California Shipbuilding Corporation
- California Shipbuilding Corporation
California Shipbuilding Corporation built 467 Liberty and Victory ships during World War II, including "Haskell"-class attack transports. California Shipbuilding Corporation was often referred to as Calship [cite web |url= http://www.usmm.net/l/calship.html |title= Liberty Ships built by California Shipbuilding Corp., Terminal Island, for U. S. Maritime Commission 1941-1945 |accessdate= 2006-10-07 ] . The "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" sometimes refers to this shipyard as California Shipbuilding Co., but Co [mpany] appears to be an error.
The Calship shipyard was created at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California, USA as part of the WWII shipbuilding effort. It was initially 8 ways, and increased to 14. After the war it was liquidated. Calship was sited on the East Basin side of Terminal Island, north of Dock Street. [cite web |url= http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlateUS-31580.htm |title= Los Angeles 1943 Pocket Atlas |accessdate= 2007-11-25]
The surviving museum ships: "American Victory" and "Lane Victory", were built in the Calship yard.
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* [http://library.csun.edu/Collections/SCA/UAC/FG/calship.html California Shipbuilding Corporation Collection]
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