Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records, 1900-1922, bulk 1917-1919

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Summary

Title:
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records
Dates:
1900-1922, bulk 1917-1919
Creators:
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company
Abstract:
The Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records (SAFR 15794, HDC 127) is comprised of correspondence, legal records, notebooks, printed material, shipbuilding costs and specifications, pamphlets, notebooks, documents from the American Society of Naval Architects and marine Engineers, and oversize ship plans spanning the years 1900-1922. Much of the material is technical in nature, and involves shipbuilding projects for the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company or information on shipbuilding at other shipyards.A more detailed finding aid is available through the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center. This collection has been processed to the item level and is open for use without restrictions.
Extent:
1351 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC0127 (SAFR 15794), Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records (SAFR 15794, HDC 127) is comprised of correspondence, legal records, notebooks, printed material, shipbuilding costs and specifications, pamphlets, notebooks, documents from the American Society of Naval Architects and marine Engineers, and oversize ship plans spanning the years 1900-1922. Much of the material is technical in nature, and involves shipbuilding projects for the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company or information on shipbuilding at other shipyards.A more detailed finding aid is available through the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center. This collection has been processed to the item level and is open for use without restrictions.

Biographical / historical:

The Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company was formed in late 1917 or early 1918 to take advantage of the World War I shipbuilding boom. It was located on the shore of Suisun Bay at a location known as Bay Point (later called Port Chicago). The company's senior officers were R.N. Burgess and San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilders Henry Tiffany Scott and John Thomas Scott. The steamer DIABLO was the first ship to be launched from the shipyard. The Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States Shipping Board provided most of the yards early work having contracted ten steamers. Business tapered off after the war and the company kept its central offices in San Francisco until 1931.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-00001

This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

Processing information:

The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide.

Please cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series: Correspondence; Legal records including contracts and agreements; Project files including specifications, reports, notebooks and printed materials; and Drawings of boilers, tankers, a freighter, hull plans and a wages sheet.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Physical description:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff (Bailey), January 2015.
Date Prepared:
2015
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 1/12/2015 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC0127 (SAFR 15794), Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company records, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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