Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland CA

(formerly Moore & Scott Iron Works [1905-1917] and Moore Shipbuilding [1917-1922])


Moore Dry Dock 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 USMC and the Navy each invested $9mm 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 Boole & Sons
    Prentiss J. D. Gray & Co. Cargo Ship 406 1901 Later "Exitoi" 1934,  "Prentiss" 1936
    A. H. Payson   Cargo Ship 158 1902  
    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
    Sibyl Marston Sibyl Marston Co. Cargo Ship 1,000 1906 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 Standard Oil 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 Ship 6,100 6-Jan-19 To Britain as "Empire Raven" 1942, "Southern Raven" 1948, scrapped 1952
122 146 Yamhill US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo Ship 6,101 21-Sep-18 Later "Arctic" 1921, scrapped 1946
123 147 Yaquina US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo Ship 6,100 14-Feb-19 To USN as "Boreas" (AF 8) 1921, scrapped 1946
124 148 Guimba US Shipping Board Refrig. Cargo Ship 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