Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California. In 1905, Robert S. Moore, his brother Joseph A. Moore, and John Thomas Scott purchased the National Iron Works located in the Hunter's Point section of San Francisco, and founded a new company, the Moore & Scott Iron Works Moore had previously been vice president of the Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco. Scott was nephew to Henry T. and Irving M. Scott, owners of the nearby Union Iron Works, where John had risen from apprentice to superintendent. Their new business was soon destroyed by fire resulting from the San Francisco earthquake.

In 1909, Moore and Scott decided to move across the Bay, and so purchased the W. A. Boole & Son Shipyard, located in Oakland at the foot of Adeline Street along the Oakland Estuary.

In 1917, Moore bought out Scott and changed the business name to Moore Shipbuilding Company. Henry T. Scott and John T. Scott tried to establish a rival business with the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company, an enterprise that eventually did not outlive the World War I shipbuilding boom. The Design 1015 ship was also called the Moore & Scott Type.

In 1922, Moore Shipbuilding renamed to the Moore Dry Dock Company, operating primarily as a repair yard, amidst a severe lack of demand for new construction in the 1920s and early 1930s. Its shipbuilding capabilities were again promptly expanded for the World War II boom, providing over 100 ships for the U.S. Navy and merchant marine.Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 261, 265, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. . Moore ranked 82nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School. p. 619 Shipbuilding ceased at war's end, but repair operations continued.

In 1950, the Moore facility was the target of a union picket when sailors were having a dispute with a ship owner whose ship was in Moore's dry dock at the time. The court battle which ensued eventually led to the Moore Dry Dock Standards for Primary Picketing at a Secondary Site (Sailors' Union of the Pacific (Moore Dry Dock Co.), 92 NLRB 547, 27 LRRM 1108 (1950)).Rainsberger, Paul K. Federal Labor Laws, XXVIII. Common Situs Picketing , University of Missouri – Labor Education Program. Revised, February 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

Moore Dry Dock Company ceased operations in 1961. Its site at Adeline Street on the Oakland Estuary was acquired by Schnitzer Steel (now Radius Recycling).

W. A. Boole & Son

18 May 1901, the Lahaina, the first ship built in Oakland, is launched from the yard of W. A. Boole & Son at the foot of Adeline street. Adeline street is at the easternmost part of the property that later makes up Moore.

June 1901, a 3000-ton marine railway built by H. I. Crandall & Son of Massachusetts becomes operational in the Boole shipyard.

26 March 1909, it is announced that Moore & Scott have acquired the Boole shipyard for ca. $500,000.

Yard# Owner Type Name Launched Notes (1) Hind, Rolph & Co 4-mast barkentine Lahaina 18 May 01 4-mast barkentine Koko Head 11 Jan 02 W. A. Gray passenger+cargo steam schooner Prentiss Hind, Rolph & Co 4-mast barkentine Makaweli 10 May 02 Santa Fe Railroad Co. tug A. H. Payson 21 Jun 02 Hind, Rolph & Co 4-mast barkentine Puako 18 Oct 02 United States Revenue Cutter Service wooden-hulled revenue cutter Arcata 3 Jan 03 North Shore RR Co. stern wheel steam ferry Lagunitas 31 Jan 03 twin-screw gasoline schooner Expansion 7 Feb 04 W. H. Marston 800hp oil burning 3-exp schooner Sibyl Marston 29 Jun 07 wrecked 12 January 1909

World War 1 For World War 1 Moore Shipbuilding Company built for the US Shipping Board a number of ships, including some that become Empire ships: Yard# USSB# Name Owner Type Tons Delivered Notes 12 Sagaland / Mount Shasta US Shipping Board / Requisition Cargo 4,729 1-Dec-17 Sunk as target 1931 113 War Bay / Coronado 5,989 15-Jan-18 Scrapped in 1937 114 Nordgren / Yosemite 6,077 3-Feb-18 Scrapped in 1938 115 War Buoy / Yellowstone 6,171 20-Apr-18 Wrecked in the Azores 1920 116 War Beacon / Pasadena 6,002 11-May-18 Scrapped in 1936 117 War Breeze / Oakland 6,002 30-May-18 Scrapped in 1933 118 War Coast / Fresno 6,002 21-Jun-18 Scrapped in 1936 119 143 Shintaka / Alloway US Shipping Board / Contract 1015 Cargo 6,113 5-Jul-18 Wrecked in the Ugamaks 1929 120 144 Aniwa 6,012 24-Jul-18 Scrapped in 1929 121 145 Oskawa 1015 Reefer 6,100 6-Jan-19 To Britain as "Empire Raven" 1942, "Southern Raven" 1948, Scrapped in 1952 122 146 Yamhill 6,101 21-Sep-18 renamed "Arctic" 1921, Scrapped in 1946 123 147 Yaquina 6,100 14-Feb-19 To USN as "Boreas" (AF 8) 1921, Scrapped in 1946 124 148 Guimba 6,100 7-Jun-19 To Britain as "Empire Merganser" 1942, renamed "Ketos" 1947, exploded and sank 1951 125 149 Zaca 1015 Cargo 6,165 30-Dec-18 Burnt off Trinidad 1920, Scrapped in 1924 126 150 Zirkel 6,073 27-Sep-18 Scrapped in 1929 127 151 Kamesit 6,070 29-Jan-19 Scrapped in 1930 128 152 Keketticut 6,072 7-Jun-19 Scrapped in 1930 129 1015 Chipchung 6,163 7-Jun-19 Scrapped in 1929 130 1016 Mulpua 6,139 14-Jun-19 Scrapped in 1929 131 1017 Monasses 1015 Reefer 5,983 19-Jul-19 To Britain 1942 as "Empire Whimbrel", torpedoed and lost 11 April 1943 132 1018 Tuckanuck 1015 Cargo 6,001 24-Jul-19 Scrapped in 1929 133 1019 Cotati 1015 Reefer 5,963 26-Aug-19 To Britain 1942 as "Empire Avocet", torpedoed and lost 29 September 1942 134 1020 Nokatay 1015 Cargo 6,036 27-Sep-19 Scrapped in 1929 135 1021 Nockum 1015 Reefer 6,024 31-Dec-19 To Britain 1941 as "Empire Starling", torpedoed and lost 1942"Empire Starling", Uboat.net 136 1022 Mehanno 5,969 12-Mar-20 To USN as USS Yukon (AF-9) 1921, Scrapped in 1946 137 1023 Naugus 1015 Cargo 6,037 22-Apr-20 Scrapped in 1930 138 1024 Quilliwark 6,034 26-Jun-20 Scrapped in 1929 139 1025 Imlay 1041 Tanker 7,005 26-Sep-19 renamed "R. M. Parker, Jr." 1941, torpedoed and lost 1942"R. M. Parker, Jr.", Uboat.net 140 1025 Miskianza 6,910 3-Feb-20 renamed "Gulf of Venezuela" 1925, Scrapped in 1950 141 1027 Quabbin 7,017 24-Mar-20 renamed "Cape Cod" 1923, "Emma H. Coppedge" 1926, "Oregon" 1929, shelled and lost 1942 142 1028 Nebagamon / City of Reno 7,004 17-May-20 renamed "Tejon" 1923, Scrapped in 1947 143 1029 Begwaduce / Salina 7,311 25-Jun-20 renamed "Garnet Hulings" 1928, Scrapped in 1954 144 1030 Sapulpa 7,311 28-Jul-20 renamed "Cape Ann" 1923, "Helen Olmsted" 1927, "Washington" 1929, "San Nicolas" 1946, "Norma" 1947, Scrapped in 1955 145 2233 Jalapa 1015 cargo 6,085 2-Oct-20 renamed "Klamath" 1940, to Russia 1943 as "Lunacharski", Scrapped in 1960 146 2234 Mosella 6,034 31-Aug-20 To Britain 1941 as "Empire Heron", torpedoed and lost 1941 147 2235 Janelew 6,085 30-Oct-20 To Britain 1941 as "Empire Plover", renamed "Plover" 1949, "Marianne" 1951, "Nicolas" 1956, Scrapped in 1958 148 2236 Mursa 6,085 15-Oct-20 renamed "General M. H. Sherman" 1928, "Kainalu" 1938, to Britain 1940 as "Pachesham", "Fenix" 1948, "Nisshu Maru" 1951, Scrapped in 1961 149 2237 Narbo 6,085 30-Nov-20 Wrecked in The Bahamas and Scrapped in 1945 150 2238 Narcissus 6,085 30-Dec-20 renamed "Potlatch" 1940, torpedoed and lost 1942 151 2227 Meton 1041 Tanker 7,311 15-Jul-20 Torpedoed and lost 1942 152 2228 Mevania 7,311 17-Aug-20 renamed "Vincenzia" 1944, "Aurania" 1947, "Pamavi" 1956, Scrapped in 1959 153 2229 Stockton 7,294 25-Sep-20 renamed "Walter Miller" 1928, "Olney" 1935, Scrapped in 1947 154 2862 Bohemian Club 6,882 24-Jul-21 Scrapped in 1947 155 2863 Tustem 6,882 30-Jul-21 Scrapped in 1946 156 2864 Lubrico 7,095 19-Aug-21 renamed "R. J. Hanna" 1936, Scrapped in 1947

World War 2 For the US war effort, Moore Dry Dock Company built: Type C3-class cargo ships. 82 of 328 type C2 United States Maritime Commission cargo designs C2-S-A1 and C2-S-B1. Some were converted to AP Troopships. Ashland-class dock landing ships, Dock landing ships a type of Amphibious warfare ship. Type R refrigerated cargo ships, also called Reefer ships, design R2-S-BV1. Seaplane derricks, design class YSD-11. A Crane Ship.Seaplane derricks, design YSD, 2db.com 2 of 7 Fulton-class submarine tenders. 5 of 9 Chanticleer-class Submarine rescue ships.

World War 2 Ships