CRAIG SHIPBUILDING

Long Beach CA

Most recent update: December 12, 2021.
In 1906, John F. Craig moved from Toledo OH, where he and his father had been building ships for many years, to Long Beach CA.  There he established a new Craig Shipbuilding Company on the south side of Channel 3, where Pier 41 is today.  By doing this, he became the first tenant of the Port of Long Beach and consolidated this position by also becoming the new port's dredging contractor.  When World War I loomed, Craig sold his yard to a new organization, California Shipbuilding Company, and started another operation next door, which he called Long Beach Shipbuilding Company, designed for the construction of cargo ships.  Meanwhile, California Shipbuilding, which had taken over Craig Shipbuilding's contracts for two submarines and a lighthouse tender and which had secured contracts in its own name for six additional submarines, began experiencing difficulties, so Craig bought back his original yard and began operating both yards as one company under the Craig Shipbuilding name.  This company continued in business after the war, primarily as a ship repair yard, but also building a number of yachts for local customers.  Then, when the U.S. Maritime Commission began its shipbuilding program in 1939, Craig leased the Long Beach Shipbuilding yard to Consolidated Steel Corporation, which used it to build merchant ships, and concentrated on repair and conversion projects in the original yard.  After the war, the Consolidated yard closed, while the Craig yard continued, under the name Long Beach Marine Repair, until about 1970.  Note that the hull numbers used by the Craigs in Long Beach were a continuation of the series they had used in Toledo and elsewhere, going back to John Craig's very first ship, built in 1864.  And, although Consolidated Steel started two more large shipyards and at least two small yards, they too continued the same series. 
Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type GT Feet Delivery Disposition
Built by Craig Shipbuilding Company
108 169408 C. H. Windham Western Marine Dredging Dredge 286   1908 Later Windham 1926
109 206532 Virgil G. Bogue Western Pacific R.R. Co. Tug 170   1909  
110     Standard Oil Co. Tank Barge     1909  
---     Craig Shipbuilding Co. Floating Dock 3,500   1911  
111 208259 General Hubbard Hubbard Steamship Co. Psgr. Cargo 2,183   Jan-11 Later Sagatind 1916, wrecked 1931
112 208500 Navajo Western Steam Nav. Co.  Psgr. Cargo 2,755   Nov-11 Burnt 1917
113     Los Angeles Sub.Boat Co. Submarine   75 Jun-13 Experimental submarine, sunk, raised and scrapped 1916
114 210374 Camino Western Steam Nav. Co. Psgr. Cargo 3,308   Aug-12 Later City of Wilmington 1916, burnt 1918
115 210812 Paraiso Long Beach SS Co.  Psgr. Cargo 1,383   Dec-12 Later Florence Olson (AG 44) 1923, Malanao 1942, scrapped 1946
116 210948 Grace Dollar Dollar Steamship Co. Cargo Ship 1,327   Feb-13 Later Admiral Wainwright 1918, Agnes Dollar 1921, Mary E. Moore 1923, foundered 1927
117 211338 Edgar H. Vance Hammond Lumber Co. Cargo Ship 2,521   Jul-13 Later Liff 1916, sunk by gunfire 1917
118 212017 Alvarado Pacific Transport Co. Cargo Ship 1,522   Mar-14 Wrecked 1945
119   Holland    Dredge     1913  
120 169398 J. E. Upson California Delta Farms Dredge 547   1913 Later Miami 1926
121 SS 45 L-6 US Navy Submarine 456d 165 7-Dec-17 Completed by California SB, scrapped 1925
122 SS 46 L-7 US Navy Submarine 456d 165 7-Dec-17 Completed by California SB, scrapped 1925
123 WAGL 207 Cedar US Coast Guard Buoy Tender 1,970d 201 30-Jun-17 Completed by California SB, sold 1955
Built by California Shipbuilding Company
124 SS 75 O-14 US Navy Submarine 491d 175 1-Oct-18 Completed by MINSY, scrapped 1930
125 SS 76 O-15 US Navy Submarine 491d 175 27-Aug-18 Completed by MINSY, scrapped 1930
126 SS 77 O-16 US Navy Submarine 491d 175 1-Aug-18 Completed by MINSY, scrapped 1930
      US Navy Submarine       Cancelled
      US Navy Submarine       Cancelled
      US Navy Submarine       Cancelled
Built by Long Beach Shipbuilding Company
124 216304 Silverado US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,298 215 May-18 To USA as cable ship, scrapped 1948
125 216615 Eldorado US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,180 215 Jul-18 Later Gyoryu Maru 1942, mined and sunk 1945
126 217694 Wallingford US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,256 215 Mar-19 Later Limoges 1940, Prado 1948, scrapped 1960
127 216995 Ozaukee US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 4,045 340 Nov-18 Scrapped 1929
128 217205 Oshkosh US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 3,961 340 Nov-18 Scrapped 1929
129 217374 Magunkook US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 3,899 340 Jan-19 Later Carriso 1923, Nikolina Matkovic 1937, torpedoed and lost 1942
130 218254 West Kasson US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,937 410 Jun-19 Later Cuzco 1926, Camoria 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942
131 218674 West Keene US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,600 410 Aug-19 Scrapped 1947
132 218893 West Katan US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,656 410 Sep-19 Later San Simeon 1930, Tai An 1947, scrapped 1958
133 219435 Vinita US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,411 410 Mar-20 Later Eleanor Christenson 1926, De Soto 1938, Pan-Atlantic 1938, bombed and sunk 1942
134 219333 Haleakala US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,958 410 Dec-19 Missing 1926
135 219938 West Keats US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,661 410 Apr-20 Later San Vicente 1929, scrapped 1960
136 220316 West Kebar US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,620 410 Dec-20 Torpedoed and lost 1942
137 220317 West Kedron US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 5,620 410 Jul-20 Later Empire Eland 1940, torpedoed and lost 1941
138     US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
139     US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
140     US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
141     US Shipping Board Cargo Ship       Cancelled
142 220556 Edythe John F. Craig Yacht 186   Dec-20 Later Melodie
143 219607 Mazatlan Swayne & Hoyt Cargo Ship 987 164 Feb-20 Later San Diegan 1937, scrapped 1952
144 220183 Domingo Nazabal I Cuban Owners Psgr. Cargo 1,050   Apr-20 Later Mauna Loa 1924, to USN 1942 as YHB 10, scrapped 1949
145 220754 Casco California Mex. SS Co. Cargo Ship 328   Feb-21 Later Kailua 1923, Western Trader 1941, Baranof 1942, Western Trader 1948, scrapped 1970
Built by Craig Shipbuilding Company
146   Craig No. 1 Craig Shipbuilding Barge     1922  
147 223204 Curtiscor T. W. Johnson Tug 126   1923  
148 223529 John F. Craig Craig Shipbuilding Tug 130 88 1923 Later H. T. Haviside, Ellen Murphy, Magic 1977, Active 2005, Active Pass 2006, inactive 2014
149 224905 Georganna Craig Shipbuilding Yacht 86   1925 Later Gloria Dalton, to USN 1942 as IX 70, returned to owner 1946
150       Replica     1929 Replica sailing ship for movie industry
151 229467 Infanta John Barrymore Yacht 253 110 1930 NowThea Foss
152 229851 Endymion Donald W. Douglas Yacht 38 62 1930 Inactive
153 230891 Velero III Capt. Alan Hancock Yacht 749 195 1931 To USN 1941 as Chalcedony (PYc 16), scrapped 1946
154 231094 Samona II Willitts J. Hole Yacht 350 147 1931 To USN 1940 as Amethyst (PYc 3), sold 1946 as Samona II, later Pudlo, Explorer
155 234117 Geoanna George L. Craig Trust Yacht 122   1934  
Built in Long Beach by Consolidated Steel
156 241002 Agwimonte U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,679 396 Sep-41 Torpedoed and lost off South Africa 1943
157 241136 Agwiprince U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,679 396 Nov-41 Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965
158 241170 Alcoa Pennant U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,679 396 Dec-41 Scrapped 1965
159 241288 Alcoa Polaris U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,679 396 Feb-42 Troopship 1944, scrapped 1965
206   Doyen U.S. Maritime Comm. P1-S2-L2  4,351d 414 May-43 To USN 1943 as APA 1, to Mass. Maritime 1961 as Bay State, sold 1973
207   Feland U.S. Maritime Comm. P1-S2-L2  4,351d 414 Jun-43 To USN 1943 as APA 11, scrapped 1964
238 242961 Cape Trinity U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,711 396 May-43 Scrapped 1972
277 243645 Cape Sandy U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,711 396 Jul-43 Sold 1947, scrapped 1970
278 243643 Cape Friendship U.S. Maritime Comm. C1-B 6,709 396 Aug-43 Scrapped 1970