A guide to the C-2 Shipfitter's Prints, 1943 June-July

Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff, 14 November 2017.
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2018

A Guide to the C-2 Shipfitter's Prints

HDC1299

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2018, National Park Service

Title: C-2 Shipfitter's Prints
Date: 1943 June-July
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1299 (SAFR 21358)
Creator: Unknown
Physical Description: 1 item.
Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The C-2 Shipfitter's Prints (SAFR 21358, HDC1299) consists of one booklet containing 24 pages of C-2 (freighter) shipfitter's prints. They were produced by an unnamed shipyard's Hull Planning Department, West Yard. Most were drawn by "P.H." or "W.W." They are blueprints that include the hulls in profile; shell expansion; deck plating; girders, beams and hatch assemblies; aft gun platforms; bulkheads, shaft and pipe tunnels and water and settling tanks; engine and boiler room casings; and cross sections of various decks. Collection is open for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s): In English.

Access

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Processing Note

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Preferred Citation

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1299 (SAFR 21358), C-2 Shipfitter's Prints, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Acquisition Information

SAFR-00001
These blueprints are part of a bulk accession from Golden Gate National Recreational Area when the San Francisco Maritime Museum became a National Historical Park in 1988.

Historical or Biographical Note

There is no information regarding the creator in the collection file. According to the website "American Merchant Marine at War" (www.usmm.org), C2 freighters were all-purpose cargo ships designed by the U.S. Maritime Commission in 1937-1938 and nearly 200 were built between 1940 and 1945.

Collection Scope and Content

The C-2 Shipfitter's Prints (SAFR 21358, HDC1299) consists of one booklet containing 24 pages of C-2 (freighter) shipfitter's prints. They were produced by an unnamed shipyard's Hull Planning Department, West Yard. Most were drawn by "P.H." or "W.W." They are blueprints that include the hulls in profile; shell expansion; deck plating; girders, beams and hatch assemblies; aft gun platforms; bulkheads, shaft and pipe tunnels and water and settling tanks; engine and boiler room casings; and cross sections of various decks. Collection is open for use.

Collection Arrangement

Original order was maintained.

Related Materials

Liberty ship specifications, 1942, SAFR 17613, HDC0047
  • This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations--American
Merchant marine--United States--History--20th century
Blueprints
Naval architecture
Naval architects
shipfitting