Moore Dry Dock Company
Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California.
In 1905, Robert S. Moore, his brother Joseph A. Moore, and John Thomas Scott purchased the National Iron Works located in the Hunter's Point section of San Francisco, and founded a new company, the Moore & Scott Iron Works Moore had previously been vice president of the Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco. Scott was nephew to Henry T. and Irving M. Scott, owners of the nearby Union Iron Works, where John had risen from apprentice to superintendent. Their new business was soon destroyed by fire resulting from the San Francisco earthquake.
In 1909, Moore and Scott decided to move across the Bay, and so purchased the W. A. Boole & Son Shipyard, located in Oakland at the foot of Adeline Street along the Oakland Estuary.
In 1917, Moore bought out Scott and changed the business name to Moore Shipbuilding Company. Henry T. Scott and John T. Scott tried to establish a rival business with the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company, an enterprise that eventually did not outlive the World War I shipbuilding boom. The Design 1015 ship was also called the Moore & Scott Type.
In 1922, Moore Shipbuilding renamed to the Moore Dry Dock Company, operating primarily as a repair yard, amidst a severe lack of demand for new construction in the 1920s and early 1930s. Its shipbuilding capabilities were again promptly expanded for the World War II boom, providing over 100 ships for the U.S. Navy and merchant marine. Moore ranked 82nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. Shipbuilding ceased at war's end, but repair operations continued.
In 1950, the Moore facility was the target of a union picket when sailors were having a dispute with a ship owner whose ship was in Moore's dry dock at the time. The court battle which ensued eventually led to the Moore Dry Dock Standards for Primary Picketing at a Secondary Site, 92 NLRB 547, 27 LRRM 1108 ).
Moore Dry Dock Company ceased operations in 1961. Its site at Adeline Street on the Oakland Estuary was acquired by Schnitzer Steel.
W. A. Boole & Son
18 May 1901, the Lahaina, the first ship built in Oakland, is launched from the yard of W. A. Boole & Son at the foot of Adeline street. Adeline street is at the easternmost part of the property that later makes up Moore.June 1901, a 3000-ton marine railway built by H. I. Crandall & Son of Massachusetts becomes operational in the Boole shipyard.
26 March 1909, it is announced that Moore & Scott have acquired the Boole shipyard for ca. $500,000.
| Yard# | Owner | Type | Name | Launched | Notes |
| Hind, Rolph & Co | 4-mast barkentine | Lahaina | 18 May 01 | ||
| 4-mast barkentine | Koko Head | 11 Jan 02 | |||
| W. A. Gray | passenger+cargo steam schooner | Prentiss | |||
| Hind, Rolph & Co | 4-mast barkentine | Makaweli | 10 May 02 | ||
| Santa Fe Railroad Co. | tug | A. H. Payson | 21 Jun 02 | ||
| Hind, Rolph & Co | 4-mast barkentine | Puako | 18 Oct 02 | ||
| United States Revenue Cutter Service | wooden-hulled revenue cutter | Arcata | 3 Jan 03 | ||
| North Shore RR Co. | stern wheel steam ferry | Lagunitas | 31 Jan 03 | ||
| twin-screw gasoline schooner | Expansion | 7 Feb 04 | |||
| W. H. Marston | 800hp oil burning 3-exp schooner | Sibyl Marston | 29 Jun 07 | wrecked 12 January 1909 |
World War 1
For World War 1 Moore Shipbuilding Company built for the US Shipping Board a number of ships, including some that become Empire ships:| Yard# | USSB# | Name | Owner | Type | Tons | Delivered | Notes |
| 12 | Sagaland / Mount Shasta | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 4,729 | 1-Dec-17 | Sunk as target 1931 | |
| 113 | War Bay / Coronado | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 5,989 | 15-Jan-18 | Scrapped in 1937 | |
| 114 | Nordgren / Yosemite | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 6,077 | 3-Feb-18 | Scrapped in 1938 | |
| 115 | War Buoy / Yellowstone | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 6,171 | 20-Apr-18 | Wrecked in the Azores 1920 | |
| 116 | War Beacon / Pasadena | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 6,002 | 11-May-18 | Scrapped in 1936 | |
| 117 | War Breeze / Oakland | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 6,002 | 30-May-18 | Scrapped in 1933 | |
| 118 | War Coast / Fresno | US Shipping Board / Requisition | Cargo | 6,002 | 21-Jun-18 | Scrapped in 1936 | |
| 119 | 143 | Shintaka / Alloway | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,113 | 5-Jul-18 | Wrecked in the Ugamaks 1929 |
| 120 | 144 | Aniwa | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,012 | 24-Jul-18 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 121 | 145 | Oskawa | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 6,100 | 6-Jan-19 | To Britain as "Empire Raven" 1942, "Southern Raven" 1948, Scrapped in 1952 |
| 122 | 146 | Yamhill | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 6,101 | 21-Sep-18 | renamed "Arctic" 1921, Scrapped in 1946 |
| 123 | 147 | Yaquina | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 6,100 | 14-Feb-19 | To USN as "Boreas" 1921, Scrapped in 1946 |
| 124 | 148 | Guimba | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 6,100 | 7-Jun-19 | To Britain as "Empire Merganser" 1942, renamed "Ketos" 1947, exploded and sank 1951 |
| 125 | 149 | Zaca | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,165 | 30-Dec-18 | Burnt off Trinidad 1920, Scrapped in 1924 |
| 126 | 150 | Zirkel | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,073 | 27-Sep-18 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 127 | 151 | Kamesit | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,070 | 29-Jan-19 | Scrapped in 1930 |
| 128 | 152 | Keketticut | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,072 | 7-Jun-19 | Scrapped in 1930 |
| 129 | 1015 | Chipchung | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,163 | 7-Jun-19 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 130 | 1016 | Mulpua | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,139 | 14-Jun-19 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 131 | 1017 | Monasses | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 5,983 | 19-Jul-19 | To Britain 1942 as "Empire Whimbrel", torpedoed and lost 11 April 1943 |
| 132 | 1018 | Tuckanuck | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,001 | 24-Jul-19 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 133 | 1019 | Cotati | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 5,963 | 26-Aug-19 | To Britain 1942 as "Empire Avocet", torpedoed and lost 29 September 1942 |
| 134 | 1020 | Nokatay | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,036 | 27-Sep-19 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 135 | 1021 | Nockum | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 6,024 | 31-Dec-19 | To Britain 1941 as "Empire Starling", torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 136 | 1022 | Mehanno | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Reefer | 5,969 | 12-Mar-20 | To USN as USS Yukon 1921, Scrapped in 1946 |
| 137 | 1023 | Naugus | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,037 | 22-Apr-20 | Scrapped in 1930 |
| 138 | 1024 | Quilliwark | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 Cargo | 6,034 | 26-Jun-20 | Scrapped in 1929 |
| 139 | 1025 | Imlay | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,005 | 26-Sep-19 | renamed "R. M. Parker, Jr." 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 140 | 1025 | Miskianza | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 6,910 | 3-Feb-20 | renamed "Gulf of Venezuela" 1925, Scrapped in 1950 |
| 141 | 1027 | Quabbin | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,017 | 24-Mar-20 | renamed "Cape Cod" 1923, "Emma H. Coppedge" 1926, "Oregon" 1929, shelled and lost 1942 |
| 142 | 1028 | Nebagamon / City of Reno | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,004 | 17-May-20 | renamed "Tejon" 1923, Scrapped in 1947 |
| 143 | 1029 | Begwaduce / Salina | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,311 | 25-Jun-20 | renamed "Garnet Hulings" 1928, Scrapped in 1954 |
| 144 | 1030 | Sapulpa | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,311 | 28-Jul-20 | renamed "Cape Ann" 1923, "Helen Olmsted" 1927, "Washington" 1929, "San Nicolas" 1946, "Norma" 1947, Scrapped in 1955 |
| 145 | 2233 | Jalapa | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,085 | 2-Oct-20 | renamed "Klamath" 1940, to Russia 1943 as "Lunacharski", Scrapped in 1960 |
| 146 | 2234 | Mosella | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,034 | 31-Aug-20 | To Britain 1941 as "Empire Heron", torpedoed and lost 1941 |
| 147 | 2235 | Janelew | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,085 | 30-Oct-20 | To Britain 1941 as "Empire Plover", renamed "Plover" 1949, "Marianne" 1951, "Nicolas" 1956, Scrapped in 1958 |
| 148 | 2236 | Mursa | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,085 | 15-Oct-20 | renamed "General M. H. Sherman" 1928, "Kainalu" 1938, to Britain 1940 as "Pachesham", "Fenix" 1948, "Nisshu Maru" 1951, Scrapped in 1961 |
| 149 | 2237 | Narbo | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,085 | 30-Nov-20 | Wrecked in The Bahamas and Scrapped in 1945 |
| 150 | 2238 | Narcissus | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1015 cargo | 6,085 | 30-Dec-20 | renamed "Potlatch" 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 151 | 2227 | Meton | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,311 | 15-Jul-20 | Torpedoed and lost 1942 |
| 152 | 2228 | Mevania | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,311 | 17-Aug-20 | renamed "Vincenzia" 1944, "Aurania" 1947, "Pamavi" 1956, Scrapped in 1959 |
| 153 | 2229 | Stockton | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,294 | 25-Sep-20 | renamed "Walter Miller" 1928, "Olney" 1935, Scrapped in 1947 |
| 154 | 2862 | Bohemian Club | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 6,882 | 24-Jul-21 | Scrapped in 1947 |
| 155 | 2863 | Tustem | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 6,882 | 30-Jul-21 | Scrapped in 1946 |
| 156 | 2864 | Lubrico | US Shipping Board / Contract | 1041 Tanker | 7,095 | 19-Aug-21 | renamed "R. J. Hanna" 1936, Scrapped in 1947 |