Moore Shipbuilding Company.

History

Agency History The Moore Dry Dock Company was established as the Moore & Scott Iron Works in 1905; changed to the Moore Shipbuilding Company at the start of World War One in 1917, and became Moore Dry Dock Company in 1923. With a long history of steel shipbuilding, the Moore Dry Dock Company, along with the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, was one of two major Bay Area shipyards that had participated in the 1917 wartime shipbuilding program, survived the Great Depression and could provide the experience for supplying the United States government's maritime demands during World War II. The company ceased operations in 1961 and was sold to Flug and Strassler, which was subsequently sold to Schnitzer Steel.

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