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Stevens Bros. Boat Builders with 63-foot Crash boats in 1944. Stevens Brothers Boat Builders and Designers company (Stevens Bros.), an American boat designer, began in the back yard of brothers Theodore (Thod, 1882–1933) and Robert (Roy, 1884–1953) Stevens. Their boatbuilding firm in Stockton, California operated from 1902
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding built some of these sections that were 93 feet long and five stories high. Later Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding also built rescue boats, barges, supply boats, salvage boats and net laying ships. Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding reached a peak employment of 8,000 in 1944. George Pollock closed the shipyard in 1946.
Hickinbotham Brothers in 1894 in Stockton, California. Hickinbotham Brothers Shipbuilders was a shipbuilding company in Stockton, California on the Stockton Channel.To support the World War II demand for ships Hickinbotham Brothers built: Type V ship Tugboats, Tank Landing Barge, balloon barges and Coastal Freighter (design 381, 381 tons).
Later in the 1850s steamboats would reach up the San Joaquin River beyond Stockton as far south as Sycamore Point and to Fort Miller in the spring flood. [ 11 ] : 7 [ 7 ] : 82, 145 San Joaquin steamboats could reach Watson's Ferry on Fresno Slough and could reach the lower Kern River and Tulare Lake in years when the lake overflowed down Fresno ...
Stockton, California circa 1860. In 1846, the first cargo boat ascended the San Joaquin River. In 1848, John Doak established the first ferry service on the river, and the first freight vessel, the sloop Maria, visited Stockton. In 1849, Doak brought lumber from San Francisco to Stockton and began a lumber
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Rough and Ready Island is at the Junction of the San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel. Rough and Ready Island Naval Supply Depot or Ruff and Ready Island is a former United States Navy installation on the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California in San Joaquin County, near the Stockton Channel and was 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Stockton.
Colberg Boat Works was a shipbuilding company in Stockton, California on the Stockton Channel. The original WWII office building burned to the ground in 2022. It was being prepared for moving to Brandon Island.To support the World War II demand for ships Colberg Boat Works built: Minesweepers, Type V ship Tugboats, and Submarine chasers.