General Engineering & Dry Dock Company
General Engineering & Dry Dock Company was a shipbuilding company in Alameda, California that was active from the 1920s through the 1940s. Relatively little is known about the history of the shipyard, but the company built ships for the Southern Pacific Railroad and the United States Coast Guard in the late 1920s and early 1930s. During World War II, the company built ships for the United States Navy, completing 4 Aloe-class net laying ships, 16 Auk-class minesweepers, and 7 Admirable-class minesweepers.
Notable ships built
- 1920s
- Santa Rosa, ferry of Southern Pacific Railroad, Puget Sound Navigation Company, Washington State Ferries; docked in San Francisco as convention/banquet facility
- 1930s
- 1940s (World War II)
- Aloe-class net laying ships
- Auk-class minesweepers
- USS Sheldrake (AM-62)
- USS Skylark (AM-63)
- USS Starling (AM-64)
- USS Swallow (AM-65)
- USS Heed (AM-100)
- USS Herald (AM-101)
- USS Motive (AM-102)
- USS Oracle (AM-103)
- USS Champion (AM-314)
- USS Chief (AM-315)
- USS Competent (AM-316)
- USS Defense (AM-317)
- USS Devastator (AM-318)
- USS Gladiator (AM-319)
- USS Impeccable (AM-320)
- USS Ardent (AM-340)
- Admirable-class minesweepers
References
- Colton, Tim. "General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda CA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. The Colton Companies.
See also
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