Английская Википедия:Harbor Boat Building Company
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Harbor Boat Building Company was a shipbuilding company on Terminal Island in San Pedro, California. To support the World War II demand for ships General Engineering built: minesweepers, torpedo boats, submarine chasers, and air-sea rescue boats. In 1919 Romolo Rados founded Harbor Boat Building. After the war he renamed the company Harco Shipyard and built and sold a standard design motor boat. In 1959 he sold the company to LTV. The shipyard was closed and the company was sold again in 1971 to Omega-Alpha, Inc. The last ship built was in 1965 for the US Navy. The shipyard was located at 263 Wharf St, San Pedro.[1]
Adjutant-class minesweeper
Harbor Boat Building Company built Шаблон:Sclasss, an auxiliary motor minesweepers for the United States Navy and other counties in the 1950s. The Adjutant class had a displacement of Шаблон:Cvt light, Шаблон:Cvt full load, a length of Шаблон:Cvt, a beam of Шаблон:Cvt and a draft of Шаблон:Cvt. Power was from four Packard Шаблон:Cvt diesel engines, Шаблон:Cvt total with two screws and a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. Armed with two [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Шаблон:Cvt Oerlikon cannons]] anti-aircraft (AA) guns. Built: Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS, Aconite (M 640), Azalée (M 668), Camélia (M 671), Ulvsund (M 577), Vilsund (M 578), Geumsan/Kum San (MSC 522), Goheung/Ko Hung (MSC 523), Geumdok/Kum Kok (MSC 525), Yeongdong/Kyong Dong (MSC 529) and Okcheon/Ok Cheon (MSC 530).[2][3]
Pipit-class coastal minesweeper
Harbor Boat Building Company built Pipit-class coastal minesweepers. The ships had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert, a length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert. Power of a diesel engine with one shaft and a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. Armed with two .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns. Built: Шаблон:USS, Шаблон:USS.[4][5]
Yard patrol boat
Harbor Boat Building Company built two yard patrol boats, YP-617 and YP-618. Finished as reefer ships, small refrigerated cargo vessels to supply fresh food to small islands in the South Pacific.[6][7][8] Over 250 tons of refrigerated cargo could be carried in ten wood and four steel refrigerated wells. The ship housed three officers and twenty men. The ships were converted to tuna ships after the war. The boats had a length of Шаблон:Convert, beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. They were armed with three 20 mm AA gun mounts and propelled by a single propeller creating Шаблон:Convert.[9]
Air-sea rescue boat
Harbor Boat Building Company built in 1944 US Navy air-sea rescue boats, also called a crash boat (ARB), were: Model 314 at Шаблон:Convert, length of Шаблон:Convert, beam of Шаблон:Convert, draft of Шаблон:Convert. Powered by Шаблон:Convert Hall-Scott Defender V12 petrol engines with a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. They had a crew of 7 or 8 and were armed with two .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns. The boats had two rigid Шаблон:Convert United States Rubber Company bullet sealing fuel tanks. They were a speed boat used to rescue pilots, crew and passengers from downed aircraft in search and rescue, air-sea rescue missions.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Submarine chaser
Harbor Boat Building Company built submarine chasers that were of the Шаблон:Sclass design. They had a displacement of 94 tons with a length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a draft of Шаблон:Convert, and a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. They had a crew of 28. The sub chasers were powered by two Шаблон:Convert General Motors, Electro-Motive Division, 16-184A diesel engines, and two propellers. They were armed with one Bofors 40 mm gun, two Browning M2 .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y guns", and two depth charge tracks. Some of the submarine chasers were lent to Allies of the United States as part of the Lend-Lease program.[18][19][20]
Motor Torpedo Boat
Harbor Boat Building Company built Motor Torpedo Boats (BPT) in 1943. These had a displacement of 49 tons, a length of Шаблон:Convert, and a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. The BPTs were armed with two [[British 18-inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert torpedoes]], one 20 mm gun and two .303 cal Vickers machine guns. Power was from three Шаблон:Convert Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines with three shafts. Built for the US Navy as BPT boats, they were reclassified to HM MTB for the use as British Motor Torpedo Boats.[21]
Notable incidents
- SC 723 hull# 152, a Шаблон:Convert US Navy sub chaser sank in a typhoon on its way to Taiwan on August 27, 1948. She was commissioned as the USS PC-723 on December 7, 1942.[22]
See also
- California during World War II
- Maritime history of California
- Wooden boats of World War 2
- Cryer & Sons
References
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- ↑ shipbuildinghistory.com, Harbor Boatbuilding
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite DANFSШаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ Navsource.org USS Peacock (MSC-198)
- ↑ Шаблон:DANFS
- ↑ Шаблон:Navsource
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ navsource.org YP-617
- ↑ uscrashboats.org Design & Construction, 63 foot Air-sea rescue boat
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ navy.gov.au, SAR, Air Nymph (ex-HMAS Air Save)
- ↑ Development of the Miami 63-foot Aircraft Rescue Boat by Jean E. Buhler
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ navsource.org Submarine Chaser, SC-723
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ navsource.org Motor Torpedo Boat (BPT) HM MTB-304, ex-BPT-46
- ↑ navsource.org, SC 723
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