Moore Equipment Company
37°57′18″N 121°17′57″W / 37.9550582°N 121.29923°W
Moore Equipment Company was founded in 1929 by Stanley S. Moore and his father in Stockton, California. Moore Equipment Company a repair and manufacture company of farm machines, road machines and tools. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Moore Equipment Company built a shipyard and switched over to military construction and built: US Navy YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derricks, landing craft and barges. Moore Equipment Company also did work for the US Army repairing and rebuilding jeeps by way of the Ford Motor in Richmond. The shipyard also did Navy ship repair. Moore Equipment Company's main work before the war was on tractors, cranes, trucks, bulldozers, power winches, road scrapers and tools. The Moore Equipment Company office was at 1250 South Wilson Way, Stockton, now the Fairgrounds Industrial Park. Equipment Company sold the factory on February 15, 1944 to International Harvester Company. The shipyard closed after the war.[1][2][3]</ref>[4][5][6]
Moore Equipment Company[edit]
Moore Equipment Company in Stockton, California built YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
| Name | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| YSD 35 | 1943 | Worked 17th Naval District, accidentally lost, 16 May 1946 [7] |
| YSD 36 | 1943 | Lost on 9 August 1946 off Okinawa[8] |
| YSD 37 | 1943 | Lost off Eniwetok 10 December 1946 [9] |
| YSD 42 | 1943 | lost off Guam May 1976 [10] |
| YSD 43 | 1943 | Lost Lost off Eniwetok October 1946 [11] |
| YSD 44 | 1943 | [12] |
| YSD 45 | 1943 | [13] |
| YSD 46 | 1943 | To National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in 1974 [14] |
| YSD 47 | 1943 | [15] |
| YSD 48 | 1943 | Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, 9 October 1945, Lost [16] |
| YSD 49 | 1943 | [17] |
| YSD 50 | 1943 | [18] |
Landing craft[edit]
Moore Equipment Company built Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) Mark 6.[19][20] [21] Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 6 had :[22]
- Power plant:
- 2 Detroit 6-71 diesel engines; 348 hp (260 kW) sustained; twin shaft; or
- 2 Detroit 8V-71 diesel engines; 460 hp (340 kW) sustained; twin shaft
- Length: 56.2 feet (17.1 m)
- Beam: 14 feet (4.3 m)
- Displacement: 64 tons (65 metric tons) full load
- Speed: 9 knots (10.3 mph, 16.6 km/h)
- Range: 130 miles (240 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h)
- Military lift: 34 tons (34.6 metric tons) or 80 troops
- Crew: 5
Barges[edit]
Built in 1945 four YC barges:
- YC-1089, barge a Type B ship, delivered 11 September 1945, remove from Navy 13 March 2001. Displacement 120 t.(lite) 590 t.(full); Length 110 feet; Beam 35 feet and Draft 8 feet.[23]
- YC-1090 [24]
- YC-1091
- YC-1092
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Stanley S. Moore v. Commissioner, Docket Nos. 31921, 31922, 12 T.C.M. 925 (1953), United States Tax Court. Entered August 14, 1953.
- ^ California during the Second World War, Shipbuilding in Stockton, by Justin Ruhge
- ^ Agricultural Machinery - Calif - Stockton: Moore Equipment Co. calisphere
- ^ Agricultural Machinery - Calif - Stockton: Moore Equipment Co. Caterpillar tractor calisphere
- ^ Moore Equipment Company office at 1250 South Wilson Way, Stockton, calisphere
- ^ Ford Richmond Tank Depot
- ^ YSD 35 navsource
- ^ YSD 36 navsource
- ^ YSD 37 navsource
- ^ YSD 42 navsource
- ^ YSD 43 navsource
- ^ YSD 44 navsource
- ^ YSD 45 navsource
- ^ YSD 46 navsource
- ^ YSD 47 navsource
- ^ YSD 48 navsource
- ^ YSD 49 navsource
- ^ YSD 50 navsource
- ^ State Listing of Major War Supply Contracts Active as of June 30, 1945, By United States. War Production Board
- ^ Small Landing Craft - LCM shipbuildinghistory.com
- ^ A Study and Investigation of the National Defense Program, Volumes 30-37, page 2584
- ^ Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 6
- ^ YC-1089 navsource
- ^ YC barges shipbuildinghistory