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
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 IDNameOwnerTypeLength - FeetDeliveredNotes
284507MTL 1232US ArmyHarbor Tug471943Sold and renamed Lohilani
255210MTL 1233US ArmyHarbor Tug471943Sold and renamed Kolomona
261139MTL 1234US ArmyHarbor Tug471943Sold and renamed Ehukai, Little Toot, now Claire
MTL 1235US ArmyHarbor Tug471943
250689MTL 1236US ArmyHarbor Tug471943Sold and renamed Wanda K
MTL 1237US ArmyHarbor Tug471943
LCM(3)US NavyLndg. Craft531943Quantity built not known
HDML 1348US NavyLaunch721943To New Zealand
HDML 1349US NavyLaunch721943To New Zealand
HDML 1350US NavyLaunch721943To New Zealand
HDML 1351US NavyLaunch721943To New Zealand
260751TP 107US ArmyHarbor Tug961944Sold and renamed Daring, Anna Gore, Seaspan Daring
TP 108US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 109US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 110US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 111US ArmyHarbor Tug961944renamed to Tartar, Bill Clark, Pacific Explorer
TP 112US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 113US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 114US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 115US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 116US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 117US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 118US ArmyHarbor Tug961944Renamed to Pacific, Edith Foss, Mavis Lynn
TP 119US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 120US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
TP 121US ArmyHarbor Tug961944
245601MTL ?US ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed Nyna Rose
245892MTL ?US ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed New Home
245994MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed Thelma Kay
246519MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed Two Nancies
246806MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed Norman H
286909MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed H F Lauritzen
289913MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471943Sold and renamed Tug 1061, now Viking
557968MTLUS ArmyHarbor Tug471944Sold and renamed Dixie Diver
270852TPUS ArmyHarbor Tug901944Sold and renamed Tiger-Horse

Consolidated Steel

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

Hull #Ship IDNameOwnerTypeTonsFeetDeliveredNotes
1320 248085Edward J. EngelAtchison Topeka RRTug386141May-45renamed to Respect, sank in Oakland in 2007
1347 248441Princess PatOtto C. KiessigTrawler23890Jul-45
1348 249580Lou JeanLuigi GuidiTrawler260901945
1349 250247Sport Fisher IVOtto C. KiessigPassenger63611946
1350 251893Sport Fisher VIOtto C. KiessigPassenger14431946
1351 249889FatimaCosimo CutriTrawler251901946renamed to Sun Padre
1518 251344American BoyJoaquim CanasTuna Boat360116Dec 1946Foundered in 1966
1519 251696Conte di SavoiaTuna Boat363116Dec 1946renamed to Emperador Azteca in 1961

Ackerman Boat Company

Ackerman Boat Company built from 1944 to 1957:

Ship IDNameOwnerTypeTonsFeetDeliveredNotes
246054 Blanch LeoClaude C. WithersFishing18391944
246110 EndeavorJoseph RandazzoFishing44571944
246873 Island GirlC. E. AckermanYacht20381944
247282 Clara MarieGiuseppe MangiapaneFishing73571945
247499 La BelleWilliam B. CroftonFishing73571945
248036 Rose AnnTony TarantinoFishing73571945
248103 OffshoreFrank J. HallPassenger14421945
248310 TrojanSam C. MeserveFishing42511945
248370 Joann MariePietro SanfilippoFishing37511945
248548 U.S. RepublicGeorge V. CastagnolaFishing38501945
248782 Zootzine IIKeith F. RimaFishing25501945
249608 Skip-AlongWalter E. PruessingPassenger14391946
249975 San MicheleErwin A. PiersonFishing11361946
250018 Kathie JaneRalph F. OsterodeFishing31421946
250020 RenownTom A. ZarkosFishing14391946
251001 St. RitaDonald CoronaFishing23411946
251779 Mary AnnFishing109681947
252831 Loretta MarieFishing25411947
253118 AlalungaPassenger86611947
254831 San MateoFishing14431948
255378 Wave WalkerFishing20381948
258073 AmadaFishing11331949
273754 Red's RogueRecreational15351957
281616 AngelinaRecreational17371957
289711 MadamRecreational15351957
290820 Against the WindRecreational15371956
502197 KaomiRecreational15351956
517337 Golden WingsRecreational19401956
522757 MiracleRecreational16401957
529865 ConcubineRecreational15351956
532262 OwlheartRecreational15351957renamed 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
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