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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.
Deft sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, 22 June 1945 and called at San Diego, California, Pearl Harbor, Saipan, and Okinawa before arriving at Sasebo, Japan, 21 September.She swept mines off the coast of Honshū, and served in various occupation duties until 15 December when she got underway for the West Coast.
Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida: Reclassified: AM-137, 21 February 1942: Laid down: ... Adopt operated at San Diego as an escort ship through 26 May 1944.
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California; Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine; Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newport News, Virginia; New York Shipbuilding Corporation (New York Ship), Camden, New Jersey (1899–1967) Norfolk Naval Shipyard ...
After upkeep and fitting-out, she departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 28 November 1943 in company with the internal combustion engine repair ship USS Luzon (ARG-2) for duty in the Pacific. Transiting the Panama Canal on 8 December 1943, Admirable continued on to San Diego, California , where she moored on 18 December 1943.
USS Shasta (AE-6), an ammunition ship, was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 125) on 12 August 1940 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Fla., initially as a C2 type cargo ship. She was acquired by the Navy on 16 April 1941 and launched on 9 July 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Spessard L. Holland.
Shooting Star was built by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa, Florida, under a Maritime Commission contract.She was the second of eight C2 type motor ships of a series constructed by Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Tampa, Florida powered by twin Nordberg diesels, the first being Sea Witch. [1]
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 .