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United Concrete Pipe Corporation

Coordinates: 33°46′20″N 118°13′22″W / 33.772219°N 118.222686°W / 33.772219; -118.222686
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33°46′20″N 118°13′22″W / 33.772219°N 118.222686°W / 33.772219; -118.222686

United Concrete Pipe in Long Beach at breath 83 in 1944
US Army ship by United Concrete Pipe
New US Army ship by United Concrete Pipe
United Concrete Pipe showing off prodeuct

United Concrete Pipe Corporation main construction was of main water pipeline lines, building concrete bridges, concrete roads, and foundations for buildings. United Concrete Pipe was established in 1919 in Ventura, California, by (Thomas) Tom P. Polich. In 1924 Steve Krai and B. J. Ukropina became partners with Polich. Tom Polich was born on March 22, 1888, in Serbia and came to the US in 1905. Polich worked for a concrete company in Van Nuys, California, before starting his own company. His first contact was installing a irrigation system in Tuttle, California. In the 1930s under the Works Progress Administration the company grew to nine plants and became a general contractor, not just a pipe company. Plants were in California, Texas and New Mexico. In 1953 the three started a new parallel joint venture Ukropina-Polich-Krai of San Gabriel, a general contractor company. United Concrete Pipe Corporation headquarters was at 85th St. and Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California. One Works Progress Administration project was the Wawona Tunnel built in 1933.[1] In 1937 United Concrete Pipe completed a Works Progress Administration project the Mad River Water Supply Project in Eureka, California. United Concrete Pipe Corporation last plant closed in 1994, at Riverside, California.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

In 1943, United Concrete Pipe established a shipyard division in Long Beach, California, to build small coasters ships for the US Army under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. The shipyard of United Concrete Pipe was in Long Beach at breath 83, at the north side of channel 2, at the entrance to the channel. Unique to the boatyard was the assembly line railway the ships were built on. As the boat was built it would move down the rail track towards the water. The steel for the shipyard was shaped by the United Concrete Pipe Baldwin Park, California, plant. The Army ships were 176-foot, a beam of 30 feet, a draft of 8 feet, and were 935 tons loaded. Power was from two General Motors Clevland diesel engine each with 500 hp. The first ship was complete on March 23, 1944.[8][9][10][11][12]

Ships

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Name Owner Type Tons Length Built Notes
FS 387 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 May-44
FS 388 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 May-44
FS 389 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Jun-44 To the Philippines as Neptuno
FS 390 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Jul-44 To USN 1951 as Deimos (AKL 40), to Korea 1951, scrapped 1960
FS 391 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Jul-44 To USN 1947 as Hewell (AG 145), later AKL 14, sold 1960
FS 392 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Aug-44
FS 393 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Sep-44 To the Philippines as Basilan
FS 546 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Sep-44 To China as Hai Who
FS 547 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Oct-44 To USN 1951 as Renate (AKL 42), to Korea 1951, scrapped 1960
FS 548 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Nov-44 To USN 1950 as AKL 32, struck 1961
FS 549 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Nov-44 To the Philippines as Corregidor
FS 550 US Army Coastal Freighter 560 176 Dec-44 To the Philippines as Bohol
Tangier Island Omega Protein Fishing Vessel 538 166 1944
Joan of Arc Fishing Vessel 131 ca. 1946 1 shaft direct drive 805 hp FM 37-E-14 7cyl.
2 225 hp Atlas-Imperial 6cyl. aux[13]
Star Kist
Courageous
Santa Barbara
Alaska Diehl Trust Fishing Vessel 221 94 1947

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road through Turtleback Dome, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA | Library of Congress". Loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  2. ^ Mad River Water Supply Project
  3. ^ Tom P. Polich, bio, Tuttle, California, Merced County, California
  4. ^ Merced County Bios
  5. ^ Want add United Concrete Pipe Corporation
  6. ^ B. J. Ukropina, Bio
  7. ^ California highways and public works
  8. ^ "The Log - Google Books". July 1944. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  9. ^ "United Concrete Pipe". Shipbuildinghistory.com. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  10. ^ CORREGIDOR (IMO 5080457) - General Cargo. "CORREGIDOR (IMO 5080457, General Cargo) - Ship Details and Current Position". Vessel Tracking. Retrieved 2021-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ The Log, Volume 39, July 1944
  12. ^ Tuna Boat by United Concrete Pipe Corporation
  13. ^ "New Tuna Clipper Performs Like Veteran". Pacific Marine Review. July 1946. p. 81.