Pacific Coast Engineering (PACECO)

Oakland and Alameda CA

Most recent update: March 7, 2016.

Pacific Coast Engineering Company was originally an industrial fabricator and mechanical engineering company, working mostly for the construction and mining industries. In the 1920s, they started building barges in Oakland, in a yard at the foot of 14th Street, close to the WWI emergency yard operated by Union Construction Company. This site was taken over by the US Navy in 1940 and the company moved to a new yard at 2350 Blanding Avenue, in Alameda. During the war years they primarily built subassemblies for the larger yards in the San Francisco area, but also built five tugs for the Navy. In 1950, the name was officially changed to PACECO and it was under this name that they developed a world-wide reputation as the designer of the modern container crane, which they first developed in 1958. PACECO was bought by Fruehauf Corp. In 1967 and abandoned shipbuilding in 1976 in order to focus on the container crane market. The Alameda shipyard was on the south side of the Tidal Canal, immediately to the west of the Park Street bridge. See it from the air on Google here.

If you have an addition or correction for this page, please send it in.

O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
Built in Oakland
1 171515 Lighter No. 7 Tide Water Associated Oil Co. tank barge 249 1924 later Foss 108, NLD 1964
2 169326 Haviside Co. No. 4 Haviside Co. dredge 491 Sep 1925 scrapped 1975
3 169455 Libby Honoulu No.1 Libby, McNeil & Libby barge 403 1926 later H. P. Benson, converted to dredge
4 231095 Alki City of Seattle fireboat 196 Dec 1927
5 Motor Vehicle Department cable barge Apr 1927
6 R. W. Atkinson Hawaiian Dredging Co. dredge Sep 1927
7 barge 1931
8 Jaspar Stacy Co. gold dredge 1936
109 Federal Clamshell barge USACE barge 1938
110 Federal No. 1 USACE dump scow 1938
111 Federal No. 2 USACE dump scow 1938
112 Federal drill barge USACE drill barge 1938
113 174877 J. C. Freese Co. No. 3 J.C. Freese Company tank barge 296 Sep 1940 NLD
114 240869 Enterprise San Francisco Towing Co. towboat 59 1941 to USN as YT-462, YTM-462
Built in Alameda
115 Mawkaw (YT-182) US Navy tugboat 260d 6 Mar 1943 sold 1972
116 Negwagon (YT-188) US Navy tugboat 260d 31 Mar 1943 sold 1973
117 951819 Nepanet (YT-189) US Navy tugboat 260d Mar 1943 sold 1987 as Headwind, Richard, Vega
118 Orono (YT-190) US Navy tugboat 260d 29 May 1943 to Guyana 1975
119 Osamekin (YT-191) US Navy tugboat 260d 12 Feb 1943 sank off Alaska 1945
120 YD-92 US Navy derrick barge 1943?
125 254459 United Towing No. 5 United Towing Co. tank barge 758 1944 later Barge 5, Tori J
126 255282 United Towing No. 6 United Towing Co. tank barge 758 1944 later Barge 6, NLD
127 586407 barge 7 United Towing Co. tank barge 758 1945 documented 1977
128 176688 J.C. Freese Co. Barge 11 J.C. Freese Company tank barge 770 1946 later Barge 11, NLD
129 252724 J.C. Freese Co. Barge 12 J.C. Freese Company tank barge 770 Apr 1947 NLD
130 269083 Harbor No. 1 Harbor Transportation tank barge 765 1946 documented 1955, Barge 1, NLD
131 254358 United Towing No. 11 United Towing Co. tank barge 833 Dec 1947 later Barge 11, NLD
132 Federal The Colorado Bureau of Reclamation dredge 600 1948
133 Federal Bureau of Reclamation fuel barge 1948
134 Federal Bureau of Reclamation work barge 1948
135 Federal Bureau of Reclamation Pipe barge 1948
136 Federal The Needles Bureau of Reclamation towboat 1948
137 State Harbor Commission dump scow 1948
138 State Harbor Commission dump scow 1948
139 257023 Placer River Lines Inc. tank barge 627 1948 later Barge 2
140 257343 Frank G. White State Harbor Commission Tug/fireboat 80 1949 later Jericho Chief, Valiant
141 257968 barge 12 tank barge 12, Inc. tank barge 1,481 May 1949 NLD
142 258777 barge 10 J.C. Freese Company tank barge 805 Sep 1949 NLD
143 260212 barge 14 tank barge 14, Inc. tank barge 1,473 July 1950
144 261033 Star & Crescent No. 24 Star & Crescent Boat Co. tank barge 1,480 Dec 1950
145 262398 barge 15 tank barge 15 Co. tank barge 1,777 July 1951 NLD
146 262931 Defiance Bay Cities Transportation tugboat 48 1951
147 262932 Fearless Crowley Launch & Tugboat tugboat 48 1951
148 Federal No. 2 Dry Dock Gate US Navy caisson nm June 1952 for NSY San Francisco
149 264277 Sea Rover Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 184 1952 later Commodore
150 264276 Sea Scout Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 184 1952 later Arcturus
151 264148 Star & Crescent No. 25 Star & Crescent Boat Co. tank barge 1,639 July 1952 later Barge 25
152 264884 barge 50 Harbor Tug & Barge Co. tank barge 1,215 1953
153 264985 Sea Duke Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 184 1953 later Robert J. Brusco
154 265240 Sea Queen Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 184 1953 later Gladiator (Canada)
155 267775 San Diegan Star & Crescent Boat Co. tugboat 186 1953
156 266089 barge 16 tank barge 16, Inc. tank barge 2,442 Aug 1953
157 267135 barge 21 tank barge 21, Inc. tank barge 1,224 1954
158 267546 barge 22 tank barge 22, Inc. tank barge 1,224 1954
159 268599 YB-17 Oahu Railway & Land Co. barge 724 1954
160 269023 Oil King San Francisco Towing Co. tugboat 53 1954
161 Ideal Cement 16 Ideal Cement Company barge Dec 1954
162 Ideal Cement 17 Ideal Cement Company barge Dec 1954
163 Ideal Cement 19 Ideal Cement Company barge Jan 1955
164 Ideal Cement 18 Ideal Cement Company barge Jan 1955
165 268871 barge 17 tank barge 17, Inc. tank barge 2,444 Jan 1954
166 269060 barge 24 Carrier Equipment Co. tank barge 1,216 Feb 1955
167 269429 barge 51 Harbor Barging Inc. tank barge 1,370 Apr 1955
170 270645 Amorco Tide Water Associated Oil Co. tank barge 2,170 Dec 1955
171 271778 Sea Hound Tug Sea Hound, Inc. tugboat 180 1956 later Rosarito
172 271780 Sea Otter Tug Sea Otter, Inc. tugboat 180 1956 later Los Santo V, wrecked in Colon RP 2013
173 Ideal Cement 20 Ideal Cement Company barge Nov 1955
174 273537 Sea Witch Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 293 Apr 1957
175 273536 Sea Giant Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 293 May 1957 (Antigua)
176 272315 Pacific No. 1 Pacific Barging Co. tank barge 2,725 1956
177 272991 Pacific No. 2 Pacific Barging Co. tank barge 2,725 Jan 1957 later J. Whitney, then Chilkat Warrior, ITB-272
178 272604 Carquinez State of California ferry 537 1956 later Blackbeard, Noble Phoenix
179 273608 barge 18 tank barge 18, Inc. tank barge 2,438 1957 grounded on Shemya I. 1958, still there
180 Delong Corp. pipe-laying barge 1958
181 275925 Alameda Utah Construction Co. dredge 1,284 Nov 1958
182 274677 barge 14 tank barge 14, Inc. tank barge 2,712 Aug 1957 later Barge 141
183 274106 Marietta Star & Crescent Boat Co. passenger 164 June 1957
184 276706 Atlas Crowley Launch & Tug Co. tugboat 92 1958
185 276707 Trojan Crowley Launch & Tug Co. tugboat 92 1958 later Capt Reino Mattila
186 George F. Ferris Hyperion Contractors J/U drill Rig 6,648 Oct 1958 later J. F. P Five, Hercules 21, Parker Drilling 21-J, Hercules 120 (Liberia)
187 278346 barge 18 tank barge 18, Inc. tank barge 3,179 Jan 1959 later Boaz
188 Delong Corp. J/U drill Rig 1958
189 280028 Pacific 3 Pacific Barge 3, Inc. tank barge 3,077 Nov 1959 later Lumberjack
190 281932 barge 25 Freese Service Co. tank barge 1,217 1960
191 Ghana Kaiser Engineers Inc. dredge 1961
192 Ghana Kaiser Engineers Inc. dredge 1961
193 287336 D.C.W.No. 1 Dow Chemical Co. barge 1,557 1961 later Cascade
194 Foster City B-1 dump barge Apr 1962 Reassembly, originally built 1956 by Kaiser, Napa
195 Foster City II dump barge Apr 1962 Reassembly, originally built 1956 by Kaiser, Napa
196 288266 Foster City T-1 tugboat 57 Apr 1962 Reassembly, originally built 1956 by Kaiser Portland
200 292012 Skilak Long Beach Tugboat Co. landing craft 333 1963 later Seahorse, Lexington
201 280028 Pacific 3 Pacific Barge 3, Inc. deckhouse 1,867 1964 Mod. to Hull 189
202 293495 Kenai Harbor Tug & Barge Co. car float 3,770 Dec 1963 later SBB XVIII
203 294228 Palmer Harbor Tug & Barge Co. car float 3,768 Mar 1964
204 294746 Jaramac Driller J. Ray McDermott, Inc. platform rig 1,021 May 1964 later Polar Cub
205 295826 Fairbanks Harbor Tug & Barge Co. car float 3,768 July 1964
206 296910 560 Pacific Inland Navigation Co. barge 2,767 1964
207 298992 Daring Bay Cities Transportation tugboat 196 Mar 1965 later Edward Brusco
208 299707 Intrepid Bay Cities Transportation tugboat 196 June 1965
209 500149 Sea Wolf Tug Sea Wolf, Inc. tugboat 198 Aug 1965 later Narragansett
210 500707 Sea Lion Tug Sea Lion, Inc. tugboat 190 1965 later Triton, Wycliffe
211 India Paceco Pacer Gov't of Bihar, India dredge Oct 1966
212 504166 Sea racer Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 190 June 1966 later Buckley McAllister
213 504597 Sea Monarch Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 190 1966
214 503692 Barge-10 tank barge 10, Inc. tank barge 4,133 1966
215 505922 Samson Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 198 Jan 1966 later Jack Brusco
216 506463 Vigilant Shipowners & Merchants tugboat 199 Dec 1966 later David Brusco
217 520935 Thelma Trans-Bay Constructors barge 1,175 Aug 1966 later HT 544, Weeks 544
218 Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co. loading platform Oct 1966
219 506578 barge 22 Smith-Rice Co. Inc. barge 516 Jan 1967 later 429
220 506637 barge 23 derrick Barge 15, Inc. barge 516 Jan 1967 later MLC-23
221 508472 Tidelands 011 J. Ray McDermott barge 2,545 July 1967 later Tideland 11
222 Federal YFU-71 US Navy utility boat 180d 14 Oct 1967 scrapped 1985
223 Federal YFU-72 US Navy utility boat 180d 24 Oct 1967 scrapped 1985
224 Federal YFU-73 US Navy utility boat 180d 20 Nov 1967 to Cambodia 1970
225 939942 YFU-74 US Navy utility boat 180d 21 Dec 1967 sold 1986 , Koos Carrier
226 Federal YFU-75 US Navy utility boat 180d 25 Jan 1968 sold 1986
227 Federal YFU-76 US Navy utility boat 180d Mar 1968 sold 1984
228 Gov't of the Philippines landing barge 100 1968
229 Gov't of the Philippines landing barge 100 1968
230 Federal LCU-1637 US Navy landing craft 190d Oct 1970 Alum prototype, Lady Kishma (Belize)
231 517948 Vivian Ann Vivian Fishing Co tuna seiner 715 1969 later Willa G.
232 520243 Queen Mary Marilyn M Fishing Co. tuna seiner 722 July 1969
233 521455 Gina Karen Gina Karen Fishing, Inc. tuna seiner 722 1969 later Bracero de Mar, foundered 1988
234 522612 Lou Jean II Lou Jean II Fishing, Inc. tuna seiner 722 1969 later Trinidad III (Panama)
235 523613 Kathleen Hope Fishing, Inc. tuna seiner 724 1969 later Aleutian Queen, Polar Queen, Dona Roge
236 Federal YFU-77 US Navy utility boat 180d 17 May 1968 to DOI 1985
237 Federal YFU-78 US Navy utility boat 180d June 1968 destroyed in Danang 1969
238 Federal YFU-79 US Navy utility boat 180d July 1968 later IX-514
239 Federal YFU-80 US Navy utility boat 180d Aug 1968 scrapped 1977
240 Federal YFU-81 US Navy utility boat 180d 1 Sep 1968
241 Federal YFU-82 US Navy utility boat 180d Oct 1968 later IX-506, struck 2002
242 Mexico Pacer design Government of Mexico dredge 1969 hull assembled in Tampico
243 Santa Clara Sand Co dredge 1,000 1969
244 McCormack Sand Div. dredge 1,000 1969
245 dredge
246 dredge
247 dredge
248 dredge 1975 (Canada)
249 Federal Mullen USACE dredge 1976 assembled in St. Paul MN
250 barge 3 Smith-Rice Co. Inc. derrick barge 2,305 Dec 1974 to Brazil 1978, Superpesa II
251 barge 3A Smith-Rice Co. Inc. derrick barge 2,305 1975
252 562810 Foss 343 Foss Maritime barge 3,863 Feb 1975 later Marilyn Monroe
253 566922 D. B. 300 Crowley Derrick Barges, Inc. barge 2,614 July 1975 later D. B. Long Beach
254 567411 Polly B Peter Kiewit & Son derrick barge 1,185 Apr 1975 later R. L. Big Bob Strasser, DB Lucky Buck Woodward, Lucky Buck
255 576844 barge 5 Smith-Rice Co. Inc. derrick barge 2,468 Sep 1976 later Thomas W

Printed from shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net