Toledo Shipbuilding Company

The Toledo Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1905 when a syndicate of investors purchased the Craig Shipbuilding Company in Toledo, Ohio.^[2] The group was composed of Lyman C. Smith (Smith Typewriter Company); Horace S. Wilkinson (United States Transportation Company); Charles B. Calder (American Shipbuilding Detroit); and Alexander McVittie (American Shipbuilding Detroit).^[2] The company was incorporated with share capital of $1,000,000.^[2] Frank E. Kirby was named as the ship architect and engineer.^[2] They focused on bulk freighters.^[2] In 1917, they built the Tours and Limoges for the French; and were commissioned to build seven freighters for the United Kingdom which were later requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB).^[2] They went on to build an additional 30 ships for the USSB^[2] (including 8 Design 1020 ships). After World War I, due to a post-war glut of ships, they focused on repair work.^[2] They returned to shipbuilding in 1920 and launched 14 ships through 1930.^[2] During the Great Depression, they returned to ship repair.^[2] During World War II, Toledo Shipbuilding built the USCG icebreakers Storis (1942) and Mackinaw (1944).^[2] In 1945, they built their last vessel, barge P. M. 88.^[2] In 1945, they were purchased by their main rival, the American Shipbuilding Company via its subsidiary Delta Shipbuilding Company and renamed as AmSouth Toledo.^[2]

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  Erwin L. Fisher.
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  SS Ste. Claire in a 1912 advertisement for the Toledo Shipbuilding Company
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  USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83)
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  USCGC Storis (WMEC-38) after decommissioning.
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  USS Taganak (AG-45)
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  SS Chief Wawatam
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  John Kendall steam-powered fire boat moored at Riverside Park Boat Launch in Detroit in July 1969.
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  SS Wauketa, "White Star Line," Launched at Toledo Ship Building Company's Yards, Toledo, Ohio