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Moore Dry Dock, Oakland CA

(formerly Moore & Scott Iron Works and Moore Shipbuilding)

Most recent update: September 21, 2010.

Moore Dry Dock Company was founded in San Francisco in 1905 as Moore & Scott Iron Works, but burnt to the ground in the San Francisco earthquake.  It restarted almost immediately and in 1909 bought the Boole & Sons shipyard, at the foot of Union Street, in Oakland.  Moore bought out Scott and changed the name to Moore Shipbuilding in 1917 and to Moore Dry Dock in 1922.  The U.S. Maritime Commission and the Navy each invested $9 million in its facilities for the WWII effort and its 3 ways were increased to 4 in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion.  See the site from the air on Google here.  The shipyard closed in 1960.

Hull # USSB # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivered Disposition

Built by W. A. Boole
    Ajax Oregon Coal & Nav Cargo Ship 836 1888 Wrecked on Blunt's Reef, San Francisco 1990
    Cosmopolis Higgins & Collins Cargo Ship 366 1887 Later Kauai 1895, wrecked near Honolulu 1913
    Del Norte J. K. C. Hobbs Cargo Ship 301 1888 Later Hawaii 1889, scrapped 1904
    Rival S. Blair Cargo Ship 426 1888 Abandoned 1920

Built by Boole & Sons
    Prentiss J. D. Gray & Co. Cargo Ship 406 1901 Later Exitoi 1934,  Prentiss 1936, reduced to a barge 1939
    A. H. Payson Atcheson, Topeka RR Tug 158 1902 Scrapped 1950
    Puako Hind, Rolph & Co. Sugar Ship 1,084 1902 Scuttled 1952 in Oyster Bay BC
    Lahaina Hind, Rolph & Co. Sugar Ship 1,084 1902  
    Makaweli Hind, Rolph & Co. Sugar Ship 1,084 1902  
    Koko Head Hind, Rolph & Co. Sugar Ship 1,084 1902 Abandoned off Java 1918
    Laguanitas Steamer 767 1903
    Expansion Steamer 135 1904
    Sibyl Marston Sibyl Marston Co. Cargo Ship 1,086 1907 Wrecked 1909 at Surf Beach

Built by Moore & Scott Iron Works
101   Coalinga Associated Oil Co. Tanker 875 1910 Later Inambari 1940, scrapped 1960
102   Western Engineering Dredge Hull Jun-11 For Alaskan service
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106   Edward T. Jeffery Western Pacific RR Ferry 1,578 Aug-13 Later Feather River 1931, Sierra Nevada 1934, hulked 1968
107   Kern Union Oil Co. Tanker 222 28-Aug-15  
108   No name Compagnie du Boleo Hopper Barge 400 17-Feb-16  
109   Capto Stolt Nielsen Cargo Ship 4,823 4-Jan-17 Later Elias Kraemmer 1928, Utsire 1931, San Fernando 1939, Bianca 1957, Lucky Fortune 1958, scrapped 1959
110   Thordis O. H. Tonnevold Cargo Ship 4,768 6-Mar-17 Later Hampholm 1925, Thekla 1930, American Eagle 1932, Mount Parnes 1937, torpedoed and lost 1942
111   Frederic R. Kellogg S. O. of New Jersey Tanker 7,127 11-Aug-17 Scrapped 1947
112   Sagaland/Mount Shasta US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,729 1-Dec-17 Sunk as target 1931
113   War Bay/Coronado US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,989 15-Jan-18 Scrapped 1937
114   Nordgren/Yosemite US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,077 3-Feb-18 Scrapped 1938
115   War Buoy/Yellowstone US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,171 20-Apr-18 Wrecked in the Azores 1920
116   War Beacon/Pasadena US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,002 11-May-18 Scrapped 1936

Built by Moore Shipbuilding
117   War Breeze/Oakland US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,002 30-May-18 Scrapped 1933
118   War Coast/Fresno US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,002 21-Jun-18 Scrapped 1936
119 143 Shintaka/Alloway US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,113 5-Jul-18 Wrecked in the Ugamaks 1929
120 144 Aniwa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,012 24-Jul-18 Scrapped 1929
121 145 Oskawa US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 6,100 6-Jan-19 To Britain as Empire Raven 1942, Southern Raven 1948, scrapped 1952
122 146 Yamhill US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 6,101 21-Sep-18 Later Arctic 1921, scrapped 1946
123 147 Yaquina US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 6,100 14-Feb-19 To USN as Boreas (AF 8) 1921, scrapped 1946
124 148 Guimba US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 6,100 7-Jun-19 To Britain as Empire Merganser 1942, later Ketos 1947, exploded and sank 1951
125 149 Zaca US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,165 30-Dec-18 Burnt off Trinidad 1920, scrapped 1924
126 150 Zirkel US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,073 27-Sep-18 Scrapped 1929
127 151 Kamesit US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,070 29-Jan-19 Scrapped 1930
128 152 Keketticut US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,072 7-Jun-19 Scrapped 1930
129 1015 Chipchung US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,163 7-Jun-19 Scrapped 1929
130 1016 Mulpua US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,139 14-Jun-19 Scrapped 1929
131 1017 Monasses US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 5,983 19-Jul-19 To Britain 1942 as Empire Whimbrel, torpedoed and lost 1943
132 1018 Tuckanuck US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,001 24-Jul-19 Scrapped 1929
133 1019 Cotati US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 5,963 26-Aug-19 To Britain 1942 as Empire Avocet, torpedoed and lost 1942
134 1020 Nokatay US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,036 27-Sep-19 Scrapped 1929
135 1021 Nockum US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 6,024 31-Dec-19 To Britain 1941 as Empire Starling, torpedoed and lost 1942
136 1022 Mehanno US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo 5,969 12-Mar-20 To USN as Yukon (AF 9) 1921, scrapped 1946
137 1023 Naugus US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,037 22-Apr-20 Scrapped 1930
138 1024 Quilliwark US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,034 26-Jun-20 Scrapped 1929
139 1025 Imlay US Shipping Board Tanker 7,005 26-Sep-19 Later R. M. Parker, Jr. 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
140 1025 Miskianza US Shipping Board Tanker 6,910 3-Feb-20 Later Gulf of Venezuela 1925, scrapped 1950
141 1027 Quabbin US Shipping Board Tanker 7,017 24-Mar-20 Later Cape Cod 1923, Emma H. Coppedge 1926, Oregon 1929, shelled and lost 1942 
142 1028 Nebagamon/City of Reno US Shipping Board Tanker 7,004 17-May-20 Later Tejon 1923, scrapped 1947
143 1029 Begwaduce/Salina US Shipping Board Tanker 7,311 25-Jun-20 Later Garnet Hulings 1928, scrapped 1954
144 1030 Sapulpa US Shipping Board Tanker 7,311 28-Jul-20 Later Cape Ann 1923, Helen Olmsted 1927, Washington 1929, San Nicolas 1946, Norma 1947, scrapped 1955
145 2233 Jalapa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085 2-Oct-20 Later Klamath 1940, to Russia 1943 as Lunacharski, scrapped 1960
146 2234 Mosella US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,034 31-Aug-20 To Britain 1941 as Empire Heron, torpedoed and lost 1941
147 2235 Janelew US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085 30-Oct-20 To Britain 1941 as Empire Plover, later Plover 1949, Marianne 1951, Nicolas 1956, scrapped 1958
148 2236 Mursa US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085 15-Oct-20 Later General M. H. Sherman 1928, Kainalu 1938, to Britain 1940 as Pachesham, Fenix 1948, Nisshu Maru 1951, scrapped 1961
149 2237 Narbo US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085 30-Nov-20 Wrecked in the Bahamas and scrapped 1945
150 2238 Narcissus US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085 30-Dec-20 Later Potlatch 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
  2239-2242   US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 6,085   Cancelled
151 2227 Meton US Shipping Board Tanker 7,311 15-Jul-20 Torpedoed and lost 1942
152 2228 Mevania US Shipping Board Tanker 7,311 17-Aug-20 Later Vincenzia 1944, Aurania 1947, Pamavi 1956, scrapped 1959
153 2229 Stockton US Shipping Board Tanker 7,294 25-Sep-20 Later Walter Miller 1928, Olney 1935, scrapped 1947 
154 2862 Bohemian Club US Shipping Board Tanker 6,882 24-Jul-21 Scrapped 1947
155 2863 Tustem US Shipping Board Tanker 6,882 30-Jul-21 Scrapped 1946 
156 2864 Lubrico US Shipping Board Tanker 7,095 19-Aug-21 Later R. J. Hanna 1936, scrapped 1947 
157   Vacuum Socony-Vacuum Oil Tanker 7,009 30-May-20 To USN as Dawn (IX 186) 1944, Vacuum 1946, scrapped 1947
158   Manulani Matson Navigation Passenger/Cargo 9,556 30-Apr-21
159   Manukai Matson Navigation Passenger/Cargo 9,547 8-Jun-21 Later Sorol 1948, Vincent 1951, scrapped 1952
160   S. C. T. Dodd Standard Oil of Cal. Tanker 7,054 18-Dec-20 To Russia as Mariupol 1943, wrecked 1943
161   M. F. Elliott Standard Oil of NJ Tanker 7,054 15-Jan-21 Torpedoed and lost 1942
162   Thomas H. Wheeler Standard Oil of NJ Tanker 7,053 31-Jan-21 Scrapped 1947
163   H. T. Harper Standard Oil of Cal. Tanker 3,803 2-Nov-21 Scrapped 1947
164   Gargoyle Socony-Vacuum Oil Tender 7,002 14-Feb-21 Later Arethusa 1944, Gargoyle 1946, scrapped 1947
165   Tamiahua Southern Pacific Co. Tanker 10,200 27-Sep-21 Later W. D. Anderson 1936, torpedoed and lost 1942
166   Birkenhead Socony-Vacuum Oil Tanker 7,000 26-Oct-21 Later Antona 1944, Birkenhead 1946, scrapped 1947

Built by Moore Dry Dock Company
167   Port Costa Associated Oil of Cal. Tanker 351 28-Sep-24
168   Redline Union Oil of Cal. Tanker 388 23-Jun-25
169   Santa Fe Car Float #5 Santa Fe Railroad Car Float  15-Jul-26
170   Peralta Key System Transit Ferry 2,075 15-Mar-27 Later Kalakala 1935, abandoned in Alaska 1972, now laid up in Tacoma
171   Yerba Buena Key System Transit Ferry 2,075 27-Apr-27 Later Ernie Pyle 1945, Yerba Buena 1946, scrapped 1955
172   Lake Tahoe Southern Pacific RR Ferry  2,468 28-May-27 Later Illahee 1941, for sale 2008
173   Redwood Empire Southern Pacific RR Ferry 2,470 23-Jul-27 Later Quinault 1941, for sale 2008
174   Car Float #1 Southern Pacific RR Car Float 8-Oct-27  
175   Major Tilden State Harbor Comm. Dredge 5-Dec-28
176   W. P. Car Float #3 Western Pacific RR Car Float 31-Oct-28
177   Car Float #7 Santa Fe RR Car Float 10-Jan-29
178   Coronado San Diego/Coronado Ferry 502 15-Apr-29
179   Car Float #8 Santa Fe RR Car Float 22-Jan-30
180   Columbine (WAGL 208) US Coast Guard Buoy Tender 275 21-Oct-31 Sold 1967
181   San Diego San Diego/Coronado Ferry 556 9-Nov-31 Hulked 1976, now a restaurant
182   No name U. S. Navy Derrick Barge 17-Dec-32 For Mare Island Naval Shipyard
183   No name U. S. Navy Derrick Barge 27-Dec-32 For San Diego Naval Station
184   Chas. F. Swigert SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson No. 6 13-Oct-33
185   J. A. McEachern SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson No. 4 8-Nov-33
186   Henry J. Kaiser SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson E5 7-Aug-33
187   Edward H. Connor SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson E4 2-Oct-33
188   Stephen D. Bechtel SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson E3 2-Mar-34
189   Wm. A. Filmer Golden Gate Bridge Caisson 29-Dec-33
190   Chas. Derleith, Jr. SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson No. 3 17-Nov-33
191   H. T. Brunner SF-Oakland Bridge Caisson No. 5 1-Dec-33
    Loomis No. 1 Hillcone Steamship Gold Dredge 27-Apr-35
      Natomas Co. Gold Dredge  
        Gold Dredge  
      Natomas Co. Gold Dredge  
192   Komoku Bay & River Nav. Cargo Ship 698 18-Aug-38 Later Moku 1967, converted to fishing vessel 1970, Westpro 1981, burnt and scuttled 1982
193   Walnut (WAGL 252) US Coast Guard Tender 885d 27-Jun-39 To Honduras 1982 as Yojoa
194   Fir (WAGL 212) US Coast Guard Tender 885d 1-Oct-40 Now a museum in Sacramento CA
195 51 Sea Arrow Maritime Comm. C3 7,773 8-Jul-40 To USN 1940 as Tangier (AV 8), sold 1961 as Detroit, scrapped 1974
196 52 Sea Star Maritime Comm. C3 7,773 30-Jan-41 To USN 1942 as Elizabeth C. Stanton (AF 69), sold 1946 as Mormacstar, later Jacqueline Someck 1961, National Seafarer 1964, scrapped 1967
197 136 Mormacstar Maritime Comm. C3 7,773 14-Mar-41 Sold 1941 as Mormacsea, scrapped 1968
198 137 Mormacsun Maritime Comm. C3 7,773 8-Jun-41 To USN 1942 as Florence Nightingale (AP 70), sold 1946 as Mormacsun, later Japan Transport 1953, Texas 1959, scrapped 1970
199   No name US Navy Caisson   20-May-41 For PHNSY
200   No name US Navy Caisson   23-Aug-41 For PSNSY
201 175 Alcoa Courier Maritime Comm. C2-S-A1 7,486 20-Sep-42 To USN 1942 as Tryon (APH 1), to USA 1946 as SGT Charles E. Mower, to USN 1950 as AP 186, scrapped 1969
202 176 Alcoa Corsair Maritime Comm. C2-S-A1 7,486 27-Nov-42 To USN 1942 as Pinkney (APH 2), to USA 1946 as PVT Elgon H. Johnson, to USN 1950 as AP 184, scrapped 1971
203 177 Alcoa Cruiser Maritime Comm. C2-S-A1 7,486 30-Dec-42 To USN 1942 as Rixey (APH 3), to USA 1946 as PVT William H. Thomas, to USN 1950 as AP 186, scrapped 1971
204   YNG 16 US Navy Gate Tender 110 4-Jun-41 Sold 1977
205   YNG 17 US Navy Gate Tender 110 18-Jun-41 Reclassified 2007 as IX 539
206   YNG 18 US Navy Gate Tender 110 23-Jun-41 Later barge Wynne, now Hightide Barge 18

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   Chanticleer (ASR 7) US Navy Salvage Ship 1,653 20-Nov-42 Scrapped 1974
 208   Coucal (ASR 8) US Navy Salvage Ship 1,653 22-Jan-43 Sunk as target 1991
 209   Florikan (ASR 9) US Navy Salvage Ship 1,653 3-Apr-43 To be sunk as target
 210   Greenlet (ASR 10) US Navy Salvage Ship 1,653 25-May-43 To Turkey 1970 as Akin (A 585), active
 211   Macaw (ASR 11) US Navy Salvage Ship 1,653 12-Jul-43 Wrecked and lost at Midway 1944
212   Orion (AS 18) US Navy Sub Tender 15,250 30-Sep-43 Scrapped 2006
213   Proteus (AS 19) US Navy Sub Tender 15,250 31-Jan-44 To USN as IX 518, scrapped 2007
  YSD 35 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 Lost
  YSD 36 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 Lost
  YSD 37 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943  
  YSD 42 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 Scrapped 1977
  YSD 43 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 Lost
  YSD 44 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943  
  YSD 45 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943  
  YSD 46 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 To NDRF 1974
  YSD 47 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943  
  YSD 48 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943 Lost
  YSD 49 U.S. Navy Seaplane Derrick 240 1943  
  YSD 50