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War Shipping Administration photo showing early 1944 Victory ship construction at California Shipbuilding Corporation with a May 1945 war tonnage production chart "I'm Proud of You Folks Too!", US Navy poster, 1944, by Jon Whitcomb CalShip was the most productive of the Los Angeles shipyards View of the four Richmond shipyards, fiery crucible ...
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Before applying its last corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division. Under those three names, the San Pedro yard built at least 130 ships from 1917 to 1989.
The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines ( SSN) in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced "six-eighty-eight") after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard.
Coordinates: 33°45′40″N 118°15′05″W. CalShip yard in 1944. Motorized hoisting truck used in moving scaffolding timbers around the shipyard, 1942. Calship fitting out its first Victory ships, c. early 1944. California Shipbuilding Corporation built 467 Liberty and Victory ships during World War II, including Haskell -class attack ...
Draft. 5 ft (1.5 m) Speed. 10 knots. USC&GS Natoma was built as the private motorboat Natoma in 1913 for Charles H. Foster, President of the Cadillac Motor Car Company of Chicago. In 1917 the United States Navy acquired the boat for use in World War I. The vessel was commissioned USS Natoma for Section Patrol duties and designated SP-666.
A wildlife crossing is under construction over the 101 to allow cougars to traverse the freeway safely, expanding the territory they can access. But the cost of the project is high (about $90 ...
With U.S. government support, breakwater construction began in 1899, and the area was annexed to Los Angeles in 1909. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners was founded in 1907. In 1912 the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its first major wharf at the port. During the 1920s, the port surpassed San Francisco as the West Coast's busiest ...
Category:Ships built in Los Angeles. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ships built in Los Angeles. This is a category for ships that were built in the Los Angeles, California, area, including places like San Pedro, Wilmington, and Long Beach .