Pacific Coast Engineering (PACECO) ~ Shipbuilding History

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.

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	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