Consolidated Steel was formed in 1929 from the amalgamation of Llewellyn Iron Works, Baker Iron Works and Union Iron Works. It started its shipbuilding operation at a leased shipyard in Long Beach, which was the former Craig Shipbuilding, but built a wholly new shipyard in Wilmington in 1941, with four ways, in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $13mm invested by the USMC. Four more ways were added in the third wave of shipbuilding expansion and, at its peak, the Wilmington shipyard employed 12,000 people. Both shipyards were fed with prefabricated steel and sub-assemblies from the company's main plant in Mayfield.
There are many gaps in its sequence of hull numbers but it is known that the shipyard also built LCMs, and there may be other reasons for this. In addition, it's not clear which ships were built in Long Beach and which in Wilmington.
After the war the two shipyards were liquidated. The Long Beach yard was in Channel Three of the Inner Harbor, although it's not clear exactly where. The Wilmington yard was where the Port of Los Angeles' TraPac container terminal is now. See the site from the air on Google here. Little more is known about either of these yards, however, and if anyone can provide any information about them, please e-mail timcolton@aol.com.
| Hull # |
Original Name |
Type | MC # | Delivered |
Disposition |
| Built in Long Beach | |||||
| 1-155 | Built by Craig Shipbuilding | ||||
| 156 | Agwimonte | C1-B | 75 | Sep-41 |
Torpedoed and lost off South Africa 1943 |
| 157 | Agwiprince | C1-B | 76 | Nov-41 |
Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965 |
| 158 | Alcoa Pennant | C1-B | 77 | Dec-41 |
Scrapped 1965 |
| 159 | Alcoa Polaris | C1-B | 78 | Feb-42 |
Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965 |
| 160-205 | |||||
| 206 | Doyen | P1-S2-L2 | 181 | May-43 |
To USN 1943 as APA 1, to Mass. Maritime 1961 as Bay State, to NDRF 1973 |
| 207 | Feland | P1-S2-L2 | 182 | Jun-43 |
To USN 1943 as APA 11, scrapped 1964 |
| 208-221 | |||||
| Built in Wilmington | |||||
| 222 | Mormachawk | C1-B | 263 | Dec-42 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1964 |
| 223 | Mormacwren | C1-B | 264 | Dec-42 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 224 | Mormacdove | C1-B | 265 | Dec-42 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 225 | Mormacgull | C1-B | 266 | Feb-43 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 226 | Mormaclark | C1-B | 486 | Feb-43 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 227 | Mormactern | C1-B | 487 | Feb-43 | Scuttled with surplus ammo 1968 |
| 228 | Nancy Lykes | C1-B | 488 | Feb-43 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 229 | Jean Lykes | C1-B | 489 | Feb-43 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 230 | Fred Morris | C1-B | 490 | Feb-43 | To USN 1944-46 as Arlington (AP 174), scrapped 1965 |
| 231 | Solon Turman | C1-B | 491 | Feb-43 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 232 | Alcoa Planter | C1-B | 492 | Mar-43 | Burnt 1963, CTL, scrapped |
| 233 | Alcoa Partner | C1-B | 493 | Mar-43 | To USN 1943-46 as Auriga (AK 98), scrapped 1970 |
| 234 | Alcoa Pilgrim | C1-B | 494 | Mar-43 | Scrapped 1965 |
| 235 | Alcoa Puritan | C1-B | 495 | Mar-43 | Scrapped 1965 |
| 236 | Alcoa Pointer | C1-B | 496 | Apr-43 | Scrapped 1966 |
| 237 | Alcoa Pegasus | C1-B | 497 | Apr-43 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 238 | Cape Trinity | C1-B | 498 | May-43 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 239 | Cape San Martin | C1-B | 499 | Apr-43 | Scrapped 1974 |
| 240 | Cape Romain | C1-B | 500 | Apr-43 | Scrapped 1975 |
| 241 | Cape May | C1-B | 501 | May-43 | Scrapped 1975 |
| 242 | Cape Newenham | C1-B | 502 | Apr-43 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 243 | Cape Perpetua | C1-B | 503 | May-43 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 244 | Cape Cleare | C1-B | 504 | May-43 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 245 | Cape Mendocino | C1-B | 505 | Jun-43 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 246 | Cape Ann | C1-B | 506 | Jun-43 | Sold 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| 247 | Cape Johnson | C1-B | 507 | May-43 | To USN 1944-46 as troopship (AP 172), scrapped 1963 |
| 248 | Cape Elizabeth | C1-B | 508 | Jun-43 | Scrapped 1978 |
| 249 | Cape San Juan | C1-B | 509 | Jun-43 | Troopship 1943, torpedoed and lost near Fiji 1943 |
| 250 | Cape Meares | C1-B | 510 | Jun-43 | Troopship 1943-46, scrapped 1965 |
| 251 | Cape Greig | C1-B | 511 | Jun-43 | Scrapped 1978 |
| 252-275 | |||||
| 276 | Cape Stephens | C1-B | 698 | Jun-43 | Scrapped 1974 |
| 277 | Cape Sandy | C1-B | 699 | Jul-43 | Sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| 278 | Cape Friendship | C1-B | 700 | Aug-43 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 279 | Cape Meredith | C1-B | 701 | Sep-43 | Sold 1948, scrapped 1969 |
| 280-330 | |||||
| 331 | Hope | C1-B | 1015 | Aug-43 | To USN as AH 7, to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, scrapped 1975 |
| 332 | Cape Orange | C1-B | 1016 | Mar-43 | Sold 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| 333 | Cape Cumberland | C1-B | 1017 | Apr-43 | Sold 1948, scrapped 1971 |
| 334 | Cape Martin | C1-B | 1018 | May-43 | Scrapped 1975 |
| 335 | Cape John | C1-B | 1019 | May-43 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 336 | Cape Lambert | C1-B | 1020 | Jun-43 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 337 | Comfort | ||||