Pacific Bridge

Pacific Bridge, Alameda CA

Pacific Bridge Company was one of the construction companies that formed part of Henry Kaiser's "Group of Six". It was located on the Oakland Alameda estuary at the corner of Clement Avenue and Chestnut Street, in an area that was residential: the homes that were there were either torn down or relocated. Today the site is occupied by the Alameda Marina, just west of the Naval Reserve Station. See it from the air on Google here. It seems to have been a very unusual facility, building ships two at a time in a graving dock. The yard stopped shipbuilding after the war but continued as a Pacific Bridge facility until 1969, when it was sold for redevelopment. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2021-08-31.

Hull#	Original Name or #	Original Owner	Type	Tons	Feet	Delivered	Disposition
1	Charles H. Salter	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	Dec-42	To Britain, wrecked and lost off Iceland 1946
2	Cyrus Sears	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Skidby 1951, Borgfred 1951, Lise 1954, Aura 1955, Fernando 1960, Fata Morgana 1962, Giannis 1963, sank 1964
3	Benjamin Sherburn	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	Apr-43	To Britain, later Winga 1949, Rilda 1952, Raed 1968, scrapped 1972
4	Samuel V. Shreve	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Jura 1949, Barcelona 1957, foundered 1963
5	Reuben Snow	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Beechland 1949, Teresa Cosulich 1951, Agia Varvara 1963, exploded and sank 1968
6	Caleb Sprague	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, torpedoed and lost 1944 off Beachy Head
7	Benjamin Tay	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Benue 1951, Anglo 1952, Lindvang 1965, Danaos 1969, Veta 1974, Agios Favourios III 1975, scrapped 1980
8	Charles Treadwell	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Dundrum Bay 1950, Esito 1952, Sandra 1953, West Indies 1953, Esito 1954, wrecked and abandoned 1964
9	Samuel Very	U.S. Mar. Comm.	N3-S-A1	2,800	250	May-43	To Britain, later Angusloch 1951, Changsung 1953, scrapped 1985
	YFN 576	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Destroyed 1948
	YFN 577	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 578	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Destroyed 1948
	YFN 579	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Lost 1943
	YFN 580	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Destroyed 1948
	YFN 581	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 582	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Destroyed 1948
	YFN 583	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 584	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 585	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 586	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Later YC 1219
	YFN 587	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Later YC 1220
	YFN 588	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 589	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Later YFP 4, lost
	YFN 590	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 591	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 592	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	To MARAD 1947
	YFN 593	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 594	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 595	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 596	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 597	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 598	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	Disposed of 1947
	YFN 599	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 600	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 601	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 602	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943
	YFN 603	U.S. Navy	Lighter	138	110	1943	To MARAD 1947
	YFD 20	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	7,000	622	Jan-43	Destroyed 1947
	ABD 11	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock			Aug-43
	ABD 12	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock			Sep-43
	ABD 13	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock			Oct-43
	ABD 14	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock			Nov-43
	ARD 6	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Apr-43	To Pakistan 1961 as Peshawar, active
	ARD 7	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Jun-43	Scrapped 1992
	ARD 8	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Aug-43	To Peru 1961 as ADF 107, active
	ARD 9	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Sep-43	To Taiwan 1977 as Fo Wu 5, active
	ARD 10	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Oct-43	In Tampico, Mexico
	ARD 11	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	4,200	483	Oct-43	To Mexico 1974, active
	ARD 12	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Nov-43	To Turkey 1987 as Havuz 7 (Y 127), struck 1998
	ARD 13	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Nov-43	To Venezuela 1977
	ARD 14	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Dec-43	To Brazil 1980
	ARD 15	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jan-44	To Mexico 1971 as AR 15, active
	ARD 16	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jan-44	Scrapped 1973
	ARD 17	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Feb-44	To Ecuador 1977 as Amazonas (DF 81)
	ARD 18	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Feb-44	Named Endurance, now ARDM 3, laid up at Charleston NSY
	ARD 19	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Mar-44	Named Oak Ridge, now ARDM 1, to US Coast Guard 2002
	ARD 20	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Mar-44	Named White Sands, later AGDS 1, scrapped 1974
	ARD 21	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Apr-44	To MARAD 1947
	ARD 22	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Apr-44	Named Windsor, to Taiwan 1976 as Fo Wu 6, active
	ARD 23	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	May-44	To Argentina 1992 as Y 1, active
	ARD 24	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	May-44	To Ecuador 1982 as Napo (DF 82), active
	ARD 25	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	May-44	To Chile 1973 as Ingeniero Mery (131), active
	ARD 26	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jun-44	Named Alamogordo, later ARDM 2, to Ecuador 2000
	ARD 27	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jun-44	Scrapped 1974
	ARD 28	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jul-44	To Colombia as Capitan Rodriguez Zamora , active
	ARD 29	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Jul-44	Named Arco, to Iran 1977 as Dry-Dock No. 400, active
	ARD 30	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Aug-44	Named San Onofre, to Mexico 2001
	ARD 31	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Aug-44	To US Air Force 1974
	ARD 32	U.S. Navy	Dry Dock	5,200	489	Aug-44	To Chile 1960 as Mutilla (132), active

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