Moore Dry Dock Company

The Estuary's industrial giant: more than a hundred ships in the Second World War alone, and a plans collection now at San Francisco Maritime running from 1768 to 1962.

Founded

1905, as Moore & Scott Iron Works, when Robert S. Moore, Joseph A. Moore and John Thomas Scott bought the National Iron Works at Hunters Point

Moved

To the Oakland Estuary in 1909, acquiring the W. A. Boole & Son shipyard at the foot of Adeline Street

Renamed

Moore Dry Dock Company, 1922

WWII

Over 100 ships — 82 C3 cargo ships, C2s, Ashland-class dock landing ships; 82nd among all US corporations by value of war production contracts

Closed

1961

Archive

Ship plans 1768–1962 and photographs 1878–1933, San Francisco Maritime NHP