LCS (Landing Craft Support) under construction at Commercial Iron Works, 21 July 1944
The company was founded in November 1916, by William T. Casey, Otto J. Hoak and Robert Boogs, on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) site on the Willamette River just south of the Ross Island Bridge. Little is known about the company's early years, but it appears to have served diverse markets. For example, it placed a bid for the manufacture of 200 fire hydrants for the City of Portland in 1927,[1] and supplied the high pressure outlet gates for the Unity Dam on the Burnt River near Baker, Oregon in 1937.[2] The company is recorded as having built only one ship prior to World War II - a small 140-ton tender for the US Coast Guard in 1935. The CIW built the 25-ton tugboat Constance J for the Crown Willamette Paper Company. The Constance J was still in service as an active workboat as late as 2017 under the name Diane.
Commercial Iron Works established a shipyard on the Ross Island site in the early 1940s, which turned out close to 200 small warships during the war, including net layers, minelayers, submarine chasers, and LCI and LCSlanding craft. It also outfitted larger ships built at other yards with armaments.
Following the war, the shipyard was acquired in 1946 by another local firm, the Zidell Machinery and Supply Company, which was eventually to transform the yard into America's largest shipbreaking operation.
commercial, iron, works, manufacturing, firm, portland, oregon, united, states, established, 1916, company, best, remembered, today, contribution, america, emergency, shipbuilding, program, during, world, industrymanufacturing, shipbuildingfounded1916founderwi. Commercial Iron Works was a manufacturing firm in Portland Oregon United States Established in 1916 the company is best remembered today for its contribution to America s Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II Commercial Iron WorksIndustryManufacturing amp shipbuildingFounded1916FounderWilliam T Casey Otto J Hoak and Robert BoogsDefunct1946HeadquartersPortland Oregon U S ProductsSmall warships iron and steel products LCS Landing Craft Support under construction at Commercial Iron Works 21 July 1944 The company was founded in November 1916 by William T Casey Otto J Hoak and Robert Boogs on a 30 acre 120 000 m2 site on the Willamette River just south of the Ross Island Bridge Little is known about the company s early years but it appears to have served diverse markets For example it placed a bid for the manufacture of 200 fire hydrants for the City of Portland in 1927 1 and supplied the high pressure outlet gates for the Unity Dam on the Burnt River near Baker Oregon in 1937 2 The company is recorded as having built only one ship prior to World War II a small 140 ton tender for the US Coast Guard in 1935 The CIW built the 25 ton tugboat Constance J for the Crown Willamette Paper Company The Constance J was still in service as an active workboat as late as 2017 under the name Diane Commercial Iron Works established a shipyard on the Ross Island site in the early 1940s which turned out close to 200 small warships during the war including net layers minelayers submarine chasers and LCI and LCS landing craft It also outfitted larger ships built at other yards with armaments Following the war the shipyard was acquired in 1946 by another local firm the Zidell Machinery and Supply Company which was eventually to transform the yard into America s largest shipbreaking operation Built for World War II 3 4 of 29 Cherokee class fleet tugs Tawasa AT 92 Zuni AT 95 43 of 343 PC 461 class submarine chasers 7 of 18 Adroit class minesweepers Adroit AM 82 Dash AM 88 56 of M Landing Craft Infantry LCI L 725 LCI L 780 4 of 32 Aloe class net laying ships Catalpa AN 10 Buckeye AN 13 6 of 15 Cohoes class net laying ships Cohoes AN 78 Nahant AN 83 52 of 130 Landing Craft Support LCS 26 LCS 47 LCS 79 LCS 108 tugs YTM 769 YTM 780 completion of AP 92 AP 93 AP 96 Western Pipe and Steel Company hulls AK 156 AK 158 AP 133 Kaiser No 4 hulls 3 of 45 Bogue class escort carriers Todd Tacoma hulls Bastian CVE 37 HMS Trumpeter Perdido CVE 47 HMS Trouncer St Simon CVE 51 HMS Arbiter 3 of 19 Commencement Bay class escort carriers Todd Tacoma hulls Salerno Bay CVE 110 Badoeng Strait CVE 116 Rabaul CVE 121 Footnotes edit Portland Oregon Fire Hydrants City of Portland Water Bureau Archives Burnt River Project Archived 2008 07 06 at the Wayback Machine Bureau of Reclamation History Program Denver Colorado shipbuildinghistory com Commercial Iron WorksReferences editCommercial Iron Works World War II construction record Zidell Waterfront Property Staff Report DEQ Voluntary Cleanup Program PDF file 3 4 Mbytes 45 29 59 N 122 40 03 W 45 49960 N 122 66749 W 45 49960 122 66749 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commercial Iron Works amp oldid 1114445695, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
