Kyle and Company

Kyle & Company or Kyle & Co was a steel shipbuilding company in Stockton, California. To support the World War II demand for ships Kyle & Company built: coastal tankers and Type B ship deck barges. Kyle & Company was opened as a manufacturer of steel products and build ships for the war. After World War II, the shipyard closed in 1950 and was purchased by Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. Kyle & Company also made steel products in Fresno and Sacramento. The shipyard was located on the Stockton Channel at 348 North Harrison Street, now a parking lot near Banner Stadium and Stockton Arena. The Kyle & Company shipyard was on the deepwater port on the Stockton Ship Channel of the Pacific Ocean and an inland port located more than seventy nautical miles from the ocean, on the Stockton Channel and San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel (before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay).shipbuildinghistory.com Kyle & Company

Coastal tanker Kyle and Company coastal tankers had a displacement of 484 tons, length of 162 feet, beam of 27 feet, a draft of 13 feet, top speed of 9 kts, and crew of 23, including gun crew of 6. The tanker had two single 20mm AA guns and fuel cargo capacity of 280,000 gal. It was powered by one 6-cyl diesel engine, with a single screw and had 400 shp.NavSource US Army Coastal Tanker Y-29NavSource US Army Coastal Tanker Y-35NavSource US Army Coastal Tanker Y-31

Deck barge Kyle and Company built deck barges that had a length of 110 feet, a beam of 35 feet, a draft of 6 feet, light displacement of 170 tons, full displacement of 500 tons, and deadweight of 330 tons.US Navy (YC 1686) (ex - YF 1163, ex-YFN 1163)

Ships Original name or # Original owner Type Delivered Notes Tons Feet Hull # Ship ID# O.N. BC 522 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 523 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 524 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 525 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 526 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 527 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 528 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 529 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 530 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 Sold as GC 21 110 253379 BC 531 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 532 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 533 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 534 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BC 535 US Army Deck barge 9/42-12/42 110 BG 1182 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 120 BG 1183 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 Sold as P. S. No. 76 120 250925 BG 1184 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 Sold as ST 20 120 269612 BG 1185 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 Sold as Manson 45 120 269689 BG 1186 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 120 BG 1187 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 120 BG 1188 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 120 BG 1189 US Army Gasoline barge Apr-43 120 Y 28 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 484 162 Y 29 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 Sold 1946 as J. J. Kelly 484 162 255610 Y 30 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 Sold 1946 as Argo 484 162 Y 31 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 To Norway 1946 as Liten 484 162 Y 32 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 To Honduras 1946 as Ana 484 162 Y 33 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 To Norway 1946 as Angelus 484 162 Y 34 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 To Honduras 1946 as Tania 484 162 Y 35 US Army Coastal tanker 1/44-6/44 To the Philippines 1946 as Y 35 484 162 Y 44 US Army Coastal tanker 7/44-9/44 484 162 Y 45 US Army Coastal tanker 7/44-9/44 To the Philippines 1946 as Y 45 484 162 Y 46 US Army Coastal tanker 7/44-9/44 To USAF 1946 as C-50-1171 484 162 YC 1419 US Navy Open lighter 1952 Active 170 110 YFN 1163 US Navy Closed lighter 1952 Active 160 110 YFN 1191 US Navy Closed lighter 1952 Scrapped 1996 140 110 YFNX 30 US Navy Closed lighter 1952 Sold 2007 as Discovery (Panama) 140 110 YO 231 US Navy Tank barge

See also California during World War II Maritime history of California Moore Equipment Company in Stockton Hickinbotham Brothers Shipbuilders in Stockton Wooden boats of World War 2 Cryer & Sons

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