Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
{{Short description|Shipbuilding company}}
{{see also|List of structures on Elliott Bay}}
{{Infobox company
| founded = 1898
| fate = Acquired by Lockheed Martin in 1959
| successor = Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company
}}
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was a major shipbuilding and construction company, located in Seattle, Washington, on the southwestern corner of Harbor Island, an artificial island in Elliott Bay. The Bridge and Dredging Company created the island, completing its construction in 1909. It established itself in 1898 and engaged in construction projects around the United States and shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy during and after World War II. During the war it also operated under the name Associated Shipbuilders in a joint venture with the nearby Lake Union Dry Dock Company.{{cite web | url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/lockheed.htm | title=Lockheed Shipbuilding Puget Sound Bridge }} In 1959 Lockheed purchased the shipyard and it became the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company.[http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7181 HistoryLink.org "McCurdy, H. W. (1899-1989)"] The Yard was permanently closed in 1987.
Construction and shipbuilding
During its 61-year history as Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, the firm completed many major construction projects.
= Ships =
- The Governor Pingree was the company’s first vessel built, in 1898. The ship was a 140-foot, flat-bottomed stern-wheeler built for use in the Yukon gold trade.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/lockheed.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company"]
- Two 5,400-ton steam-driven, wooden cargo vessels: Broxton and Snoqualmie (1918). Originally built for service in World War I but completed too late for war service. Later served in Pacific trade between British Columbia and Australia.{{cite web |title=Pirate: At the Center for Wooden Boats "WoodenBoat, #137, July/August 1997" |url=http://www.r-boat.org/html/geary/skahill1/skahill1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209184231/http://www.r-boat.org/html/geary/skahill1/skahill1.html |archive-date=2012-02-09}}
- More than 2,000 vessels and 100 steel ships for the U.S. Navy during and after World War II. One of the notable Navy ships built by Puget Sound was the USS Turner Joy, one of two U.S. Navy destroyers involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964.[http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/boatbuilders/shipyards/pugetsound.htm Maritime Business Strategies "Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, Seattle WA: WWII Construction Record"]{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/shipyards/inactive/pacific/lockheed.htm Maritime Business Strategies "Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle WA Post-WWII Construction Record"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130063615/http://coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/shipyards/inactive/pacific/lockheed.htm|date=2007-11-30}}
- Several large ferries for the Washington State Ferry System{{cite web |title=Washington State Department of Transportation: Washington State Ferries: History |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/index.cfm?fuseaction=our_history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610174933/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/index.cfm?fuseaction=our_history |archive-date=2011-06-10}}
== World War II List of Ships ==
- 4 of 30 {{sclass|Barnegat|seaplane tender}}s
- {{USS|Rockaway|AVP-29|3}} ... {{USS|Yakutat|AVP-32|3}}
- 14 of 123 {{sclass|Admirable|minesweeper}}s
- {{USS|Signet|AM-302|3}} ... {{USS|Superior|AM-311|3}}
- {{USS|Execute|AM-232|3}} ... {{USS|Fixity|AM-235|3}}
- 16 of 95 {{sclass|Auk|minesweeper}}s
- {{USS|Spear|AM-322}} ... {{USS|Vigilance|AM-324}}
- {{HMS|Catherine|J12|6}}(BAM-9) ... {{HMS|Elfreda|J402|6}}(BAM-16)
- {{HMS|Fairy|J403|6}}(BAM-25) ... {{HMS|Garnet|J407|6}}(BAM-29)
- 3 Tugs
- 25 Barges
= Other constructions =
- Harbor Island in Seattle (1909). Until 1938, it was the largest artificial island in the world, and is still the largest artificial island in the United States.[http://www.ead.ae/en/?T=2&ID=386 Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi "Technologies: Harbor Island"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613091417/http://www.ead.ae/en/?T=2&ID=386 |date=2007-06-13 }}
- A large system of irrigation canals known as the Umatilla Project in northwestern Oregon (1906){{cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/projects/oregon/umatilla/history.html |title=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation "The Umatilla Project" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514211737/https://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/projects/oregon/umatilla/history.html |archive-date=2009-05-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/umatilla.html |title=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation "Umatilla Basin Project" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513014539/http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/umatilla.html |archive-date=2009-05-13}}
- The original 5-story King County courthouse in Seattle (1914)[http://www.metrokc.gov/history.html King County, Washington "Courthouse History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117212548/http://www.metrokc.gov/history.html |date=2008-01-17 }}
- Husky Stadium at the University of Washington in Seattle (1920){{Cite web |url=http://gohuskies.cstv.com/facilities/wash-husky-stadium.html |title=GoHuskies.com "Husky Stadium" |access-date=2008-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213170143/http://gohuskies.cstv.com/facilities/wash-husky-stadium.html |archive-date=2007-02-13 |url-status=dead }}
- Construction of a large dam for "Lake Dallas" in Denton County, Texas (1924)
- The harbor of Port Townsend, Washington (1931)[http://www.portofpt.com/history.htm Port of Port Townsend "Port History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118081206/http://www.portofpt.com/history.htm |date=2008-01-18 }}
- The first Lake Washington Floating Bridge (1940)
- Rebuilding railroad locomotives (1949–52)[http://www.berail.be/usa/rs1/index.html NMBS Additions "History of the ALCO-GE 127 ton DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES RSD-1"]
- The first Hood Canal Floating Bridge (1961)[http://washingtonlink.org/this_week/thisweek2006/thisweek08_10_2006.cfm HistoryLink.org "Buoys in the Hood"]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203821/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/lockheed.htm Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle WA]
See also
- :Category:Ships built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company: includes ships built during the PSB&D era
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation#Shipbuilding in Puget Sound
References
{{Reflist}}Denton Record Chronicle: October 4, 1924 - p. 4
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