Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company was established in 1942 to build ships needed for World War II. As part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program the US Navy provided some of the capital to start Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding at Stockton, California. The shipyard was located at San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel, near Louis Park. After the war the shipyard closed down in February 1946.
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding's USS Artisan (ABSD-1) with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945
USS Kinkaid (DD-965) in floating drydock Steadfast
AFDM-14 sister ship the USS Resourceful (AFDM-5) and under repair USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) at Subic Bay
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding's USS Silverbell (AN-51) a 1,100 tons Net layer ship in 1945
Stockton Channel is a waterway in California's Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. It runs 2.5 miles from the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel at the Port of Stockton to McLeod Lake in Downtown Stockton. The Stockton Channel is contained by levees, with Miners Levee is on the north side and Tuleburg Levee on the south side. The Mormon Slough branches off the Stockton Channel to the Southeast. The Smith Channel runs parallel to the north of the Stockton Channel. Interstate 5 crosses the Channel at its midpoint.
Stockton Channel at Downtown Stockton's waterfront, June 2013
City of Stockton in 1895, Stockton Channel with steam ships and sailboats
Stockton, circa 1860.
Stockton California 2012 aerial view