Bethlehem Steel Corporation Yard, San Pedro, California
E.M. Young - Christened/Launched the ship 12 Sept-43
CY Hull #: 9016
CY Keel Laid: 3-18-43
CY Launched: 9-12-43
CY Commissioned: 12-31-43
CY Time to Build: 288days - 9 ½ Months to Build (700dayPrewar)
Cassin Young Sisters Built in San Pedro:
|
Hull # |
Name |
DD-# |
Delivery |
Disposition |
|
9001 |
Boyd |
544 |
8-May-43 |
To Turkey as Iskenderun (D 343) 1969, struck 1981 |
|
9002 |
Bradford |
545 |
12-Jun-43 |
To Greece as Thyella (D 28) 1962, struck 1981 |
|
9003 |
Brown |
546 |
10-Jul-43 |
To Greece as Navarinon (D 63) 1962, struck 1981 |
|
9004 |
Cowell |
547 |
23-Aug-43 |
To Argentina as Almirante Storni (D 24) 1971, struck 1982 |
|
9013 |
Hopewell |
681 |
30-Sep-43 |
Sunk as target 1972 |
|
9014 |
Porterfield |
682 |
30-Oct-43 |
Target hulk 1976 |
|
9015 |
Callaghan |
792 |
27-Nov-43 |
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa 1945 |
|
9016 |
Cassin Young |
793 |
31-Dec-43 |
Memorial in Charlestown MA 1981 |
|
9017 |
Irwin |
794 |
14-Feb-44 |
To Brazil as Santa Caterina (D 32) 1968, struck 1978 |
|
9018 |
Preston |
795 |
20-Mar-44 |
To Turkey as Icel (D 344) 1969, struck 1981 |
City: San Pedro, CA
Ship Yard: Bethlehem Steel
Fastest Ship Built: USS Norris in 253 days
Yard History:
Bethlehem Steel’s San Pedro shipyard at Terminal Island was located within the Ports of San Pedro (Los Angeles Harbor) and Long Beach in San Pedro Bay, California, near the permanent home of the Queen Mary.
Here at Berth 240, Southwest Shipbuilding was founded in 1917, leased by Bethlehem in 1921 and purchased in 1925. A ship repair facility for most of its existence, it was one of several yards provided with Maritime Administration funds to build ships for World War II.
Beginning in 1940, the yard built 26 destroyers:
- Four Benson-class warships
- Ten Fletcher-class warships
- Eight Allen G. Sumner-class destroyers
- Four Gearings-class vessels
Three of San Pedro’s four Bensons took more than a year to launch. The Fletchers, Sumners and Gearings all took much less. Minimum time to commissioning was set with the last ship completed before VJ day, Norris at 253 days.
After the war, shipbuilding was discontinued but repair and other facilities were maintained.
In 1981, Bethlehem Steel sold the yard to Southwest Marine, Inc. which continues to operate it today.
San Pedro Yard Circa: 1945
