Hunt Marine Service and Hunt Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Richmond, California. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built 13 craft for the U.S. Army and five craft for the U.S. Navy. These ships were assigned to the Pacific War where they transported supplies and personnel around the island hopping campaign. The shipyard was located at the Richmond Inner Harbor in the same cannel as Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard. The address was 790 Wright Ave, Richmond on the Parr Canal. Hunt Boat Company was founded by R. J Hunt a Naval Architect. Before and after the war, Hunt built stock and custom-built speed boats and cabin cruisers. The stock boat was 30-foot cruiser.[1][2][3][4]
hunt, boat, company, hunt, marine, service, wooden, shipbuilding, company, richmond, california, support, world, demand, ships, ackerman, boat, company, shipyard, switched, over, military, construction, built, craft, army, five, craft, navy, these, ships, were. Hunt Marine Service and Hunt Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Richmond California To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built 13 craft for the U S Army and five craft for the U S Navy These ships were assigned to the Pacific War where they transported supplies and personnel around the island hopping campaign The shipyard was located at the Richmond Inner Harbor in the same cannel as Kaiser Richmond No 1 Yard The address was 790 Wright Ave Richmond on the Parr Canal Hunt Boat Company was founded by R J Hunt a Naval Architect Before and after the war Hunt built stock and custom built speed boats and cabin cruisers The stock boat was 30 foot cruiser 1 2 3 4 Army Air Forces 42 foot Rescue Boat Contents 1 Rescue Boats 2 Patrol boat 3 Tugboats 4 See also 5 ReferencesRescue Boats editMain article Crash boats of World War 2 nbsp 42 foot boats built for U S Army nbsp 42 foot boats built for U S Army cutaway Built 42 foot Crash rescue boats for Army Air Forces Air Sea Rescue Boat design 221 gasoline powered with twin screws built in 1943 These used two Hall Scott Hudson Invader Marine Engine or a Kermath Sea Ranger 6 Marine engine This was the smallest size Rescue Boats the large boats were 63 or 85 or 104 feet 5 6 P 256 P 257 P 258 P 259 P 260 P 261 Later renamed PatonoPatrol boat editBuilt US Army 42 foot patrol boats and command boats design 221 B in 1944 utility boats same specs as Crash rescue boats 7 J 1363 J 1364 J 1365 J 1366 J 1367 J 1368 J 1369 J 1370 J 1371 J 1372 J 1373 J 1374Tugboats editBuilt Army Transportation Service Tugboats Design 329 at 36 feet in 1943 U S Army Marine Tractors or Motor Towboat MT 8 MT383 MT384 MT385 MT386 MT387 MT388 MT389See also editCalifornia during World War II Maritime history of CaliforniaReferences edit The Log Volume 39 page 254 The Log Volume 41 Page 189 The Richmond Rosies January 7 2018 Archived from the original on January 18 2021 Retrieved February 21 2021 Pacific War shipbuildinghistory Rescue Boats shipbuildinghistory The Five Basic Groups of Rescue Boats uscrashboats org US Army patrol boats shipbuildinghistory U S Army Marine Tractors MT MTL shipbuildinghistory 37 55 11 N 122 21 45 W 37 9196 N 122 3624 W 37 9196 122 3624 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hunt Boat Company amp oldid 1193372495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
