding
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1942 (1942)
FounderD. F. Baker
Defunct1945 (1945)
FateDissolved
Headquarters
Sausalito, California
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U.S.
ProductsUS Army Steel Barges
OwnerWorkers - Co-Operative
Sausalito Shipbuilding is the dock to the far right of the photo, center is Marinship in 1943
USS LST-483 loads a steel barge in 1943 at Tanaga Island

Sausalito Shipbuilding in Sausalito, California, started in 1942 as the Oakland shipbuilding Corporation. The founders had hoped to start a new shipyard in Oakland, California, but a better site opened up next to the new Marinship shipyard in Sausalito, which built Liberty ships. The site was near the former Northwestern Pacific Railroad repair yard situated at Richardson's Bay in Marin County. With World War 2 very active, there was a demand for more vessels, Oakland and much of the San Francisco Bay was also already built up. The shoreline in Marin County had open space to built new shipyards. At the site, the new company built 4 shipways. [1] It had no official name while it was being built but was referred to as the "Marin Shipbuilding Division of W.A. Bechtel Company" and that lengthy title was shortened to Marin-Ship or what known today as "Marinship" with a street in Sausalito named Marinship Way.[2] Sausalito Shipbuilding received an US Army contact to built barges. Sausalito Shipbuilding was operated as Co-Operative, each worker having a spare in the company. The president was D. F. Baker, who had worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn Navy Yard and Bremerton Navy Yard. The vice president was R. E. Oberer. Tresurer was Ernent Collins. Office manager was E. G. Harris. The other key partner was Robert Rich and Stanley G. Morris. Stanley G. Morris sold his share to Rich in August 1945. The site was north end of Sausalito, California and just three miles (5 km) north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Ernent Collins was a yacht builder for years before the joining the partnership. Later Robert Rich became the president of Sausalito Shipbuilding. Later he sold his share in the company and joining a Dredging Company that worked with Sausalito Shipbuilding. Robert Rich sold his shares Gus Wandtke and Ernest Collins. [3][4][5] In 1945 with the end of World War 2, like many shipyard, Sausalito Shipbuilding closed. There was surplus of ships after the war. The site later became Sausalito houseboat community. [6]

For the war Sausalito Shipbuilding built US Army steel Barges:[7]

  • BC-157 to BC-168, the 12 Barges were a Design # 229 and are 110 feet in length. All 12 were delivered in 1942.
  • BC-803 to BC-809, the 7 Barges were a Design # 267 and are 130 feet in length. All 12 were delivered in 1943.
  • BG-1193 to BG-1198 the 6 Gasoline Tank Barges were a Design # 231 and are 120 feet in length. All 6 were delivered in 1943.
  • BC-2115 to BC-2128, the 15 Barges were a Design # 267 and are 130 feet in length. All 15 were delivered in 1944 and 1945.

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References[]

  1. ^ "ICB HISTORY – SAUSALITO". www.icbbuilding.com. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  2. ^ Tracy, Jack (1983). Sausalito: Moments in Time. Salt Lake City, Utah: Publisher Press. pp. 158-159. ISBN 0-915269-00-7.
  3. ^ Sausalito News, Volume 62, Number 44, 30 October 1947
  4. ^ Sausalito News, Volume 60, Number 32, 9 August 1945
  5. ^ "The Log". 1942. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ^ A Short History of Liveaboards on the Bay Archived 2018-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Larry Clinton, Bay Crossings, August 2001.
  7. ^ shipbuildinghistory.com army barges

Coordinates: 37°51′47.6″N 122°29′35.8″W / 37.863222°N 122.493278°W / 37.863222; -122.493278

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