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Originally Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, founded in 1917, the yard built ships under the United States Maritime Commission's pre-war long-range shipbuilding program. It was also called the Tampa Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. It would use the facilities of the Tampa Foundry & Machine Co. Tampa Foundry that ceased to exist in 1916.
Ingalls Shipbuilding: Pascagoula, Mississippi: Mormacsun: Roll-on/roll-off vessel Moore-McCormack Lines: 12 July United States: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company: San Diego, California: Cayuga: Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy: 31 July United Kingdom: Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore: Setter: Dog-class tug
Campbell Industries or Campbell Machine Company was a shipbuilding company in San Diego, California, most construction was Fishing To support the World War II demand for ships Campbell Industries shipyard switched over to military construction and built: US Navy minesweepers .
The San Diego Zoo also operates the San Diego Zoo Safari Park (formerly the San Diego Wild Animal Park), a nearly 2000-acre park located 30 miles northeast of the Zoo near Escondido, which features animals in more expansive, open areas than the zoo's urban 100 acres can provide. Exhibits are themed mainly around Asia, Africa, and Australia ...
Alameda Works Shipyard, Alameda, California (1916–1956) American Shipbuilding , Cleveland, Ohio , Lorain, Ohio (1888–1995) Atlantic Basin Iron Works , Brooklyn, New York
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay, used as a training facility, commonly known as "boot camp". The Naval Training Center site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and many of the individual structures are designated as historic by the ...
As a result of that, many workers migrated to the work area. Many shipyards sprang up from San Francisco to San Diego. At the peak of shipbuilding in California were involved 282 000 persons. Shipbuilding became a highly efficient wartime industry. The building of vessels and the number of jobs in the shipbuilding peaked in mid-1943.
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park in Mission Bay Park in San Diego, California. It is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, public aquarium, and marine animal rehabilitation center. SeaWorld, the theme park's proprietor, is owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. SeaWorld San Diego is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). [2]