Hunt Marine Service and Hunt Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Richmond, California. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built 13 craft for the U.S. Army and five craft for the U.S. Navy. These ships were assigned to the Pacific War where they transported supplies and personnel around the island hopping campaign. The shipyard was located at the Richmond Inner Harbor in the same cannel as Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard. The address was 790 Wright Ave, Richmond on the Parr Canal. Hunt Boat Company was founded by R. J Hunt a Naval Architect. Before and after the war, Hunt built stock and custom-built speed boats and cabin cruisers. The stock boat was 30-foot cruiser.The Log, Volume 39, page 254The Log, Volume 41, Page 189Pacific War shipbuildinghistory
Rescue Boats
Built 42 foot Crash rescue boats for Army Air Forces Air-Sea-Rescue Boat design 221, gasoline-powered, with twin screws, built in 1943. These used two Hall-Scott/Hudson Invader Marine Engine or a Kermath Sea Ranger 6 Marine engine. This was the smallest size Rescue Boats, the large boats were 63 or 85 or 104 feet.Rescue Boats shipbuildinghistoryThe Five Basic Groups of Rescue Boats uscrashboats.org P-256 P-257 P-258 P-259 P-260 P-261 Later renamed Patono
Patrol boat Built US Army 42 foot, patrol boats and command boats, design 221-B, in 1944 (utility boats), same specs as Crash rescue boats: US Army patrol boats shipbuildinghistory J-1363 J-1364 J-1365 J-1366 J-1367 J-1368 J-1369 J-1370 J-1371 J-1372 J-1373 J-1374
Tugboats Built Army Transportation Service Tugboats Design 329, at 36 feet in 1943. U.S. Army Marine Tractors or Motor Towboat MT:U.S. Army Marine Tractors (MT, MTL) shipbuildinghistory
MT 383 MT 384 MT 385 MT 386 MT 387 MT 388 MT 389
See also California during World War II Maritime history of California
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