Moore Equipment Company

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.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 RuhgeAgricultural Machinery - Calif - Stockton: Moore Equipment Co. calisphereAgricultural Machinery - Calif - Stockton: Moore Equipment Co. Caterpillar tractor calisphereMoore Equipment Company office at 1250 South Wilson Way, Stockton, calisphereFord Richmond Tank Depot

Moore Equipment Company 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 YSD 35 NavSource YSD 36 1943 Lost on 9 August 1946 off OkinawaYSD 36 NavSource YSD 37 1943 Lost off Eniwetok 10 December 1946 YSD 37 NavSource YSD 42 1943 lost off Guam May 1976 YSD 42 NavSource YSD 43 1943 Lost Lost off Eniwetok October 1946 YSD 43 NavSource YSD 44 1943 YSD 44 NavSource YSD 45 1943 YSD 45 NavSource YSD 46 1943 To National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in 1974 YSD 46 NavSource YSD 47 1943 YSD 47 NavSource YSD 48 1943 Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, 9 October 1945, Lost YSD 48 NavSource YSD 49 1943 YSD 49 NavSource YSD 50 1943 YSD 50 NavSource

Landing craft

Moore Equipment Company built Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) Mark 6.State Listing of Major War Supply Contracts Active as of June 30, 1945, By United States. War Production BoardSmall Landing Craft - LCM shipbuildinghistory.comA Study and Investigation of the National Defense Program, Volumes 30-37, page 2584 Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 6 had:Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 6 Power plant: 2 Detroit 6-71 diesel engines; sustained; twin shaft; or 2 Detroit 8V-71 diesel engines; sustained; twin shaft Length: Beam: Displacement: 64 tons (65 metric tons) full load Speed: Range: at Military lift: 34 tons (34.6 metric tons) or 80 troops Crew: 5

Barges 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.YC-1089 NavSource YC-1090 YC barges shipbuildinghistory YC-1091 YC-1092

See also California during World War II Maritime history of California Wooden boats of World War 2

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