Pacific Coast Shipbuilding

Bay Point CA

Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company was organized in 1918 to build cargo ships for the USSB. It was built by Robert N. Burgess, a local developer, next to the terminus of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads. The site is now occupied by the Naval Weapons Station Concord.

USSB # O/N Name Customer Type Tons Delivered Notes
1 941 218098 Diablo USSB freighter 5,997 May 1919 later Golden River 1929, Mauna Kea 1934, Centauro 1946, Bali 1955, Marianthe 1956, foundered 1956
2 942 218689 Cansumset USSB freighter 5,996 Aug 1919 scrapped 1930
3 943 219030 Cockaponset USSB freighter 5,995 Nov 1919 torpedoed and lost 1941
4 944 219770 Mohinkis USSB freighter 6,049 Apr 1920 later Delarof 1929, Nicky 1946, Bharatsena 1947, Aloha 1956, foundered 1958
5 945 220295 Sinasta USSB freighter 6,052 July 1920 scrapped 1938
6 946 220649 Lavada USSB freighter 6,052 Sep 1920 scrapped 1937
7 947 220836 Cuprum USSB freighter 6,062 Nov 1920 later Shelton 1928, Kahuku 1937, lost to gunfire 1942
8 948 220992 Namasket USSB freighter 6,062 Jan 1921 scrapped 1938
9 949 221117 Meanticut USSB freighter 6,061 Mar 1921 later Poltava 1945, scrapped 1946
10 950 221319 Nashaba USSB freighter 6,062 June 1921 mined and lost 1945
11 220543 Cycol Associated Oil tanker 161 Aug 1920
12 220920 Midway Associated Oil tanker 978 Dec 1920 later IV Foss 1955, converted to a barge

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