Craig Shipbuilding

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[[file:Light Vessel No.57.jpg|thumb|right|[[Light Vessel No.57|''Light Vessel No.57'']] at Toledo, Ohio]]
[[Image:SS City of South Haven (American Passenger Steamship, 1903).jpg|thumb|right|[[USS City of South Haven (ID-2527)|SS ''City of South Haven'']] (American Passenger Steamship, 1903) Underway prior to World War I, with her decks crowded with passengers. This Great Lakes steamer was USS ''City of South Haven'' (ID # 2527) in 1918–1919]]
[[Image:ARL-31 and APA-139.jpg|thumb|right|[[USS Broadwater (APA-139)|Broadwater (APA-139)]] alongside Bellerophon (ARL-31) in San Francisco Bay, October 1945]]
[[File:NH-81353 USS L-7 in port, circa 1917.jpg|thumb|right|[[USS L-7 (SS-46)|USS ''L-7'']] in port, in 1917]]
[[File:USS Ozaukee (ID-3439).jpg|thumb|right|[[USS Ozaukee (ID-3439)|USS ''Ozaukee'' (ID-3429)]] around the time of her completion in September 1918.]]
'''Craig Shipbuilding ''' was a [[shipbuilding]] company in [[Long Beach, California]]. To support the [[World War 1]] demand for ships Craig Shipbuilding [[shipyard]] switched over to military construction and built: [[US Navy]] [[Submarine]]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, Blythe Craig, also a shipbuilder, 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 be 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 C1 ship|type C cargo merchant ships]] and two [[Type P1 ship|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.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3sdwAQH Craig Shipbuilding ''shipbuildinghistory.com'']</ref>


==Craig Shipbuilding Toledo==
Notable ships built at Craig Shipbuilding Toledo (1864-1906), Sold to American Ship Building in 1906 and renamed Toledo Shipbuilding. Run today by the [[Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority]]:<ref>[https://ift.tt/3jXtzRC Craig Shipbuilding Toledo ''shipbuildinghistory.com'']</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/3rWRK5l Craig Shipbuilding Toledo ''recksite'']</ref>
*[[Light Vessel No.57]]
*[[USS City of South Haven (ID-2527)]]
*[[SS Harriet B.]]
*[[USS Puritan (ID-2222)]]
*[[Grays Reef Light]]
*[[Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company|SS Grand Haven]]
*LV55, LV56, and LV57 at the [[Lansing Shoals Light Station]]
*[[United States lightship Nantucket (LV-58)]]

==Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach Yard==
Notable ships built at Craig Shipbuilding Long Beach Yard (1906 to 1917) and (1922-1934):<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZkHK9P Historical Society of Long BeachOctober 2018The Great War as Civic Engagement:Southern California, 1916-1925, by Craig Hendricks]</ref>
*[[Geoanna]]
*[[Velero III]]
*[[USS Amethyst]]
*[[USLHT Cedar]]
*[[USS Amber]]
*[[USS L-6 (SS-45)]]
*[[USS L-7 (SS-46)]]
*[[USS Malanao (AG-44)]]
*[[USS Broadwater (APA-139)]]
*[[USS Gloria Dalton (IX-70)]]
*[[USS Argus (PY-14)]]
*[[Leslie Geary]]
*[[USS Hilo (AGP-2)]]
*[[Fireboats of Detroit|Detroiter]]
*[[George Allan Hancock]]
*[[USS Almaack (AKA-10)]]

==Long Beach Shipbuilding Company==
Notable ships built at Long Beach Shipbuilding Company Long Beach Yard (1918-1921):
*[[SS West Kasson]]
*[[USS Ozaukee (ID-3439)]]
*World War 1 [[Design 1019 ship]]s

==Consolidated Steel at the Long Beach Shipyard==
Consolidated Steel at the Long Beach Shipyard (1941 to 1943)
* Seven C1-B cargo ships at 6,679 tons a [[Type C1 ship|type C cargo merchant ships]]: ''Agwimonte, Agwiprince, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Polaris, Cape Trinity, Cape Sandy,and Cape Friendship''. ''See twin sister ship [[USS Auriga|USS ''Auriga'']].<ref>* [https://ift.tt/3jWzupP Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/3u8Tevk NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AK-98 Auriga]</ref>
* Two [[Type P1 ship|type p1 passenger ships]], model P1-S2-L2. The P1-S2-L2 s were two ships. The first American assault military transports. Made with an aft ramp for the launching of small landing craft or for the unloading of tanks. <ref>[https://ift.tt/2NyJPwd navypedia.org, Doyen-class attack transport]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZkFr6w usmaritimecommission.de, Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels, The Passenger Ships & Troop Transports]</ref>
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==See also==
*[[California during World War II]]
*[[Maritime history of California]]
* [[Union Iron Works]]]
* [[Richmond Shipyards]]
*[[Kneass Boat Works]]
*[[Pacific Bridge Company]]

==References==













[[Category:American Theater of World War II]]
[[Category:1940s in California]]
[[Category:American boat builders]]

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