A guide to the United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings, circa 1945
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A Guide to the United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings
HDC1305
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2018, National Park Service
Title: United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings
Date: circa 1945
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1305 (SAFR 21364)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
124 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings collection, circa 1945, (SAFR 21364, HDC1305) consists of
124 diazo diagrams of, and specifications for, various ship and boat fittings. Fittings detailed include door handles, fair
leads, bitt and chock, iron hand wheels, locks, hinges, standard keyways, boat davit sockets, ventilator hoods and lifting
pads for guns. The drawings are fastened together with three brass ties. The collection is open for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1305 (SAFR 21364), United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings, San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
SAFR-00001
These plans 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. The plans are from the Old Plans Classified System, Code US-51.
Historical or Biographical Note
This collection includes detailed drawings of fittings from numerous ships. Included here is some basic information for a
few of these ships.
The U.S.S. MISSOURI, an Iowa-class battleship, was laid down at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn in 1941. The ship was launched
and commissioned in1944.
The keel of the U.S.S. ILLINOIS was laid at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in January 1945. It was scheduled to be an Iowa-class
battleship but was canceled and scrapped in August 1945.
The U.S.S. ARKANSAS was a Wyoming-class battleship. Its keel was laid down in 1910 in Camden, New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding
Corporation. The ship was commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1912 and saw duty in both World War I and World War
II.
The S.S. MONGOLIA was built by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey in 1902. The ship was ordered by E.H. Harriman's
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for its San Francisco-Far East route. The vessel was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1919
and served in both world wars as the U.S.S. MONGOLIA.
The U.S.S. KANSAS was a Connecticut-class battleship. Its keel was laid down in Camden, New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding
Company in 1905, it was launched in 1905, commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921.
The United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings collection, circa 1945, (SAFR 21364, HDC1305) consists of
124 diazo diagrams of, and specifications for, various ship and boat fittings. Fittings detailed include door handles, fair
leads, bitt and chock, iron hand wheels, locks, hinges, standard keyways, boat davit sockets, ventilator hoods and lifting
pads for guns. The drawings are fastened together with three brass ties. The collection is open for use.
Some detailed diagrams are of fittings for a variety of specific ships and boats. These include the U.S.S. MISSOURI, U.S.S.
ILLINOIS, U.S.S. ARKANSAS, S.S. MONGOLIA, S.S. KERSHAW & S.S. NANTUCKET, S.S. MASSACHUSETTS, the battleship KANSAS and U.S.T.D.B.
STRINGHAM.
Some diazotypes show standard fittings used on United States Navy ships, U.S. dredgers, New York Shipbuilding Corporation
vessels, New York fire tugs, or for ships made by the H. & H. Company, the M.S. Company (Merrit-Chapman & Scott Corp.) and
the N. & L. Company.
Original order
S.F. Museum of Science and Industry photo collection, 1890-1945, SAFR 354, P83-088, 2 photos of Japanese surrender.
Martha Hoffman ship and train postcard album, undated. SAFR 20704, P05-016. Includes over 30 postcards of U.S. naval vessels.
Plan of passenger accommodations for the SS Mongolia, undated, SAFR 15690.
- Print of SS Mongolia, 1907, SAFR 16321
- Chester P. Locklin photographs, U.S.S. NANTUCKET photographs, circa 1940, SAFR 19471, P78-428
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shipbuilding--military aspects--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations--American
Arkansas (Battleship)
Illinois (Battleship)
Mongolia (Steamship)
Missouri (Battleship : BB 63)
Nantucket (Steamship)
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
United States. Navy.
Diazotypes
Architectural drawings
Naval architects