Marinship shipyards
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Marinship shipyards was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility in Sausalito, California, known for rapidly producing Liberty ships and tankers for the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marinship Corporation | 1 |
| Marinship shipyards canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II shipbuilding facility
ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Richardson Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
West Coast shipbuilding program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
wartime industrial mobilization ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Maritime Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtForPurpose | emergency wartime ship production ⓘ |
| builtTypeOfShip |
Liberty ship
ⓘ
T2-SE-A2 tanker ⓘ |
| closed | 1945 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1942 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Allied shipping capacity in World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| governedBy | United States Maritime Commission contracts ⓘ |
| heritage | World War II industrial heritage site area ⓘ |
| historicalUse | military production facility ⓘ |
| industry | shipbuilding ⓘ |
| laborIssues | racial discrimination disputes ⓘ |
| legalCaseAssociated | James v. Marinship Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Marin County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Sausalito, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | rapid wartime construction of shipyard on filled tidelands ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rapid mass production of Liberty ships
ⓘ
rapid mass production of T2 tankers ⓘ |
| opened | 1942 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Marinship Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bechtel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States World War II emergency shipbuilding program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakActivity | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
construction of Liberty ships
ⓘ
construction of oil tankers ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific theater logistics ⓘ |
| served |
United States Merchant Marine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorUse | industrial and commercial area in Sausalito ⓘ |
| transportAccess | Northwestern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workforceIncluded |
African American workers
ⓘ
migrant workers ⓘ women ⓘ |
| workforceType | civilian ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
T2 tanker
this entity surface form:
Marinship Corporation