A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company
A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilder located in Alameda, California active in the 1920s. She was incorporated in 1924 with $150,000 in share capital by ship designer and builder A. W. de Young in partnership with R.J. Connor.[1] De Young had previously operated a ship repair facility on the Oakland side of the estuary but due to high business demand needed to acquire more space.[2] The yard was located at the foot of Chestnut Street.[2] The firm immediately secured contracts to build ten 75-foot patrol boats for the United States Coast Guard (CG-253 through CG-262) at $21,637 apiece[3] which were all completed and in commission by 1925;[4] a pile driver for the San Francisco Harbor Board;[5] a snagboat (Yuba) for the U.S. Engineers Department of the Army for use on the Sacramento River completed in 1924; as well as improvements to the Dollar Steamship Company's dock facilities.[1] She went on to build a variety of ships thereafter mostly focusing on barges, dredges, and freighters for local use[1] including a twin-screw, shallow-draft, bay freighter (South Shore II) for the South Shore Port Company.[6][7]
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- ^ a b c "A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 21. 1924. pp. 245, 392, 490, 538–540, 602.
- ^ a b "Building and Hoisting Rum Chasers". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 22. January 1925. p. 41.
- ^ Marine Review, 1924, vol. 21, p. 392
- ^ Flynn, Jr., James T. (June 23, 2014). Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review, 1924, vol 21, p. 538
- ^ "De Young's Yards Will Smooth Ways of Navigation". Oakland Tribune. February 8, 1925.
- ^ "Outboard profile and deck plan of shallow draft motorship South Shore II". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 22. May 1925. p. 227.