Nordberg Manufacturing Company
Nordberg Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of steam engines, large diesel engines, pumps, hoists and compressors for the mining and quarry industries located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nordberg's distinctive design of diesel pancake engine, used for pumping
Type C1 was a designation for cargo ships built for the United States Maritime Commission before and during World War II. Total production was 493 ships built from 1940 to 1945. The first C1 types were the smallest of the three original Maritime Commission designs, meant for shorter routes where high speed and capacity were less important. Only a handful were delivered prior to Pearl Harbor. But many C1-A and C1-B ships were already in the works and were delivered during 1942. Many were converted to military purposes including troop transports during the war.
Type C1-A freighter, USS Fomalhaut
USS Cyrene
USS Auriga during World War II
The "Spar Hitch", C1-M-AV1, captained by Carl, E. Peterson, New York, N.Y., in background, is the first big ship to enter Naha Harbor, Okinawa, August 9, 1945.