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Consolidated Steel Corporation

January 01, 1970

The Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Formed on 18 December 1928,[1] the company built ships during World War II in two main locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas. It was created by the merger of Llewellyn Iron Works, Baker Iron Works and Union Iron Works,[2] all of Los Angeles. The company entered the shipbuilding business in 1939.[3] In 1948, now a pioneer producer of large-diameter pipelines, Consolidated Steel was renamed Consolidated Western Steel and acquired by U.S. Steel and operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

The San Diego-based Consolidated Aircraft Corp. is not related and neither is the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. The company did not produce steel (the Llewellyn Iron Works did so during 1916–1923), neither from iron ores nor from pig iron, but rather fabricated standard steel mill product (plates and bars) into steel products (buildings, ships, pipes). In the 1950s, the company contributed ground equipment to the Project Nike missile system. In 1964, Consolidated was merged into the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel.

Orange shipyard edit

 
Orange shipyard in 1945, Levingston Shipbuilding Company just below the upper bend

The Orange, Texas shipyard lay on the banks of the Sabine River at (30°05′11″N 93°43′28″W / 30.086351°N 93.72434°W / 30.086351; -93.72434[4]), a few miles upstream of the Sabine Pass that grants access to the Gulf of Mexico (Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc. in Beaumont, Texas made use of it as well). Consolidated Steel bought the Orange Car and Steel Company (railcars) property in February 1940[5] with the original intention of going into the business of barge and tug construction. Before November 1922 this company was called the Southern Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company,[6] which operated 5 building ways for wooden hull construction for the United States Shipping Board,[7] of which 6 were launched and at least one, Gonzalis (1918), was fitted with engines.

The modest facilities were expanded when Consolidated Steel was awarded destroyer contracts from the U.S. Navy in September 1940. After the war the site was sold to U.S. Steel together with Consolidated's assets in Los Angeles and whatever was obtained from the merger with Western Pipe and Steel elsewhere. However, the wholly-owned subsidiary and soon after the U.S. Steel corporate division both continued to operate as Consolidated Western Steel. The government-owned shipyard facilities were eventually bought by Consolidated Western Steel for $1,001,000 in the Summer of 1949, but not to be used for shipbuilding beyond the obligations imposed as part of the deal, to maintain this capability for some time.[8] Another pipe mill was built in Orange during the boom years. At its peak durning the war, it employed 20,000 people. The first ship launched was the destroyer USS Aulick on March 2, 1942. The last ship launched was the destroyer USS Carpenter on December 28, 1945. United States Naval Station Orange was the overseer of the Navy projects.[9][10]

Contracts for 12 Fletchers were authorized with the Two-Ocean Navy Act and awarded later in 1940[11] Fletchers were produced no more than six concurrently. Gearings were produced no more than ten concurrently. There were six slipways that could build one destroyer or destroyer escort and there were two side launching ways that could each build two destroyers or 3 destroyer escorts. The stern-first launching ways must obviously have been there first, see also launch photographs e.g.[12][13][14]

 
United States WW2 destroyer plants

Levingston Shipbuilding Company and Weaver Shipyards round up the landscape of WW2 shipbuilding in Orange.

Wilmington shipyard edit

 
Wilmington shipyard (right) Western Pipe and Steel yard[16] (left), the Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company yard is just out of frame at the bottom left corner

The Consolidated Steel Wilmington shipyard (33°46′04″N 118°16′21″W / 33.76767°N 118.27254°W / 33.76767; -118.27254) in Wilmington, California was an emergency yard built in 1941 in the Port of Los Angeles West Basin after Consolidated Steel was awarded Maritime Commission contracts. At its peak, it employed 12,000 people, working on eight shipways on the 95-acre facility at 1100 W Harry Bridges Blvd, Wilmington. Production peaked on May 29, 1944, when it launched three large ships in only a 2+1⁄2-hour period. The yard was built as a temporary facility and, like most such war plants, it was closed after the war ended.

Together, the shipyards ranked Consolidated 29th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.[17]

Fifteen of the C1-B were built with steam turbines supplied by Joshua Hendy Iron Works ("JH") instead of those built by Westinghouse ("WH"). Hendy also provided the 36 triple expansion steam engines that went into the patrol frigates.

The yard changed to a 2-shift rotation (10.5 hours) on June 12, 1944.[18]

List of contracts:[19][20]

Contract No. Description Type Price
MCc 412 1 C-1B, full scantling, turbine Lump sum $2,150,814.96
MCc 413 $2,248,486.96
MCc 414 $2,248,486.96
MCc 415 $2,386,408.97
MCc 1275 1 P1-S2-L2, twin screw transport, turbine $5,808,149.22
MCc 1276 $5,760,072.99
MCc 1953 and 1675 Acquisition and installation of plant equipment Cost only $13,133,630.60
MCc 1520 4 C-1B, full scantling, turbine Price minus complex
MCc 1790 9 C-1B, full scantling, turbine
MCc 1791 9 C-1B, full scantling, tubine
MCc 1792 8 C-1B, full scantling, turbine
MCc 2235 4 C-1B, full scantling, rurbine
MCc 7713 18 C-1B, full scantling, turbine; 13 troopships; 2 uncompleted hospital ships
MCc 7714 6 C-1B full scantling, turbine, 1 uncompleted hospital ship
MCc 8524 18 S2-S2-AQ-1 steel escort
MCc 15951 32 S4-SE2-BD1
MCc 26055 27 C1-M-AV1
DA MCc 857 30 C1-M-AV1 (28 delivered)
MCc 34768 10 C2-S-B1 (10 delivered), 6 R2-S-BV1 (0 delivered) Selective price

Ships built:[21]

  • 126 of 395 C1
    • 47 of 95 C1-B (14 of 61 in the assigned ranges below were built in the nearby Long Beach yard, in addition to the original 4)
      • Mormachawk (MC-263) ... Mormacgull (MC-266)
      • Mormaclark (MC-486) ... Cape Greig (MC-511)
      • Cape Stephens (MC-698) ... Cape Meredith (MC-701)
      • Hope (MC-1015) ... Cape Chalmers (MC-1028)
      • Cape Domingo (MC-1042) ... Cape Kumukaki (MC-1044)
      • Cape Catoche (MC-1693) ... Cape Saunders (MC-1695)
      • Cape Lilibeo (MC-2073) ... Cape Spear (MC-2079)
    • complete list of the 47 C1-B built in Wilmington
      • Comfort, launched 18 March 1943[22]
      • Mercy, launched 25 March 1943[22]
      • Cape Lilibeo JH[23] launched 27 January 1944[24] in Wilmington[25]
      • Cape Junction WH[26] launched 11 March 1944[27]
      • Cape Possession WH[28] 77th ship launched 7 March 1944[29]
      • Cape Tryon JH[30][31] launched 22 February 1944[32]
      • Cape Archway JH[33]
      • Cape Catoche WH[34] launched 13 January 1944[35]
      • Cape Kumukaki WH[36] launched 7 January 1944 (unpsec location)[37]
      • Cape Kildare WH[38] launched 23 December 1943[39]
      • Cape Domingo JH[40] 70th ship[41] launched 11 December 1943[42]
      • Cape Chalmers WH[43] launched 29 June 1943, likely Wilmington[44]
      • Cape Alexander WH[45] launched 18 June 1943[46]
      • Cape Isabel WH,[47] launched 29 May 1943[48]
      • Cape Victory WH[49]
      • Cape Constance JH[50]
      • Cape Georgia JH[51]
      • Cape Martin JH[52]
      • Cape Stephens WH[53] 25th ship launched 16 February 1943 from slip No. 1[54]
      • Cape Greig WH,[55] launched 16 April 1943[56]
      • Cape Meares WH,[57] launched 5 April 1943[56]
      • Cape San Juan WH[58] launched 17 March 1943[59]
      • Cape Elizabeth WH[60] launched 3 March 1943;[22] 27th C1[61]
      • Cape Johnson WH[62] 26th ship launched 20 February 1943[63] in Wilmington[64]
      • Cape Ann WH[65] launched 3 February 1943[66]
      • Cape Mendocino WH[67] 29th in CA, launched 24 January 1943[68]
      • Cape Cleare WH[69] 22nd C-1 launched 6 January 1943[70]
      • Cape Perpetua WH[71] 21st C-1 launched 28 December 1942[72]
      • Alcoa Pegasus WH[73] launched 18 October 1942[74]
      • Alcoa Pointer WH[75] 19th C-1 launched 11 October 1942[76]
      • Alcoa Puritan WH[77] 14th ship launched 27 September 1942[78]
      • Alcoa Pilgrim WH[79] 13th C-1 in W. launched 20 September 1942[80]
      • Alcoa Partner WH[81]
      • Cape Newenham WH[82] 20th in W. launched 21 December 1942[83]
      • Cape May WH[84] 19th ship (unspec location) launched 12 December 1942[85]
      • Cape Romain WH[86] launched 27 November 1942[87]
      • Cape Planter WH[88]
      • Solon Turman WH[89] 10th C-1 in W. launched 20 August 1942[90]
      • Fred Morris WH[91] 9th C-1 in W., built in 91 days, launched 10 August 1942[92]
      • Jean Lykes WH[93] launched 21 July 1942[94]
      • Nancy Lykes WH[95] 7th ship launched 14 July 1942 for Lykes Brothers SS Line[96]
      • Mormactern WH[97] launched 2 July 1942[98]
      • Mormaclark WH[99] 5th ship launched 20 June 1942 for Moore-McCormack Lines, keel laid 124 days ago[100]
      • Mormacgull WH[101] 4th ship launched 8 June 1942[102]
      • Mormacdove WH[103] - launched 1 June 42[104]
      • Mormacwren WH[105] - launched 22 May 42[104]
      • Mormachawk WH[106] - first ship launched at the yard[107] on 11 May 1942 for Moore-McCormack Lines[108]


    • 13 of 13 C1-S-AY1
      • Cape Berkely (MC-1029) ... Cape Washington (MC-1041)
      • all names in the form of "Cape X", all went to Britain as "Empire X"
      • SS Cape Girardeau 64th C-1 launched 7 November 1943[109]
      • SS Cape Compass launched 24 July 1943[110]
      • SS Cape Marshall launched 16 August 1943, presumably Wilmington[111]
    • 55 of 211 C1-M-AV1
      • Diamond Knot (MC-2314) ... Crown Knot (MC-2331)
      • Sheepshank (MC-2461) ... Hickory Crest (MC-2473)
      • Hickory Glen (MC-2563) ... Coastal Telegrapher (MC-2586)
  • 18 of 96 Tacoma-class frigates (S2-S1-AQ1) in 1943
Yard# Name Keel laid Launched
519 Long Beach 19 Mar 43 5 May 43 528 Orange 7 Jul 43 6 Aug 43
520 Belfast 26 Mar 43 20 May 43 529 Corpus Christi 17 Jul 43 17 Aug 43
521 Glendale 6 Apr 43 29 May 43[48] 530 Hutchinson 27 Aug 43
522 San Pedro 17 Apr 43 11 Jun 43 531 Bisbee 7 Sep 43
523 Coronado 6 May 43 17 Jun 43 532 Gallup 18 Aug 43 17 Sep 43
524 Ogden 21 May 43 23 Jun 43 533 Rockford 28 Aug 43 27 Sep 43
525 Eugene 12 Jun 43 6 Jul 43 534 Muskogee 18 Sep 43 18 Oct 43
526 El Paso 18 Jun 43 16 Jul 43 535 Carson City 28 Sep 43 13 Nov 43
527 Van Buren 24 Jun 43 27 Jul 43 536 Burlington 7 Dec 43
Yard# Name Keel laid Launched Yard# Name Keel laid Launched
720 Gilliam 30 Nov 43 28 Mar 44 736 Cleburne 27 Sep 44
721 Appling 9 Apr 44 737 Colusa 7 Oct 44
722 Audrain 1 Dec 43 21 Apr 44 738 Cortland 12 Jul 44 18 Oct 44
723 Banner 24 Jan 44 3 May 44 739 Crenshaw 27 Oct 44
724 Barrow 28 Jan 44 11 May 44 740 Crittenden 31 Jul 44 6 Nov 44
725 Berrien 23 Feb 44 20 May 44 741 Cullman 17 Nov 44
726 Bladen 8 Mar 44 31 May 44 742 Dawson 29 Aug 44 27 Nov 44
727 Bracken 13 Mar 44 10 Jun 44 743 Eickhart 5 Dec 44
728 Briscoe 29 Mar 44 19 Jun 44 744 Fallon 28 Sep 44 14 Dec 44
729 Brule 10 Apr 44 30 Jun 44 745 Fergus 24 Dec 44
730 Burleson 22 Apr 44 11 Jul 44 746 Fillmore 4 Jan 45
731 Butte 4 May 44 20 Jul 44 747 Garrard 28 Oct 44 13 Jan 45
732 Carlisle 12 May 44 30 Jul 44 748 Gasconade 7 Nov 44 23 Jan 45
733 Carteret 15 Aug 44 749 Geneva 31 Jan 45
734 Catron 28 Aug 44 750 Niagara 20 Nov 44 10 Feb 45
735 Clarendon 12 Sep 44 751 Presidio 6 Dec 44 17 Feb 45
Yard# USMC# Owner Name Keel laid Launched Delivered
1358 2817 States Marine Corp. Messenger 10 Jul 45 20 Oct 45 6 Feb 46
1359 2818 Grace Line Spitfire 27 Jul 45 9 Nov 45 22 Feb 46
1360 2819 States Marine Corp. Ocean Rover 8 Aug 45 29 Nov 45 15 Mar 46
1361 2820 National Eagle 20 Aug 45 21 Dec 45 2 Apr 46
1362 2821 Mountain Wave 24 Aug 45 15 Jan 46 18 Apr 46
1363 2822 Carrier Dove 4 Sep 45 19 Feb 46 7 May 46
1364 2823 Agwilines Twilight 15 Sep 45 5 Mar 46 24 May 46
1365 2824 Wild Ranger 8 Oct 45 28 Mar 46 14 Jun 46
1366 2825 Crest of the Wave 22 Oct 45 17 Apr 46 28 jun 46
1367 2868 Golden Light 9 Nov 45 29 Apr 46 10 Jul 46

Bethlehem San Pedro and California Shipbuilding were located nearby on Terminal Island.

See also: California during World War II § Ship building

Long Beach shipyard edit

 
One and one half hull under construction
 
Bird's eye view of the Port of Long Beach in 1937

The former Long Beach Shipbuilding Company yard was the first Consolidated Steel facility to become operational. It was located at the entrance of Channel No. 3 on the south side (33°46′08″N 118°12′58″W / 33.768916°N 118.215992°W / 33.768916; -118.215992).

On Liberty Fleet Day, September 27, 1941, the yard launched SS Alcoa Polaris, a C1-B type cargo vessel, as one of the fourteen ships launched nationwide on the same day to show the magnitude of the shipbuilding program.[113][114]

  • 18 of 95 C1-B[115][116]
    • Agwimonte (MC-75), launched as Cape Mendocino 14 November 1940[117]
    • Agwiprince (MC-76), launched 27 April 1941[118](or 27 March[116])
    • Alcoa Pennant (MC-77), launched 26 June 1941[115][116]
    • Alcoa Polaris (MC-78), laid down 7 April 1941, launched 27 September 1941[116]
    • ...the two P1 hulls were built during 1942...
    • Cape Trinity WH[119] 30th ship (23 in W) launched 31 January 1943[120]
    • Cape Sandy JH[121] 6th C-1 launched 20 April 1943, Wilmington has launched 32 C1-B.[122]
    • Cape Friendship JH,[123] launched 29 May 1943[48]
    • Cape Meredith WH[124] launched 22 July 1943[110]
    • Hope launched 30 August 1943[125]
    • Cape Orange WH[126] launched 22 October 1943, 12th ship launched at the yard[127]
    • Cape Cumberland WH[128] launched 11 December 1943[42]
    • Cape Martin 88th total launched 24 January 1944[129]
    • Cape John JH[130][31] 15th ship launched 2 March 1944[131]
    • Cape Lambert JH[132] 16th ship launched on 9 April 1944[133]
    • Cape Saunders JH[134] launched 10 May 1944[135]
    • Cape San Diego JH[136] launched 15 June 1944[137]
    • Cape Edmond JH[138] 19th ship, 106th W+LB, launched 10 July 1944 (Cape Edmont)[139]
    • Cape Spear JH[140]
  • Two type p1 passenger ships, model P1-S2-L2. The P1-S2-L2 Doyen-class attack transports were two ships. The first American assault military transports. Made with an aft ramp for the launching of small landing craft or for the unloading of tanks.
  • several C1-M
    • Diamond Knot, launched 28 September 1944[141]
    • Lanyard Knot launched 18 December 1944[142]
    • Jumper Hitch launched 30 December 1944[142]
    • Square Knot launched 13 January 1945[142]
    • Snug Hitch launched 27 January 1945[143]
  • several C1-M probable (WIlmington occupied)
    • Timber Hitch, launched 12 October 1944[144]

Maywood plant edit

On 26 June 1927 Union Iron Works formally opened the first unit of a new multi-million dollar plant on their 25-acre tract at Stauson and Garfield avenues (33°58′56″N 118°08′32″W / 33.98220°N 118.14218°W / 33.98220; -118.14218).[145]

26 July 1930, Consolidated Steel purchased 50 acre at NE corner of Eastern and Stauson avenues (33°59′11″N 118°09′41″W / 33.98645°N 118.1613°W / 33.98645; -118.1613).[146]

The Union, Baker and Llewellyn Iron Works were competitors prior to consolidation in the markets of steel fabrication and erection in the Los Angeles area.[147]

In August 1930 plans were being implemented to erect the typical shops of a steel plant on the tract at Slauson and Eastern. The projected cost was $1,000,000 including machinery. Predecessor plants were to be dismantled and moved to the new location.[148]

During World War II 761[149] Landing craft mechanized were constructed to completion in the plant and their motors and hull integrity tested on site in a large water tank.[150]

Also built were 403 5-inch/38 twin mounts.[149]

Consolidated built the first blast furnace of the Kaiser Fontana integrated mill in 1942.[151]

In 1949 the plant was 60 acres in size with equipment for the manufacture and erection of heavy steel products. Including 26 to 36-inch welded pipe, structural steel for industrial and commercial buildings, bridges and railcar frames; cement kilns; penstocks; storage tanks (gas, oil, water, chemicals).[152]

After the war edit

Shortly after the end of the war, in September 1945, Consolidated Steel bought the assets of the Western Pipe and Steel Company of California, another wartime shipbuilding firm, for $6,217,373.[153] The property consisted of main plants at South San Francisco and Vernon and small plants serving local industries in Taft, Fresno and Phoenix.[154][155]

In October 1946 a shipyard on Manicani Island off the coast of Samar in the Philippines came under the control of Consolidated and Bechtel interests under the name of Philippine Consolidated Shipyards. Initial contracts from the U.S. Navy for conversion, repair and construction of small craft,[156] which was completed in August 1947 after which Philippine Consolidated carried on with similar work in Manila and Cavite.[157]

Going into the legal proceedings surrounding the planned acquisition by the Columbia Steel Company (a U.S. Steel subsidiary), at the beginning of the year 1947 Consolidated Steel owned and operated plants in Los Angeles, Vernon, Fresno, Berkeley and Taft in California, and in Phoenix, Arizona and Orange, Texas.[158]

The company name was changed to Consolidated Western Steel Corp. on 1 July 1948.[159] A separate company with the same name was incorporated in Delaware on 31 August 1948,[160] marking the acquisition for $12,481,221[161] by U.S. Steel.

In January 1949, Consolidated was contracted to build a new blast furnace at the Kaiser Fontana steel mill.[162] This was furnace #2, blown on October 13, 1949.

October 1949, construction is planned of a new pipe mill in Houston near the ship channel with a projected capacity of 50 miles of large diameter pipe per month.[163] The project is cancelled, the mill is instead built in Orange, Texas.[164] A general purpose plate shop and an 85x900 feet pipe mill became operational in March 1950.[165] Also during that time the Orange plant was fabricating the large 34 feet, 10 inches diameter pipe sections for the Baytown Tunnel that crossed the Houston ship channel.[166]

September 1949, Consolidated is applying for a certificate to operate in Pennsylvania to assist in the construction of a new welded pipe mill in McKeesport.[167]

Effective 31 December 1951, in an internal corporate restructuring, the subsidiary corporation became the Consolidated Western Steel Division of the United States Steel Company with Alden G. Roach as president, who was also president of the newly formed Columbia-Geneva Steel Division.[168][169]

In May 1955, a new pipe mill in Provo starts shipments for the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp..[170] The relocation of all pipeline operations to Utah was first announced in September 1954.[171]

The small diameter pipe mill was moved from Berkeley to the new pipe plant at Provo after the large diameter portion had reached full production and the transfer was completed in January 1956.[172]

20 December 1956, Alden G. Roach, the pilot and the co-pilot died in the crash of a company Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar near Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

During much of the 1950s, Consolidated was part of Project Nike, producing $146.2 million worth of launcher loaders, earning $9.3 million in profits.[173] The first generation Nike-Ajax loaders were a Douglas Aircraft design, the enlarged Nike-Hercules loaders were Consolidated Western's design.[174] Many thousands were produced at a price on the order of $20,000 to $30,000 each.[175]

In March 1957 a design study for a heavy water reactor pressure vessel was released, prepared on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission.[176]

In 1964, in an internal corporate restructuring, the Consolidated Western Steel Division was merged with the American Bridge Division to form a single steel fabrication division within U.S. Steel (the American Bridge DIvision).[177] Occurrences of the former name in the press dropped sharply at that point.

Line Pipe edit

Name Location From To Length Diameters
Taxas-California California Blythe Santa Fe Springs 214 30
Trans-Arabia Saudi Arabia 980 30, 31
Transcontinental United States 1840
PG&E Super Inch California Topock Milpitas 34
Kirkuk-Baniyas Iraq and Syria Kirkuk Baniyas 490 30, 32
California Needles Newhall 241

In September 1946 production was to commence on 214 miles and 60,000 tons of 30-inch pipe for the Southern California Gas Company for a contract value of $6m.[178] This 214 mile section between Blythe and Santa Fe Springs was the western section of the first of the El Paso Natural Gas Company's pipelines supplying California from natural gas fields in Texas.[179] Steel plates were provided by the Geneva Steel mill.[180] The pipeline became operational on 13 November 1947.[181] The source material for the process was 30 feet long, 92 inch wide plates, the welded pipe segments were hydraulically expanded (i.e. cold formed) in a closed die, yielding very straight pipe of improved strength. The capacity of the plant in 1947 was 9 miles of pipe per week. Shipped pipes were 60 feet in length, 2 sections welded together at the factory.[182]

In early 1947 Consolidated was contracted to provide 980 miles of pipe for the Bechtel-built Trans-Arabian Pipeline (oil), the National Tube Company of Pittsburgh (a U.S. Steel subsidiary) was to supply another 70 miles.[183] A second production line was installed at the Maywood plant[184] for the construction of 31-inch pipe, which made up 50% of the order and this allowed the volume of shipping and shipping costs be cut in half with one pipe segment stored inside one larger pipe segment. The Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Co. underwrote the cost to increase production capacity to 3 miles per day.[185] The January 1949 issue of U.S. Steel News stated a capacity of 3.5 miles of pipe per day at the Maywood plant.[186] The SS William Tllghman with the first load of pipes[187] (a little more than 5 miles[188]) departed Long Beach for Ras Tanura on 7 November 1947.,[189] followed by the SS George Chamberlain, SS Joplin Victory, SS William H. Kendrick, SS Kenyon Victory and others.

During delays caused by failure of Tapline to obtain export licenses, 30 and 31-inch pipe was diverted to the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. to loop the 661 miles between Victoria, Texas and Cornwell, West Virginia laid in 1947 and 1948 with 204 miles of 30/31-inch loop line.[190]

In January 1949 CWS began fabrication of 1840 miles of pipe for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company's Texas-New York pipeline (natural gas).[191] (FPC Docket No. G-704, certificate issued 29 May 1948[192]) The plates for this pipeline came from Kaiser Fontana. The Basalt Rock Company at Napa (Bay area) also turned Kaiser plates into pipe for that project. The Fontana mill was making plates at an approximate rate of 20,000 tons per month for Consolidated in late 1949.[193]

June 1949, contracts are awarded for Pacific Gas and Electric's 34-inch "Super-Inch" Pipe Line (natural gas) from Topock to Milpitas.[194] Ditching started June 29, 1949 for the 80-mile section between Llanda (near Hollister) and Milpitas, which was to be used as an underground storage reservoir until completion of the whole line, to be ready for the 1949/1950 winter season.[195][196] The pipe segments were produced in South San Francisco and joined in pairs or if conditions permitted in groups of three at a depot near Santa Clara. The depot was then moved to Barstow in late 1949 or early 1950 when the northern leg was about completed. Stockpiling began for the ensuing completion of the pipe, which started from the Arizona border at Topock, heading west.[197]

September 1950, construction to begin on 30-inch pipe for the Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline,[198] which was to loop the existing 12-inch and 16-inch lines of the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline. Diameters of 30 and 32 inches. Plates fabricated by Geneva Steel. First first shipment sails on 30 September 1950, Construction by Bechtel commenced in November 1950, shortly after the completion of the Trans-Arabia. Last shipment leaves the Port of Los Angeles February 1952 aboard the SS Day Beam.[199] The line went into operation in April 1952.

August 1952, fabrication of parts of a 953-mile 24-inch crude oil pipeline from Wink, Texas to Norwalk, California to begin in a few months.[200]

Consolidated was contracted for 20 miles of 30-inch pipe for an expansion of the California portion of the Texas Pipeline (natural gas) in November 1952, the project expected to be finished in March 1953.[201]

The Provo pipe mill produced 241 miles of 30-inch pipe to be laid in the first half of 1957 between Needles and Newhall, Pacific Lightning Corp subsidiaries (conjecture: SoCalGas), total project cost $24,000,000.[202]

Baker Iron Works edit

The Baker Iron Works had its start at Los Angeles, California, about 1874,[203][204] when Milo Stannard Baker (1828–1894) acquired a small machine shop there. The business, begun on a small scale as M.S. Baker & Company, grew quite rapidly. A much larger facility was erected in 1886 and in June of that year the business was incorporated as the Baker Iron Works with capital stock of $75,000. Five directors were named: Milo S. Baker, E.H. Booth, Charles F. Kimball, Fred L. Baker (Milo's son), and H.T. Neuree. Less than a year later, Baker erected a $15,000 building on Buena Vista Street near College.

Baker Iron Works had a great many different products, manufacturing mining, milling, pumping, hoisting, oil and well drilling machinery, streetcars, boilers, oven and heating furnaces, as well as a line of architectural iron. It seems to have been especially noteworthy for steam boiler fabrication, installation and maintenance. According to one authority, in 1889 Baker produced the first locomotive built in Los Angeles, designed by Milo's son Fred, vice president of the firm.[citation needed]

Another authority[citation needed] says Baker built horse cars and perhaps street cars for Los Angeles, Pasadena and other communities in the Los Angeles area and that they built some larger cars for the Santa Ana & Orange Motor Road in 1898. According to this authority, after Pacific Electric bought this line, the cars were revamped and continued in service until 1920. It is claimed that in the early 1890s, Street Railway Journal reportedly ranked Baker "among the principal car builders on the Pacific Coast."

In 1887, Baker constructed six street cars for the City & Central Street Railway.[citation needed]

According to an article in the 1 January 1890 issue of the Los Angeles Times, the Baker Works then occupied some 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) and provided employment to 75 men. A large variety of manufacturing was being done. The foundry was making iron and brass castings to fit nearly all kinds of machinery for mining and milling purposes, besides pumping plants for large and small waterworks, and steam plants for all the variety of uses to which steam was put. They manufactured their own boilers. They were also manufacturing oil-boring tools and rigs, and constructing elevators—both passenger and freight—in all varieties: hydraulic steam or hand. It was claimed by the newspaper that Baker had installed nearly all the first class passenger elevators in Southern California. The article said they manufacture street-cars and did other railroad work to order and claimed to make the best gang plows and road and field rollers that could be obtained anywhere. They also installed heating and ventilating plants for public buildings, both steam, hot water and hot air. And they did architectural iron-work. Milo S. Baker was then president, J.E. Sills was vice-president and treasurer, and Fred L. Baker (Milo's son) was secretary and plant superintendent.

In 1891, Baker was awarded the contract to build the Santa Ana Water Works. In six months, for a total price of $58,000, Baker put in nine miles (14 km) of street mains, sixty fire hydrants and gates valves, one reservoir 10×78×78 feet (3.0×23.8×23.8 m), build one fire-proof power house, two sixty-horsepower (45 kW) boilers and brick stock, two 10 by 16 by 10+1⁄2 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 4.9 m × 3.2 m × 3.0 m) compound condensing engines of 2,060,000 US gallons (7,800 m3) capacity every 24 hours, All this complete and functioning: truly a "turn-key" operation. {109}

After the turn of the 20th century, Baker seems to have specialized in steel fabrication and elevator building. Fred L. Baker headed the company as president after his father's death.[203] Over the next 30 years they did the steel work and/or elevators for—among many others— Los Angeles' first skyscraper, the twelve-storey Union Trust Building, the Public Service Building, the Queen of Angels Hospital, the YWCA Hotel, the United Artists-California Petroleum Building, the University of California at Westwood, The Masonic Temple at Glendale, the Los Angeles-First National Bank at Glendale, the Los Angeles-First National Bank at Hollywood and the University of Redlands at Redlands.

Erection of the Hotel Alexandria from prefabricated materials.[203]

Fred L. Baker acted as president of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The keels for the first three ships hastily laid down in the yard in July 1917 were fabricated in the Baker Iron Works shops.[205]

Baker had a machine shop on North Broadway near Castelar street (34°03′51″N 118°14′19″W / 34.06403°N 118.23864°W / 34.06403; -118.23864).[206]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Investigation of Shipyard Profits. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1946. p. 531.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-02-15.
  3. ^ Investigation of Shipyard Profits. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1946. p. 532.
  4. ^ "Eighth Naval District (Cochrane Collection)".
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References edit

  • Wilmington, California shipbuilding record

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January 01, 1970
consolidated, steel, corporation, american, steel, shipbuilding, business, formed, december, 1928, company, built, ships, during, world, main, locations, wilmington, california, orange, texas, created, merger, llewellyn, iron, works, baker, iron, works, union,. The Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business Formed on 18 December 1928 1 the company built ships during World War II in two main locations Wilmington California and Orange Texas It was created by the merger of Llewellyn Iron Works Baker Iron Works and Union Iron Works 2 all of Los Angeles The company entered the shipbuilding business in 1939 3 In 1948 now a pioneer producer of large diameter pipelines Consolidated Steel was renamed Consolidated Western Steel and acquired by U S Steel and operated as a wholly owned subsidiary The San Diego based Consolidated Aircraft Corp is not related and neither is the Union Iron Works of San Francisco The company did not produce steel the Llewellyn Iron Works did so during 1916 1923 neither from iron ores nor from pig iron but rather fabricated standard steel mill product plates and bars into steel products buildings ships pipes In the 1950s the company contributed ground equipment to the Project Nike missile system In 1964 Consolidated was merged into the American Bridge Division of U S Steel Contents 1 Orange shipyard 2 Wilmington shipyard 3 Long Beach shipyard 4 Maywood plant 5 After the war 5 1 Line Pipe 6 Baker Iron Works 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External linksOrange shipyard edit nbsp Orange shipyard in 1945 Levingston Shipbuilding Company just below the upper bend The Orange Texas shipyard lay on the banks of the Sabine River at 30 05 11 N 93 43 28 W 30 086351 N 93 72434 W 30 086351 93 72434 4 a few miles upstream of the Sabine Pass that grants access to the Gulf of Mexico Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc in Beaumont Texas made use of it as well Consolidated Steel bought the Orange Car and Steel Company railcars property in February 1940 5 with the original intention of going into the business of barge and tug construction Before November 1922 this company was called the Southern Dry Dock amp Shipbuilding Company 6 which operated 5 building ways for wooden hull construction for the United States Shipping Board 7 of which 6 were launched and at least one Gonzalis 1918 was fitted with engines The modest facilities were expanded when Consolidated Steel was awarded destroyer contracts from the U S Navy in September 1940 After the war the site was sold to U S Steel together with Consolidated s assets in Los Angeles and whatever was obtained from the merger with Western Pipe and Steel elsewhere However the wholly owned subsidiary and soon after the U S Steel corporate division both continued to operate as Consolidated Western Steel The government owned shipyard facilities were eventually bought by Consolidated Western Steel for 1 001 000 in the Summer of 1949 but not to be used for shipbuilding beyond the obligations imposed as part of the deal to maintain this capability for some time 8 Another pipe mill was built in Orange during the boom years At its peak durning the war it employed 20 000 people The first ship launched was the destroyer USS Aulick on March 2 1942 The last ship launched was the destroyer USS Carpenter on December 28 1945 United States Naval Station Orange was the overseer of the Navy projects 9 10 Contracts for 12 Fletchers were authorized with the Two Ocean Navy Act and awarded later in 1940 11 Fletchers were produced no more than six concurrently Gearings were produced no more than ten concurrently There were six slipways that could build one destroyer or destroyer escort and there were two side launching ways that could each build two destroyers or 3 destroyer escorts The stern first launching ways must obviously have been there first see also launch photographs e g 12 13 14 nbsp United States WW2 destroyer plants 39 of 415 destroyers 12 of 175 Fletcher class destroyers built May 1941 October 1942 USS Aulick DD 569 USS Young DD 580 27 of 98 Gearing class destroyers built May 1944 December 1945 USS Corry DD 817 USS Carpenter DD 825 USS Hawkins DD 873 USS Meredith DD 890 102 of 563 destroyer escorts and APDs 47 of 85 Edsall class destroyer escorts built June 1942 December 1943 USS Edsall DE 129 USS Peterson DE 152 USS Harveson DE 316 USS Martin H Ray DE 338 12 of 148 Buckley class destroyer escorts April 1943 December 1943 USS Tatum DE 789 USS Jack W Wilke DE 800 34 of 83 John C Butler class destroyer escorts built October 1943 August 1944 USS John C Butler DE 339 USS Williams DE 372 6 of 6 Charles Lawrence class high speed transports that were completed as APDs instead of converted from finished DEs 3 of 50 Crosley class high speed transports that were completed as APDs 106 of 923 Landing Craft Infantry 15 built 1942 1944 Hull numbers 61 96 943 1012 Levingston Shipbuilding Company and Weaver Shipyards round up the landscape of WW2 shipbuilding in Orange Wilmington shipyard edit nbsp Wilmington shipyard right Western Pipe and Steel yard 16 left the Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company yard is just out of frame at the bottom left corner The Consolidated Steel Wilmington shipyard 33 46 04 N 118 16 21 W 33 76767 N 118 27254 W 33 76767 118 27254 in Wilmington California was an emergency yard built in 1941 in the Port of Los Angeles West Basin after Consolidated Steel was awarded Maritime Commission contracts At its peak it employed 12 000 people working on eight shipways on the 95 acre facility at 1100 W Harry Bridges Blvd Wilmington Production peaked on May 29 1944 when it launched three large ships in only a 2 1 2 hour period The yard was built as a temporary facility and like most such war plants it was closed after the war ended Together the shipyards ranked Consolidated 29th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts 17 Fifteen of the C1 B were built with steam turbines supplied by Joshua Hendy Iron Works JH instead of those built by Westinghouse WH Hendy also provided the 36 triple expansion steam engines that went into the patrol frigates The yard changed to a 2 shift rotation 10 5 hours on June 12 1944 18 List of contracts 19 20 Contract No Description Type Price MCc 412 1 C 1B full scantling turbine Lump sum 2 150 814 96 MCc 413 2 248 486 96 MCc 414 2 248 486 96 MCc 415 2 386 408 97 MCc 1275 1 P1 S2 L2 twin screw transport turbine 5 808 149 22 MCc 1276 5 760 072 99 MCc 1953 and 1675 Acquisition and installation of plant equipment Cost only 13 133 630 60 MCc 1520 4 C 1B full scantling turbine Price minus complex MCc 1790 9 C 1B full scantling turbine MCc 1791 9 C 1B full scantling tubine MCc 1792 8 C 1B full scantling turbine MCc 2235 4 C 1B full scantling rurbine MCc 7713 18 C 1B full scantling turbine 13 troopships 2 uncompleted hospital ships MCc 7714 6 C 1B full scantling turbine 1 uncompleted hospital ship MCc 8524 18 S2 S2 AQ 1 steel escort MCc 15951 32 S4 SE2 BD1 MCc 26055 27 C1 M AV1 DA MCc 857 30 C1 M AV1 28 delivered MCc 34768 10 C2 S B1 10 delivered 6 R2 S BV1 0 delivered Selective price Ships built 21 126 of 395 C1 47 of 95 C1 B 14 of 61 in the assigned ranges below were built in the nearby Long Beach yard in addition to the original 4 Mormachawk MC 263 Mormacgull MC 266 Mormaclark MC 486 Cape Greig MC 511 Cape Stephens MC 698 Cape Meredith MC 701 Hope MC 1015 Cape Chalmers MC 1028 Cape Domingo MC 1042 Cape Kumukaki MC 1044 Cape Catoche MC 1693 Cape Saunders MC 1695 Cape Lilibeo MC 2073 Cape Spear MC 2079 complete list of the 47 C1 B built in Wilmington Comfort launched 18 March 1943 22 Mercy launched 25 March 1943 22 Cape Lilibeo JH 23 launched 27 January 1944 24 in Wilmington 25 Cape Junction WH 26 launched 11 March 1944 27 Cape Possession WH 28 77th ship launched 7 March 1944 29 Cape Tryon JH 30 31 launched 22 February 1944 32 Cape Archway JH 33 Cape Catoche WH 34 launched 13 January 1944 35 Cape Kumukaki WH 36 launched 7 January 1944 unpsec location 37 Cape Kildare WH 38 launched 23 December 1943 39 Cape Domingo JH 40 70th ship 41 launched 11 December 1943 42 Cape Chalmers WH 43 launched 29 June 1943 likely Wilmington 44 Cape Alexander WH 45 launched 18 June 1943 46 Cape Isabel WH 47 launched 29 May 1943 48 Cape Victory WH 49 Cape Constance JH 50 Cape Georgia JH 51 Cape Martin JH 52 Cape Stephens WH 53 25th ship launched 16 February 1943 from slip No 1 54 Cape Greig WH 55 launched 16 April 1943 56 Cape Meares WH 57 launched 5 April 1943 56 Cape San Juan WH 58 launched 17 March 1943 59 Cape Elizabeth WH 60 launched 3 March 1943 22 27th C1 61 Cape Johnson WH 62 26th ship launched 20 February 1943 63 in Wilmington 64 Cape Ann WH 65 launched 3 February 1943 66 Cape Mendocino WH 67 29th in CA launched 24 January 1943 68 Cape Cleare WH 69 22nd C 1 launched 6 January 1943 70 Cape Perpetua WH 71 21st C 1 launched 28 December 1942 72 Alcoa Pegasus WH 73 launched 18 October 1942 74 Alcoa Pointer WH 75 19th C 1 launched 11 October 1942 76 Alcoa Puritan WH 77 14th ship launched 27 September 1942 78 Alcoa Pilgrim WH 79 13th C 1 in W launched 20 September 1942 80 Alcoa Partner WH 81 Cape Newenham WH 82 20th in W launched 21 December 1942 83 Cape May WH 84 19th ship unspec location launched 12 December 1942 85 Cape Romain WH 86 launched 27 November 1942 87 Cape Planter WH 88 Solon Turman WH 89 10th C 1 in W launched 20 August 1942 90 Fred Morris WH 91 9th C 1 in W built in 91 days launched 10 August 1942 92 Jean Lykes WH 93 launched 21 July 1942 94 Nancy Lykes WH 95 7th ship launched 14 July 1942 for Lykes Brothers SS Line 96 Mormactern WH 97 launched 2 July 1942 98 Mormaclark WH 99 5th ship launched 20 June 1942 for Moore McCormack Lines keel laid 124 days ago 100 Mormacgull WH 101 4th ship launched 8 June 1942 102 Mormacdove WH 103 launched 1 June 42 104 Mormacwren WH 105 launched 22 May 42 104 Mormachawk WH 106 first ship launched at the yard 107 on 11 May 1942 for Moore McCormack Lines 108 13 of 13 C1 S AY1 Cape Berkely MC 1029 Cape Washington MC 1041 all names in the form of Cape X all went to Britain as Empire X SS Cape Girardeau 64th C 1 launched 7 November 1943 109 SS Cape Compass launched 24 July 1943 110 SS Cape Marshall launched 16 August 1943 presumably Wilmington 111 55 of 211 C1 M AV1 Diamond Knot MC 2314 Crown Knot MC 2331 Sheepshank MC 2461 Hickory Crest MC 2473 Hickory Glen MC 2563 Coastal Telegrapher MC 2586 18 of 96 Tacoma class frigates S2 S1 AQ1 in 1943 Yard Name Keel laid Launched 519 Long Beach 19 Mar 43 5 May 43 528 Orange 7 Jul 43 6 Aug 43 520 Belfast 26 Mar 43 20 May 43 529 Corpus Christi 17 Jul 43 17 Aug 43 521 Glendale 6 Apr 43 29 May 43 48 530 Hutchinson 27 Aug 43 522 San Pedro 17 Apr 43 11 Jun 43 531 Bisbee 7 Sep 43 523 Coronado 6 May 43 17 Jun 43 532 Gallup 18 Aug 43 17 Sep 43 524 Ogden 21 May 43 23 Jun 43 533 Rockford 28 Aug 43 27 Sep 43 525 Eugene 12 Jun 43 6 Jul 43 534 Muskogee 18 Sep 43 18 Oct 43 526 El Paso 18 Jun 43 16 Jul 43 535 Carson City 28 Sep 43 13 Nov 43 527 Van Buren 24 Jun 43 27 Jul 43 536 Burlington 7 Dec 43 32 of 32 Gilliam class attack transport S4 SE2 BD1 in 1944 and 1945 Yard Name Keel laid Launched Yard Name Keel laid Launched 720 Gilliam 30 Nov 43 28 Mar 44 736 Cleburne 27 Sep 44 721 Appling 9 Apr 44 737 Colusa 7 Oct 44 722 Audrain 1 Dec 43 21 Apr 44 738 Cortland 12 Jul 44 18 Oct 44 723 Banner 24 Jan 44 3 May 44 739 Crenshaw 27 Oct 44 724 Barrow 28 Jan 44 11 May 44 740 Crittenden 31 Jul 44 6 Nov 44 725 Berrien 23 Feb 44 20 May 44 741 Cullman 17 Nov 44 726 Bladen 8 Mar 44 31 May 44 742 Dawson 29 Aug 44 27 Nov 44 727 Bracken 13 Mar 44 10 Jun 44 743 Eickhart 5 Dec 44 728 Briscoe 29 Mar 44 19 Jun 44 744 Fallon 28 Sep 44 14 Dec 44 729 Brule 10 Apr 44 30 Jun 44 745 Fergus 24 Dec 44 730 Burleson 22 Apr 44 11 Jul 44 746 Fillmore 4 Jan 45 731 Butte 4 May 44 20 Jul 44 747 Garrard 28 Oct 44 13 Jan 45 732 Carlisle 12 May 44 30 Jul 44 748 Gasconade 7 Nov 44 23 Jan 45 733 Carteret 15 Aug 44 749 Geneva 31 Jan 45 734 Catron 28 Aug 44 750 Niagara 20 Nov 44 10 Feb 45 735 Clarendon 12 Sep 44 751 Presidio 6 Dec 44 17 Feb 45 10 of 121 C2 S B1 112 Yard USMC Owner Name Keel laid Launched Delivered 1358 2817 States Marine Corp Messenger 10 Jul 45 20 Oct 45 6 Feb 46 1359 2818 Grace Line Spitfire 27 Jul 45 9 Nov 45 22 Feb 46 1360 2819 States Marine Corp Ocean Rover 8 Aug 45 29 Nov 45 15 Mar 46 1361 2820 National Eagle 20 Aug 45 21 Dec 45 2 Apr 46 1362 2821 Mountain Wave 24 Aug 45 15 Jan 46 18 Apr 46 1363 2822 Carrier Dove 4 Sep 45 19 Feb 46 7 May 46 1364 2823 Agwilines Twilight 15 Sep 45 5 Mar 46 24 May 46 1365 2824 Wild Ranger 8 Oct 45 28 Mar 46 14 Jun 46 1366 2825 Crest of the Wave 22 Oct 45 17 Apr 46 28 jun 46 1367 2868 Golden Light 9 Nov 45 29 Apr 46 10 Jul 46 Bethlehem San Pedro and California Shipbuilding were located nearby on Terminal Island See also California during World War II Ship buildingLong Beach shipyard edit nbsp One and one half hull under construction nbsp Bird s eye view of the Port of Long Beach in 1937 The former Long Beach Shipbuilding Company yard was the first Consolidated Steel facility to become operational It was located at the entrance of Channel No 3 on the south side 33 46 08 N 118 12 58 W 33 768916 N 118 215992 W 33 768916 118 215992 On Liberty Fleet Day September 27 1941 the yard launched SS Alcoa Polaris a C1 B type cargo vessel as one of the fourteen ships launched nationwide on the same day to show the magnitude of the shipbuilding program 113 114 18 of 95 C1 B 115 116 Agwimonte MC 75 launched as Cape Mendocino 14 November 1940 117 Agwiprince MC 76 launched 27 April 1941 118 or 27 March 116 Alcoa Pennant MC 77 launched 26 June 1941 115 116 Alcoa Polaris MC 78 laid down 7 April 1941 launched 27 September 1941 116 the two P1 hulls were built during 1942 Cape Trinity WH 119 30th ship 23 in W launched 31 January 1943 120 Cape Sandy JH 121 6th C 1 launched 20 April 1943 Wilmington has launched 32 C1 B 122 Cape Friendship JH 123 launched 29 May 1943 48 Cape Meredith WH 124 launched 22 July 1943 110 Hope launched 30 August 1943 125 Cape Orange WH 126 launched 22 October 1943 12th ship launched at the yard 127 Cape Cumberland WH 128 launched 11 December 1943 42 Cape Martin 88th total launched 24 January 1944 129 Cape John JH 130 31 15th ship launched 2 March 1944 131 Cape Lambert JH 132 16th ship launched on 9 April 1944 133 Cape Saunders JH 134 launched 10 May 1944 135 Cape San Diego JH 136 launched 15 June 1944 137 Cape Edmond JH 138 19th ship 106th W LB launched 10 July 1944 Cape Edmont 139 Cape Spear JH 140 Two type p1 passenger ships model P1 S2 L2 The P1 S2 L2 Doyen class attack transports were two ships The first American assault military transports Made with an aft ramp for the launching of small landing craft or for the unloading of tanks USS Doyen first in class USS Feland several C1 M Diamond Knot launched 28 September 1944 141 Lanyard Knot launched 18 December 1944 142 Jumper Hitch launched 30 December 1944 142 Square Knot launched 13 January 1945 142 Snug Hitch launched 27 January 1945 143 several C1 M probable WIlmington occupied Timber Hitch launched 12 October 1944 144 Maywood plant editOn 26 June 1927 Union Iron Works formally opened the first unit of a new multi million dollar plant on their 25 acre tract at Stauson and Garfield avenues 33 58 56 N 118 08 32 W 33 98220 N 118 14218 W 33 98220 118 14218 145 26 July 1930 Consolidated Steel purchased 50 acre at NE corner of Eastern and Stauson avenues 33 59 11 N 118 09 41 W 33 98645 N 118 1613 W 33 98645 118 1613 146 The Union Baker and Llewellyn Iron Works were competitors prior to consolidation in the markets of steel fabrication and erection in the Los Angeles area 147 In August 1930 plans were being implemented to erect the typical shops of a steel plant on the tract at Slauson and Eastern The projected cost was 1 000 000 including machinery Predecessor plants were to be dismantled and moved to the new location 148 During World War II 761 149 Landing craft mechanized were constructed to completion in the plant and their motors and hull integrity tested on site in a large water tank 150 Also built were 403 5 inch 38 twin mounts 149 Consolidated built the first blast furnace of the Kaiser Fontana integrated mill in 1942 151 In 1949 the plant was 60 acres in size with equipment for the manufacture and erection of heavy steel products Including 26 to 36 inch welded pipe structural steel for industrial and commercial buildings bridges and railcar frames cement kilns penstocks storage tanks gas oil water chemicals 152 After the war editShortly after the end of the war in September 1945 Consolidated Steel bought the assets of the Western Pipe and Steel Company of California another wartime shipbuilding firm for 6 217 373 153 The property consisted of main plants at South San Francisco and Vernon and small plants serving local industries in Taft Fresno and Phoenix 154 155 In October 1946 a shipyard on Manicani Island off the coast of Samar in the Philippines came under the control of Consolidated and Bechtel interests under the name of Philippine Consolidated Shipyards Initial contracts from the U S Navy for conversion repair and construction of small craft 156 which was completed in August 1947 after which Philippine Consolidated carried on with similar work in Manila and Cavite 157 Going into the legal proceedings surrounding the planned acquisition by the Columbia Steel Company a U S Steel subsidiary at the beginning of the year 1947 Consolidated Steel owned and operated plants in Los Angeles Vernon Fresno Berkeley and Taft in California and in Phoenix Arizona and Orange Texas 158 The company name was changed to Consolidated Western Steel Corp on 1 July 1948 159 A separate company with the same name was incorporated in Delaware on 31 August 1948 160 marking the acquisition for 12 481 221 161 by U S Steel In January 1949 Consolidated was contracted to build a new blast furnace at the Kaiser Fontana steel mill 162 This was furnace 2 blown on October 13 1949 October 1949 construction is planned of a new pipe mill in Houston near the ship channel with a projected capacity of 50 miles of large diameter pipe per month 163 The project is cancelled the mill is instead built in Orange Texas 164 A general purpose plate shop and an 85x900 feet pipe mill became operational in March 1950 165 Also during that time the Orange plant was fabricating the large 34 feet 10 inches diameter pipe sections for the Baytown Tunnel that crossed the Houston ship channel 166 September 1949 Consolidated is applying for a certificate to operate in Pennsylvania to assist in the construction of a new welded pipe mill in McKeesport 167 Effective 31 December 1951 in an internal corporate restructuring the subsidiary corporation became the Consolidated Western Steel Division of the United States Steel Company with Alden G Roach as president who was also president of the newly formed Columbia Geneva Steel Division 168 169 In May 1955 a new pipe mill in Provo starts shipments for the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp 170 The relocation of all pipeline operations to Utah was first announced in September 1954 171 The small diameter pipe mill was moved from Berkeley to the new pipe plant at Provo after the large diameter portion had reached full production and the transfer was completed in January 1956 172 20 December 1956 Alden G Roach the pilot and the co pilot died in the crash of a company Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar near Tyrone Pennsylvania During much of the 1950s Consolidated was part of Project Nike producing 146 2 million worth of launcher loaders earning 9 3 million in profits 173 The first generation Nike Ajax loaders were a Douglas Aircraft design the enlarged Nike Hercules loaders were Consolidated Western s design 174 Many thousands were produced at a price on the order of 20 000 to 30 000 each 175 In March 1957 a design study for a heavy water reactor pressure vessel was released prepared on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission 176 In 1964 in an internal corporate restructuring the Consolidated Western Steel Division was merged with the American Bridge Division to form a single steel fabrication division within U S Steel the American Bridge DIvision 177 Occurrences of the former name in the press dropped sharply at that point Line Pipe edit Name Location From To Length Diameters Taxas California California Blythe Santa Fe Springs 214 30 Trans Arabia Saudi Arabia 980 30 31 Transcontinental United States 1840 PG amp E Super Inch California Topock Milpitas 34 Kirkuk Baniyas Iraq and Syria Kirkuk Baniyas 490 30 32 California Needles Newhall 241 In September 1946 production was to commence on 214 miles and 60 000 tons of 30 inch pipe for the Southern California Gas Company for a contract value of 6m 178 This 214 mile section between Blythe and Santa Fe Springs was the western section of the first of the El Paso Natural Gas Company s pipelines supplying California from natural gas fields in Texas 179 Steel plates were provided by the Geneva Steel mill 180 The pipeline became operational on 13 November 1947 181 The source material for the process was 30 feet long 92 inch wide plates the welded pipe segments were hydraulically expanded i e cold formed in a closed die yielding very straight pipe of improved strength The capacity of the plant in 1947 was 9 miles of pipe per week Shipped pipes were 60 feet in length 2 sections welded together at the factory 182 In early 1947 Consolidated was contracted to provide 980 miles of pipe for the Bechtel built Trans Arabian Pipeline oil the National Tube Company of Pittsburgh a U S Steel subsidiary was to supply another 70 miles 183 A second production line was installed at the Maywood plant 184 for the construction of 31 inch pipe which made up 50 of the order and this allowed the volume of shipping and shipping costs be cut in half with one pipe segment stored inside one larger pipe segment The Trans Arabian Pipe Line Co underwrote the cost to increase production capacity to 3 miles per day 185 The January 1949 issue of U S Steel News stated a capacity of 3 5 miles of pipe per day at the Maywood plant 186 The SS William Tllghman with the first load of pipes 187 a little more than 5 miles 188 departed Long Beach for Ras Tanura on 7 November 1947 189 followed by the SS George Chamberlain SS Joplin Victory SS William H Kendrick SS Kenyon Victory and others During delays caused by failure of Tapline to obtain export licenses 30 and 31 inch pipe was diverted to the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co to loop the 661 miles between Victoria Texas and Cornwell West Virginia laid in 1947 and 1948 with 204 miles of 30 31 inch loop line 190 In January 1949 CWS began fabrication of 1840 miles of pipe for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company s Texas New York pipeline natural gas 191 FPC Docket No G 704 certificate issued 29 May 1948 192 The plates for this pipeline came from Kaiser Fontana The Basalt Rock Company at Napa Bay area also turned Kaiser plates into pipe for that project The Fontana mill was making plates at an approximate rate of 20 000 tons per month for Consolidated in late 1949 193 June 1949 contracts are awarded for Pacific Gas and Electric s 34 inch Super Inch Pipe Line natural gas from Topock to Milpitas 194 Ditching started June 29 1949 for the 80 mile section between Llanda near Hollister and Milpitas which was to be used as an underground storage reservoir until completion of the whole line to be ready for the 1949 1950 winter season 195 196 The pipe segments were produced in South San Francisco and joined in pairs or if conditions permitted in groups of three at a depot near Santa Clara The depot was then moved to Barstow in late 1949 or early 1950 when the northern leg was about completed Stockpiling began for the ensuing completion of the pipe which started from the Arizona border at Topock heading west 197 September 1950 construction to begin on 30 inch pipe for the Kirkuk Baniyas oil pipeline 198 which was to loop the existing 12 inch and 16 inch lines of the Kirkuk Haifa oil pipeline Diameters of 30 and 32 inches Plates fabricated by Geneva Steel First first shipment sails on 30 September 1950 Construction by Bechtel commenced in November 1950 shortly after the completion of the Trans Arabia Last shipment leaves the Port of Los Angeles February 1952 aboard the SS Day Beam 199 The line went into operation in April 1952 August 1952 fabrication of parts of a 953 mile 24 inch crude oil pipeline from Wink Texas to Norwalk California to begin in a few months 200 Consolidated was contracted for 20 miles of 30 inch pipe for an expansion of the California portion of the Texas Pipeline natural gas in November 1952 the project expected to be finished in March 1953 201 The Provo pipe mill produced 241 miles of 30 inch pipe to be laid in the first half of 1957 between Needles and Newhall Pacific Lightning Corp subsidiaries conjecture SoCalGas total project cost 24 000 000 202 Baker Iron Works editThe Baker Iron Works had its start at Los Angeles California about 1874 203 204 when Milo Stannard Baker 1828 1894 acquired a small machine shop there The business begun on a small scale as M S Baker amp Company grew quite rapidly A much larger facility was erected in 1886 and in June of that year the business was incorporated as the Baker Iron Works with capital stock of 75 000 Five directors were named Milo S Baker E H Booth Charles F Kimball Fred L Baker Milo s son and H T Neuree Less than a year later Baker erected a 15 000 building on Buena Vista Street near College Baker Iron Works had a great many different products manufacturing mining milling pumping hoisting oil and well drilling machinery streetcars boilers oven and heating furnaces as well as a line of architectural iron It seems to have been especially noteworthy for steam boiler fabrication installation and maintenance According to one authority in 1889 Baker produced the first locomotive built in Los Angeles designed by Milo s son Fred vice president of the firm citation needed Another authority citation needed says Baker built horse cars and perhaps street cars for Los Angeles Pasadena and other communities in the Los Angeles area and that they built some larger cars for the Santa Ana amp Orange Motor Road in 1898 According to this authority after Pacific Electric bought this line the cars were revamped and continued in service until 1920 It is claimed that in the early 1890s Street Railway Journal reportedly ranked Baker among the principal car builders on the Pacific Coast In 1887 Baker constructed six street cars for the City amp Central Street Railway citation needed According to an article in the 1 January 1890 issue of the Los Angeles Times the Baker Works then occupied some 25 000 square feet 2 300 m2 and provided employment to 75 men A large variety of manufacturing was being done The foundry was making iron and brass castings to fit nearly all kinds of machinery for mining and milling purposes besides pumping plants for large and small waterworks and steam plants for all the variety of uses to which steam was put They manufactured their own boilers They were also manufacturing oil boring tools and rigs and constructing elevators both passenger and freight in all varieties hydraulic steam or hand It was claimed by the newspaper that Baker had installed nearly all the first class passenger elevators in Southern California The article said they manufacture street cars and did other railroad work to order and claimed to make the best gang plows and road and field rollers that could be obtained anywhere They also installed heating and ventilating plants for public buildings both steam hot water and hot air And they did architectural iron work Milo S Baker was then president J E Sills was vice president and treasurer and Fred L Baker Milo s son was secretary and plant superintendent In 1891 Baker was awarded the contract to build the Santa Ana Water Works In six months for a total price of 58 000 Baker put in nine miles 14 km of street mains sixty fire hydrants and gates valves one reservoir 10 78 78 feet 3 0 23 8 23 8 m build one fire proof power house two sixty horsepower 45 kW boilers and brick stock two 10 by 16 by 10 1 2 by 10 feet 3 0 m 4 9 m 3 2 m 3 0 m compound condensing engines of 2 060 000 US gallons 7 800 m3 capacity every 24 hours All this complete and functioning truly a turn key operation 109 After the turn of the 20th century Baker seems to have specialized in steel fabrication and elevator building Fred L Baker headed the company as president after his father s death 203 Over the next 30 years they did the steel work and or elevators for among many others Los Angeles first skyscraper the twelve storey Union Trust Building the Public Service Building the Queen of Angels Hospital the YWCA Hotel the United Artists California Petroleum Building the University of California at Westwood The Masonic Temple at Glendale the Los Angeles First National Bank at Glendale the Los Angeles First National Bank at Hollywood and the University of Redlands at Redlands Erection of the Hotel Alexandria from prefabricated materials 203 Fred L Baker acted as president of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company The keels for the first three ships hastily laid down in the yard in July 1917 were fabricated in the Baker Iron Works shops 205 Baker had a machine shop on North Broadway near Castelar street 34 03 51 N 118 14 19 W 34 06403 N 118 23864 W 34 06403 118 23864 206 See also editCalifornia during World War II Maritime history of CaliforniaFootnotes edit Investigation of Shipyard Profits U S Government Printing Office 1946 p 531 Consolidated Steel Corporation Long Beach and Wilmington CA Archived from the original on 2009 02 15 Investigation of Shipyard Profits U S Government Printing Office 1946 p 532 Eighth Naval District Cochrane Collection Construction and Enterprise Steel Vol 106 no 7 12 February 1940 p 102 Shipbuilding Plants Manufacturers Record Vol 82 no 18 2 November 1922 p 118c Consolidated Acquires Shipbuilding Plant at Orange Texas Pacific Marine Review May 1940 p 55 Briefs Steel Vol 125 no 5 1 August 1949 p 63 Consolidated Steel Orange Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation Historical Marker www hmdb org Index to Vol 23 Destroyer Photo Index DD 569 USS AULICK Destroyer Photo Index DD 573 USS HARRISON Destroyer Photo Index DD 579 USS WILLIAM D PORTER Landing Craft Infantry LCI L not to be confused with the primary shipbuilding facility in San Francisco Peck Merton J amp Scherer Frederic M The Weapons Acquisition Process An Economic Analysis 1962 Harvard Business School p 619 West Coast The Iron Age Vol 153 no 25 15 June 1944 p 100 Investigation of Shipyard Profits U S Government Printing Office 1946 pp 532 541 Alphabetical listing of major war supply contracts cumulative June 1940 through September 1945 Vol1 Civilian production administration Industrial statistics division 1946 Consolidated Steel Wilmington a b c Pacific Marine Review April 1943 p 90 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Lilibeo Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries The Log March 1944 p 108 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help The Log May 1944 p 36 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Junction Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Fifth Victory Ship Launched San Pedro News Pilot 11 March 1944 p 1 Cape Possession Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two Freighters Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 7 March 1944 p 7 Cape Tryon Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries a b The Log April 1944 p 94 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Consteel at Work on New Type Ship San Pedro News Pilot 23 February 1944 p 1 Cape Archway Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Catoche Lloyd s Register of Ships 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Pilot 19 June 1943 p 1 Cape Isabel Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries a b c Pacific Marine Review July 1943 p 94 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Victory Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Constance Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Georgia Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Martin Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Stephens Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries 25th C 1 Ship Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 16 February 1943 p 7 Cape Greig Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries a b Pacific Marine Review May 1943 p 95 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Meares Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape San Juan Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries no title San Pedro News Pilot 17 March 1943 p 11 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Cite uses generic title help Cape Elizabeth Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two Launchings Slated Here San Pedro News Pilot 2 March 1943 p 8 Cape Johnson Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries 2 Navy Craft 2 Freighters Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 20 February 1943 p 1 Two More Ship Launchings Set San Pedro News Pilot 17 February 1943 p 1 Cape Ann Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries President of California Women s Clubs Is Ship s Sponsor Coronado Eagle And Journal 4 February 1943 p 108 Cape Mendocino Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Labor to Take Reins For C 1 Launching San Pedro News Pilot 21 January 1943 p 10 Cape Cleare Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries C 1 Freighter Laucned Here San Pedro News Pilot 6 January 1943 p 1 Cape Perpetua Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Port Yards Launch 4 Ships In 74 Minutes San Pedro News Pilot 28 December 1942 p 1 Alcoa Pegasus Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two More Ships Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 19 October 1942 p 1 Alcoa Pointer Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cargo Vessels Built Here Near 100 Mark San Pedro News Pilot 12 October 1942 p 1 Alcoa Puritan Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two More Ships Take to Water San Pedro News Pilot 28 September 1942 p 1 Alcoa Pilgrim Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Consolidated Launches Ship San Pedro News Pilot 21 September 1942 p 1 Alcoa Partner Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Newenham Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries 20th C l Ship Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 21 December 1942 p 1 Cape May Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Four Ships Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 12 December 1942 p 1 Cape Romain Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Pacific Marine Review January 1943 p 104 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Alcoa Planter Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Solon Turman Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries 10th C 1 Ship Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 21 August 1942 p 1 Fred Morris Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Ninth C 1 Ship Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 11 August 1942 p 1 Jean Lykes Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two Cargo Vessels Launched Here San Pedro News Pilot 22 July 1942 p 1 Nancy Lykes Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Employees Run Show At Ship Launching San Pedro News Pilot 15 July 1942 p 1 Mormactern Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two New Vessels to Oppose Axis San Pedro News Pilot 3 July 1942 p 1 Mormaclark Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Mormaclark 5th Ship From New Port Yard San Pedro News Pilot 20 June 1942 p 1 Mormacgull Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries 4th Ship Launched by Consolidated San Pedro News Pilot 9 June 1942 p 1 Mormacdove Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries a b Pacific Marine Review June 1942 p 73 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Mormacwren Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Mormachawk Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Pacific Marine Review June 1942 p 41 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help West Basin Yard Launches First Ship San Pedro News Pilot 12 May 1942 p 1 35 000 Expected To See Launching San Pedro News Pilot 5 November 1943 p 2 a b Two C 1 Ship Launchings Set San Pedro News Pilot 22 July 1943 p 6 Yard Launching 2 Ships in 2 Days San Pedro News Pilot 16 August 1943 p 8 Pacific Marine Review July 1946 p 56 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Pacific American Steamship Association Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast March 1942 Consolidated Delivers Alcoa Polaris Pacific Marine Review San Francisco J S Hines 51 Retrieved 19 December 2020 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Maritime Administration Alcoa Polaris Ship History Database Vessel Status Card U S Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Retrieved 19 December 2020 a b The Log July 1941 p 42 a b c d Pacific Marine Review January 1942 p 118 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Pacific Marine Review December 1940 p 26 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Pacific Marine Review January 1942 p 47 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Trinity Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Employees Again To Conduct Consolidated Ship Launching San Pedro News Pilot 28 January 1943 p 5 Cape Sandy Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries S C Cape Sandy Launched at L B San Pedro News Pilot 20 April 1943 p 12 Cape Friendship Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Cape Meredith Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Six Launchings Due in 3 Days San Pedro News Pilot 27 August 1943 p 3 Cape Orange Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Pacific Marine Review December 1943 p 102 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Cape Cumberland Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Consteel Slates Two Launchings San Pedro News Pilot 21 January 1944 p 2 Cape John Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries C 1 Launching at L B Tomorrow San Pedro News Pilot 1 March 1944 p 3 Cape Lambert Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Three Ships Slide Down Ways San Pedro News Pilot 10 April 1944 p 7 Cape Saunders Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Maritime Notes San Pedro News Pilot 9 May 1944 p 3 Cape San Diego Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Two Ships Ready For Launching San Pedro News Pilot 14 June 1944 p 1 Cape Edmont Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Consteel to Float SS Cape Edmont San Pedro News Pilot 10 July 1944 p 7 Cape Spear Lloyd s Register of Ships Southampton City Libraries Pacific Marine Review November 1944 p 116 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help a b c Pacific Marine Review February 1945 p 118 a href 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