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==Ships built== Some of the ships and ferries built by Union Iron Works include: * {{ship||El Primero}} launched in 1893, still in service as of 2019 * {{USS|Oregon|BB-3|6}} launched in 1893 * {{USS|Wisconsin|BB-9|6}} launched in 1898 * [[Berkeley (ferryboat)|Berkeley]], [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] ferry 1898, constructed simultaneously with USS ''Wisconsin'' in an adjacent drydock. First complete ferry built by Union Iron Works * ''San Pablo'', [[Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe]] Railroad passenger ferry. 1899. Sold for scrap in 1937. Hull became first fish reduction plant on [[San Pablo Bay]] * ''Tamalpais'', 1900 Northwest Railroad passenger ferry. Burned for scrap 1947 * {{USS|Ohio|BB-12|6}} launched in 1901 * {{USS|Monterey|BM-6|6}} launched in 1891 * {{USS|Wyoming|BM-10|6}} launched in 1900 * {{USS|Wheeling|PG-14|6}} launched in 1897 * {{USS|Marietta|PG-15|6}} launched in 1897 * {{USS|Charleston|C-2|6}} launched in 1888 * {{USS|San Francisco|C-5|6}} launched 26 October 1889 * {{USS|Olympia|C-6|6}} launched in 1892. Admiral Dewey's flagship at the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] * {{USS|Tacoma|CL-20|6}} a {{Sclass|Denver|cruiser|1}} launched in 1903 * {{USS|Milwaukee|C-21|6}} a {{Sclass|St. Louis|cruiser|1}} launched in 1904 * {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose}} launched in 1898 * {{Sclass|Adder|submarine|1}}s {{USS|Grampus|SS-4|6}} and {{USS|Pike|SS-6|6}} for the United States Navy in 1902 and 1903 * ''San Pedro'', 1910 [[Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe]] Railroad passenger ferry. Renamed ''Treasure Island'' when it joined Key System in 1938 * ''Napa Valley'', 1910 Monticello Steamship Company passenger ferry. Sold and resold until scrapped at Portland, Oregon in 1956 * Tanker [[USS Abarenda (IX-131)|SS ''Acme'']] for the [[United States Shipping Board]] in 1916 * {{Sclass|Bainbridge|destroyer|1}}s {{USS|Paul Jones|DD-10|6}}, {{USS|Perry|DD-11|6}} and {{USS|Preble|DD-12|6}} for the United States Navy between 1900 and 1902 * {{SS|Fred W. Weller}} steel tanker for [[Standard Oil of New Jersey]], launched 8 August 1917<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev1417paci/page/n547/mode/1up|title=Pacific Marine Review|page=92|date=September 1917}}</ref> * 3 tankers for [[Union Oil of California]] ** ''Olinda'', ''[[List of shipwrecks in August 1940#24 August|La Brea]]'', ''Los Angeles'' * 6 tankers for [[Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company]] (1917-1920) ** George G. Henry, Wilhelm Jebsen, S. M. Spalding, Paul H. Harwood, William H. Doheny, Franklin K. Lane * 6 of 27 [[United States R-class submarine|''R''-class]] submarines ** first keel laid: R-16, 26 April 1917, last: R-19, 23 June 1917 ** first launch: R-15, 10 December 1917, last: R-19, 28 January 1918 ** {{USS|R-15|SS-92|3}} ... {{USS|R-20|SS-97|3}} * 12 of 51 [[United States S-class submarine|''S''-class]] submarines ** {{USS|S-30|SS-135|3}} ... {{USS|S-41|SS-146|3}} * 26 of 111 {{Sclass|Wickes|destroyer|1}}s for the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919 ** first keel laid: ''Ringold'', 20 October 1917, last: ''Stansbury'', 9 December 1918 ** first launch: ''McKee'', 23 March 1918, last: ''Stansbury'', 16 May 1919 ** 8 are launched on 4 July 1918 ** {{USS|McKee|DD-87|3}} ... {{USS|Gridley|DD-92|3}} ** {{USS|Schley|DD-103|3}} ... {{USS|Ludlow|DD-112|3}} ** {{USS|Burns|DD-171|3}} ... {{USS|Stansbury|DD-180|3}} * 40 of 156 {{Sclass|Clemson|destroyer|1}}s for the United States Navy between 1918 and 1921 ** {{USS|Chauncey|DD-296|3}} ... {{USS|Melvin|DD-335|3}} * 3 [[Six Minute ferries|ferries for Six Minute Ferry Co.]] auto ferry. Short-lived ferry company funded by "Sunny Jim" James Rolph ** ''San Mateo'', ''Shasta'', ''Yosemite'' * 3 [[Richmond–San Rafael Ferry Company#Ex-Southern Pacific ferries|ferries for the Richmond–San Francisco Transportation Company]] in 1924 ** ''El Paso'', ''New Orleans'', ''Klamath'' * 3 of 6 {{sclass|Steel Electric|ferry|4}} ferries for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] in 1927 ** ''[[MV Willapa|Fresno]]'', ''[[MV Klickitat|Stockton]]'', ''[[MV Nisqually|Mendocino]]'' * 2 of 4 {{Sclass|Gridley|destroyer|1}}s ** {{USS|McCall|DD-400|3}}, {{USS|Maury|DD-401|3}} for the United States Navy in 1937 and 1938 * {{anchor|C1-B-details}} 5 of 95 [[Type C1 ship|C1-B]]<ref name="pmr-41a">Pacific Marine Review, January 1941, p. 95</ref><ref name="pmr-41b">Pacific Marine Review, February 1941, p. 71</ref><ref name="pmr-41c">Pacific Marine Review, March 1941, p. 72</ref><ref name="pmr-41e">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev3841paci/page/n305/mode/1up|title=Pacific Marine Review|date=May 1941|page=44}}</ref><ref name="pmr-41d">Pacific Marine Review, October 1941, pp. 106</ref><ref name="pmr-41f">Pacific Marine Review, August 1941, p. 52</ref> ** contract date: 18 Sep 1939<ref name="pmr-41d"/> ** ''Cape San Martin'', launched 6 Aug 1940,<ref>The Log, August 1940, p. 6</ref><ref name="pmr-41a"/> delivered 3 Feb 1941<ref name="pmr-41c"/> to [[Grace Line]]<ref name="pmr-41e"/> ** ''Alcoa Pioneer'', launched 4 Oct 1940,<ref>The Log, October 1940, p. 6</ref><ref name="pmr-41a"/> delivered to Alcoa Steamship Company<ref name="pmr-41e"/> ** [[List of shipwrecks in May 1942#28 May|''Alcoa Pilgrim'']], laid down 8 Aug 1940,<ref name="pmr-41a"/> launched 10 Jan 1941<ref name="pmr-41b"/> ** ''Alcoa Patriot'', laid down 9 Oct 1940,<ref name="pmr-41a"/> launched 12 March 1941<ref>The Log, April 1940, p. 28</ref> ** ''[[SS Alcoa Puritan (1941)|Alcoa Puritan]]'', laid down 15 Jan 1941,<ref name="pmr-41b"/> launched 3 July 1941<ref name="pmr-41f"/> ** detailed description of the design of these vessels in <ref name="pmr-41e"/> ** two 450 psi 740 °F [[water tube boiler]]s ** 4,000shp Bethlehem Quincy [[cross compound turbine|cross compound]] steam turbine, double reduction gears, one shaft<ref>{{cite web|title=Cape San Martin (1941) - Lloyds Register of Ships|url=https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1459907}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alcoa Pioneer (1941) - Lloyds Register of Ships|url=https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1402336}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alcoa Pilgrim (1941) - Lloyds Register of Ships|url=https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1453277}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alcoa Patriot (1941) - Lloyds Register of Ships|url=https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1402330}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alcoa Puritan (1941) - Lloyds Register of Ships|url=https://southampton.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1453944}}</ref> * following the [[Two-Ocean Navy Act]] * 4 of 8 {{Sclass|Atlanta|cruiser|1}}s; for the United States Navy between 1941 and 1945 ** {{USS|Oakland|CL-95|3}}, {{USS|Reno|CL-96|2}}, {{USS|Flint|CL-97|2}}, {{USS|Tucson|CL-98|3}} * 36 of 415 [[List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy#World War II|destroyers]] ** 9 of 30 {{Sclass|Benson|destroyer|1}}s for the United States Navy in 1941 and 1942 *** {{USS|Laffey|DD-459|3}}, {{USS|Woodworth|DD-460|3}} *** {{USS|Caldwell|DD-605|3}} ... {{USS|Kalk|DD-611|3}} ** 18 of 175 {{Sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|1}}s for the United States Navy in 1942 and 1943 *** {{USS|Abner Read|DD-526|3}} ... {{USS|Yarnall|DD-541|3}} *** {{USS|Stockham|DD-683|3}}, {{USS|Wedderburn|DD-684|3}} ** 6 of 58 {{Sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer|1}}s for the United States Navy in 1944 and 1945 *** {{USS|Putnam|DD-757|3}} ... {{USS|Henley|DD-762|3}} ** 3 of 98 {{Sclass|Gearing|destroyer|1}}s *** {{USS|William C. Lawe|DD-763|3}} ... {{USS|Keppler|DD-765|3}} *** in addition: {{USS|Lansdale|DD-766|3}}, {{USS|Seymour D. Owens|DD-767|3}} cancelled, launched incomplete * 12 of 563 [[Destroyer escort#World War II shipbuilding programs|destroyer escorts and APDs]] ** 12 of 148 {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort|1}}s for the United States Navy in 1943 and 1944<ref>{{cite web|url=http://destroyerhistory.org/de/buckleyclass/ |title=Buckley-class destroyer escorts in World War II |access-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124656/http://destroyerhistory.org/de/buckleyclass/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> *** {{USS|Foreman|DE-633|3}} ... {{USS|Vammen|DE-644|3}} Ships reconstructed by the Union Iron Works include: * {{SS|Columbia|1880|6}} - Refitted unsuccessfully due to heavy damage caused by the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]. Refit and repairs completed elsewhere.<ref name="Belyk">Belyk, Robert C. Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. New York: Wiley, 2001. Print.{{ISBN|0-471-38420-8}}</ref>
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