Ackerman Boat Company

33°36′45″N 117°55′35″W / 33.612506°N 117.926300°W / 33.612506; -117.926300

Landing Craft Mechanized LCM-3 at Battleship Cove, in Fall River, Massachusetts
HDML, Harbour Defence Motor Launch with Royal Australian Navy in Brisbane in 1944
US Army Motor Towing Launch (MTL) Tugs in 1944

Ackerman Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Newport Beach, California. Ackerman Boat Company built small barges in Newport Harbor working with Star D Iron Works, in Santa Ana. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built: US Army Harbor Tugboats and US Navy Landing Craft Mechanized Model LCM Mark 3. Clarence Ackerman started the Ackerman Boat Company was in 1943. Ackerman Boat Company worked with Consolidated Steel's Wilmington shipyard to build the Tugboat and Landing Craft. Near the end of the war, Ackerman sold the yard to Consolidated Steel but purchased it back in 1947. Ackerman sold the shipyard in 1958. The shipyard was at 151 Shipyard Way, Newport Beach on the Lido Peninsula at the corner of Rhine Place. The current site has been the Newport Harbor Shipyard since 1981, which repairs and restoration of yachts.[1][2]

Notable ships

  • Four HDML, Harbour Defence Motor Launch, Motor Launch that had a displacement of 46 tons, a length of 72-feet, crew of 10 men. Armed with one 3 or 4-pounder gun and four .303 AA guns. Had a top speed of 11 knots with a Diesel engine with 300 to 480 HP.[3][4][5][6]
  • Small US Army MTL Harbor Tugboats, 14 model 324-A with a length of 47 feet, a beam of 12 feet. MTL is for Motor Towing Launch.
  • Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 3, LCM (3) with a displacement of 52 tons full, 23 tons light. LCM Mark 3 are a length of 50 feet (15 m), a beam of 14 feet (4.3 m), a draft of 3 feet (0.91 m) (forward); 4 feet (1.2 m) (aft). LCM(3) as a top speed of 8 knots (9.2 mph) full and 11 knots (13 mph) lite. Armed with two .50-cal M2 Browning machine guns, manned by a crew of 4. The cargo hold has a max capacity of one 30-ton tank (e.g. M4 Sherman) or 60 troops, or 60,000 lb (27,000 kg) of cargo.[7]
  • US Army TP Harbor Tug with displacement 185 tons gross, a length of 96 feet, a beam 25 feet, a draft of 11 feet, Power one Fairbanks–Morse six cylinder diesel engine to a single propeller with 450 shp. The TP Hull classification symbol is for "Tug/Passenger". The US Army had 43 of this 96-foot tugs built for World War 2, Ackerman Boat Company built 15 of them.[8][9][10][11][12]

Ackerman Boat Company

Ackerman Boat Company boats built in 1943 and 1944:

Ship ID Name Owner Type Length - Feet Delivered Notes
284507 MTL 1232 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Lohilani
255210 MTL 1233 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Kolomona
261139 MTL 1234 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Ehukai, Little Toot, now Claire
MTL 1235 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943
250689 MTL 1236 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Wanda K
MTL 1237 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943
LCM(3) US Navy Lndg. Craft 53 1943 Quantity built not known
HDML 1348 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand
HDML 1349 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand
HDML 1350 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand
HDML 1351 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand
260751 TP 107 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 Sold and renamed Daring, Anna Gore, Seaspan Daring
TP 108 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 109 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 110 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 111 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 renamed to Tartar, Bill Clark, Pacific Explorer
TP 112 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 113 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 114 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 115 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 116 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 117 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 118 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 Renamed to Pacific, Edith Foss, Mavis Lynn
TP 119 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 120 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
TP 121 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944
245601 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Nyna Rose
245892 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed New Home
245994 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Thelma Kay
246519 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Two Nancies
246806 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Norman H
286909 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed H F Lauritzen
289913 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Tug 1061, now Viking
557968 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Dixie Diver
270852 TP US Army Harbor Tug 90 1944 Sold and renamed Tiger-Horse

Consolidated Steel

Consolidated Steel boats with Consolidated Steel hull #, built in 1945 and 1946:

Hull # Ship ID Name Owner Type Tons Feet Delivered Notes
1320 248085 Edward J. Engel Atchison Topeka RR Tug 386 141 May-45 renamed to Respect, sank in Oakland in 2007
1347 248441 Princess Pat Otto C. Kiessig Trawler 238 90 Jul-45
1348 249580 Lou Jean Luigi Guidi Trawler 260 90 1945
1349 250247 Sport Fisher IV Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 63 61 1946
1350 251893 Sport Fisher VI Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 14 43 1946
1351 249889 Fatima Cosimo Cutri Trawler 251 90 1946 renamed to Sun Padre
1518 251344 American Boy Joaquim Canas Tuna Boat 360 116 Dec 1946 Foundered in 1966
1519 251696 Conte di Savoia Tuna Boat 363 116 Dec 1946 renamed to Emperador Azteca in 1961

Ackerman Boat Company

Ackerman Boat Company built from 1944 to 1957:

Ship ID Name Owner Type Tons Feet Delivered Notes
246054 Blanch Leo Claude C. Withers Fishing 18 39 1944
246110 Endeavor Joseph Randazzo Fishing 44 57 1944
246873 Island Girl C. E. Ackerman Yacht 20 38 1944
247282 Clara Marie Giuseppe Mangiapane Fishing 73 57 1945
247499 La Belle William B. Crofton Fishing 73 57 1945
248036 Rose Ann Tony Tarantino Fishing 73 57 1945
248103 Offshore Frank J. Hall Passenger 14 42 1945
248310 Trojan Sam C. Meserve Fishing 42 51 1945
248370 Joann Marie Pietro Sanfilippo Fishing 37 51 1945
248548 U.S. Republic George V. Castagnola Fishing 38 50 1945
248782 Zootzine II Keith F. Rima Fishing 25 50 1945
249608 Skip-Along Walter E. Pruessing Passenger 14 39 1946
249975 San Michele Erwin A. Pierson Fishing 11 36 1946
250018 Kathie Jane Ralph F. Osterode Fishing 31 42 1946
250020 Renown Tom A. Zarkos Fishing 14 39 1946
251001 St. Rita Donald Corona Fishing 23 41 1946
251779 Mary Ann Fishing 109 68 1947
252831 Loretta Marie Fishing 25 41 1947
253118 Alalunga Passenger 86 61 1947
254831 San Mateo Fishing 14 43 1948
255378 Wave Walker Fishing 20 38 1948
258073 Amada Fishing 11 33 1949
273754 Red's Rogue Recreational 15 35 1957
281616 Angelina Recreational 17 37 1957
289711 Madam Recreational 15 35 1957
290820 Against the Wind Recreational 15 37 1956
502197 Kaomi Recreational 15 35 1956
517337 Golden Wings Recreational 19 40 1956
522757 Miracle Recreational 16 40 1957
529865 Concubine Recreational 15 35 1956
532262 Owlheart Recreational 15 35 1957 renamed Nokomis

See also

References

  1. ^ Ackerman Boat Company shipbuildinghistory.com
  2. ^ Newport Newport Harbor Shipyard, Website
  3. ^ boat.net
  4. ^ HDML Manga > Haimoana, April 26, 2020
  5. ^ WWII Construction by Other Boatbuilders on the Pacific Coast shipbuildinghistory.com
  6. ^ HMNZS Kuparu HDML, 2018
  7. ^ "Exhibits at Battleship Cove". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  8. ^ USAV TP-123 navsource.org
  9. ^ U.S. Army Tug-Transports (T, TP) shipbuildinghistory.com
  10. ^ TP-111 tugboatinformation.com
  11. ^ TP 107 - Daring tugboatinformation.com
  12. ^ TP-118 tugboatinformation.com