The Western Pipe and Steel Company was an American manufacturing company that is best remembered today for its construction of ships for the Maritime Commission in World War II. It also built ships fo
West Avenal, one of the ships built by Western Pipe & Steel for the US Shipping Board in WWI
Penstocks at the Grand Coulee Dam's third powerhouse
South San Francisco shipyard
USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281), one of seven Wind class icebreakers built by Western Pipe & Steel
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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 wer
Western Pipe and Steel Company
…89th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. The company's first bid - for the production of five C1 type cargo vessels - proved successful, and in October 1939 a $10 million contract was signed. Along with the contract came a government grant of $400,000…
Type C1-A freighter, USS Fomalhaut
USS Cyrene
USS Auriga during World War II
Type C1-B James Lykes in Antwerp