Pacific Bridge Company, Alameda CA

Pacific Bridge Company was one of the construction companies that formed part of Henry Kaiser's "Group of Six".  It was located on the Oakland Alameda estuary at the corner of Clement Avenue and Chestnut Street, in an area that was residential: the homes that were there were either torn down or relocated.  Today the site is occupied by the Alameda Marina, just west of the Naval Reserve Station.  See it from the air here.  It seems to have been a very unusual facility, building ships two at a time in a graving dock.  If anyone can provide any further information about either the yard or the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at tim@coltoncompany.com.

Hull #

Original Name

 MC Design or Navy Type MC # or Navy Pennant # Delivered Disposition
1 Charles H. Salter N3-S-A1 452 Dec-42 To Britain, wrecked and lost off Iceland 1946
2 Cyrus Sears N3-S-A1 453 May-43 To Britain, later Skidby 1951, Borgfred 1951, Lise 1954, Aura 1955, Fernando 1960, Fata Morgana 1962, Giannis 1963, burnt and sank 1964
3 Benjamin Sherburn N3-S-A1 454 Apr-43 To Britain, later Winga 1949, Rilda 1952, Raed 1968, scrapped 1972
4 Samuel V. Shreve N3-S-A1 455 May-43 To Britain, later Jura 1949, Barcelona 1957, foundered 1963
5 Reuben Snow N3-S-A1 456 May-43 To Britain, later Beechland 1949, Teresa Cosulich 1951, Agia Varvara 1963, exploded and sank 1968
6 Caleb Sprague N3-S-A1 457 May-43 To Britain, torpedoed and lost 1944 off Beachy Head
7 Benjamin Tay N3-S-A1 458 May-43 To Britain, later Benue 1951, Anglo 1952, Lindvang 1965, Danaos 1969, Veta 1974, Agios Favourios III 1975, scrapped 1980
8 Charles Treadwell N3-S-A1 459 May-43 To Britain, later Dundrum Bay 1950, Esito 1952, Sandra 1953, West Indies 1953, Esito 1954, wrecked and abandoned 1964
9 Samuel Very N3-S-A1 460 May-43 To Britain, later Angusloch 1951, Changsung 1953, scrapped 1985
  No name ARD 1    
  No name ARD 2 Apr-42 To Mexico 1963, active
  No name ARD 3    
  No name ARD 4    
  Waterford ARD 5 Jun-42 To Chile 1999 as Talcahuano (133), active
  No name ARD 6 Apr-43 To Pakistan 1961 as Peshawar, active
  West Milton ARD 7   To NDRF 1992
  No name ARD 8 Aug-43 To Peru 1961 as ADF 107, active
  No name ARD 9 Sep-43 To Taiwan 1977 as Fo Wu 5, active
  No name ARD 10    
  No name ARD 11 Oct-43 To Mexico 1974, active
  No name ARD 12   To Turkey 1987 as Havuz 7 (Y 127), struck 1998
  No name ARD 13   To Venezuela 1977
  No name ARD 14   To Brazil 1980
  No name ARD 15 Jan-44 To Mexico 1971 as AR 15, active
  No name ARD 16   Scrapped 1973
  No name ARD 17   To Ecuador 1977 as Amazonas (DF 81)
  Endurance ARD 18 Feb-44 Now ARDM 3, laid up at Charleston NSY
  Oak Ridge ARD 19 Mar-44 Now ARDM 1, to US Coast Guard 2002
  White Sands ARD 20   Later AGDS 1, scrapped 1974
  No name ARD 21    
  Windsor ARD 22 Apr-44 To Taiwan 1976 as Fo Wu 6, active
  No name ARD 23   To Argentina 1992 as Y 1, active
  No name ARD 24   To Ecuador 1982 as Napo (DF 82), active
  No name ARD 25   To Chile 1973 as Ingeniero Mery (131), active
  Alamogordo ARD 26 Jun-44 Later ARDM 2, to Ecuador 2000
  No name ARD 27   Scrapped 1974
  No name ARD 28   To Colombia as Capitan Rodriguez Zamora , active
  Arco ARD 29   To Iran 1977 as Dry-Dock No. 400, active
  San Onofre ARD 30 Aug-44 To Mexico 2001
  No name ARD 31 Aug-44 To US Air Force 1974
  No name ARD 32   To Chile 1960 as Mutilla (132), active