Ackerman Boat Company was a wooden shipbuilding company in Newport Beach, California. Ackerman Boat Company built small barges in Newport Harbor working with Star D Iron Works, in Santa Ana. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built: US Army Harbor Tugboats and US Navy Landing Craft Mechanized Model LCM Mark 3. Clarence Ackerman started the Ackerman Boat Company was in 1943. Ackerman Boat Company worked with Consolidated Steel's Wilmington shipyard to build the Tugboat and Landing Craft. Near the end of the war, Ackerman sold the yard to Consolidated Steel but purchased it back in 1947. Ackerman sold the shipyard in 1958. The shipyard was at 151 Shipyard Way, Newport Beach on the Lido Peninsula at the corner of Rhine Place. The current site has been the Newport Harbor Shipyard since 1981, which repairs and restoration of yachts.Ackerman Boat Company shipbuildinghistory.comNewport Newport Harbor Shipyard, Website
Notable ships Four HDML, Harbour Defence Motor Launch, Motor Launch that had a displacement of 46 tons, a length of 72-feet, crew of 10 men. Armed with one 3 or 4-pounder gun and four .303 AA guns. Had a top speed of 11 knots with a Diesel engine with 300 to 480 HP.boat.net HDML Manga > Haimoana, April 26, 2020WWII Construction by Other Boatbuilders on the Pacific Coast shipbuildinghistory.comHMNZS Kuparu HDML, 2018 Small US Army MTL Harbor Tugboats, 14 model 324-A with a length of 47 feet, a beam of 12 feet. MTL is for Motor Towing Launch. Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 3, LCM (3) with a displacement of 52 tons full, 23 tons light. LCM Mark 3 are a length of , a beam of , a draft of (forward); (aft). LCM(3) as a top speed of full and lite. Armed with two .50-cal M2 Browning machine guns, manned by a crew of 4. The cargo hold has a max capacity of one 30-ton tank (e.g. M4 Sherman) or 60 troops, or of cargo. US Army TP Harbor Tug with displacement 185 tons gross, a length of 96 feet, a beam 25 feet, a draft of 11 feet, Power one Fairbanks–Morse six cylinder diesel engine to a single propeller with 450 shp. The TP Hull classification symbol is for "Tug/Passenger". The US Army had 43 of this 96-foot tugs built for World War 2, Ackerman Boat Company built 15 of them.USAV TP-123 NavSourceU.S. Army Tug-Transports (T, TP) shipbuildinghistory.com TP-111 tugboatinformation.com TP 107 - Daring tugboatinformation.com TP-118 tugboatinformation.com
Ackerman Boat Company Ackerman Boat Company boats built in 1943 and 1944: Ship ID Name Owner Type Length - Feet Delivered Notes 284507 MTL 1232 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Lohilani 255210 MTL 1233 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Kolomona 261139 MTL 1234 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Ehukai, Little Toot, now Claire MTL 1235 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 250689 MTL 1236 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Wanda K MTL 1237 US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 LCM(3) US Navy Lndg. Craft 53 1943 Quantity built not known HDML 1348 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand HDML 1349 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand HDML 1350 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand HDML 1351 US Navy Launch 72 1943 To New Zealand 260751 TP 107 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 Sold and renamed Daring, Anna Gore, Seaspan Daring TP 108 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 109 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 110 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 111 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 renamed to Tartar, Bill Clark, Pacific Explorer TP 112 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 113 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 114 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 115 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 116 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 117 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 118 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 Renamed to Pacific, Edith Foss, Mavis Lynn TP 119 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 120 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 TP 121 US Army Harbor Tug 96 1944 245601 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Nyna Rose 245892 MTL ? US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed New Home 245994 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Thelma Kay 246519 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Two Nancies 246806 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Norman H 286909 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed H F Lauritzen 289913 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1943 Sold and renamed Tug 1061, now Viking 557968 MTL US Army Harbor Tug 47 1944 Sold and renamed Dixie Diver 270852 TP US Army Harbor Tug 90 1944 Sold and renamed Tiger-Horse
Consolidated Steel Consolidated Steel boats with Consolidated Steel hull #, built in 1945 and 1946:
Hull # Ship ID Name Owner Type Tons Feet Delivered Notes 1320 248085 Edward J. Engel Atchison Topeka RR Tug 386 141 May-45 renamed to Respect, sank in Oakland in 2007 1347 248441 Princess Pat Otto C. Kiessig Trawler 238 90 Jul-45 1348 249580 Lou Jean Luigi Guidi Trawler 260 90 1945 1349 250247 Sport Fisher IV Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 63 61 1946 1350 251893 Sport Fisher VI Otto C. Kiessig Passenger 14 43 1946 1351 249889 Fatima Cosimo Cutri Trawler 251 90 1946 renamed to Sun Padre 1518 251344 American Boy Joaquim Canas Tuna Boat 360 116 Dec 1946 Foundered in 1966 1519 251696 Conte di Savoia Tuna Boat 363 116 Dec 1946 renamed to Emperador Azteca in 1961
Ackerman Boat Company Ackerman Boat Company built from 1944 to 1957:
Ship ID Name Owner Type Tons Feet Delivered Notes 246054 Blanch Leo Claude C. Withers Fishing 18 39 1944 246110 Endeavor Joseph Randazzo Fishing 44 57 1944 246873 Island Girl C. E. Ackerman Yacht 20 38 1944 247282 Clara Marie Giuseppe Mangiapane Fishing 73 57 1945 247499 La Belle William B. Crofton Fishing 73 57 1945 248036 Rose Ann Tony Tarantino Fishing 73 57 1945 248103 Offshore Frank J. Hall Passenger 14 42 1945 248310 Trojan Sam C. Meserve Fishing 42 51 1945 248370 Joann Marie Pietro Sanfilippo Fishing 37 51 1945 248548 U.S. Republic George V. Castagnola Fishing 38 50 1945 248782 Zootzine II Keith F. Rima Fishing 25 50 1945 249608 Skip-Along Walter E. Pruessing Passenger 14 39 1946 249975 San Michele Erwin A. Pierson Fishing 11 36 1946 250018 Kathie Jane Ralph F. Osterode Fishing 31 42 1946 250020 Renown Tom A. Zarkos Fishing 14 39 1946 251001 St. Rita Donald Corona Fishing 23 41 1946 251779 Mary Ann Fishing 109 68 1947 252831 Loretta Marie Fishing 25 41 1947 253118 Alalunga Passenger 86 61 1947 254831 San Mateo Fishing 14 43 1948 255378 Wave Walker Fishing 20 38 1948 258073 Amada Fishing 11 33 1949 273754 Red's Rogue Recreational 15 35 1957 281616 Angelina Recreational 17 37 1957 289711 Madam Recreational 15 35 1957 290820 Against the Wind Recreational 15 37 1956 502197 Kaomi Recreational 15 35 1956 517337 Golden Wings Recreational 19 40 1956 522757 Miracle Recreational 16 40 1957 529865 Concubine Recreational 15 35 1956 532262 Owlheart Recreational 15 35 1957 renamed Nokomis
See also California during World War II Maritime history of California Peyton Company South Coast Shipyard Victory Shipbuilding Wooden boats of World War 2
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