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PACECO Corp., formerly the Pacific Coast Engineering Company, is an American industrial fabricator and mechanical engineering company headquartered in Haywood, California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui E&S.
PACECO focuses on the production of container handling cranes, which are branded as PORTAINER and TRANSTAINER. On 22 February 2024, the
After the war, PACECO built tugboats, barges, and container cranes. The first
Baylander (IX-514): United States Navy Helicopter Landing Trainer laid down by PACECO on December 28, 1967, as Yard No. 238, in Alameda.
* Alki Fire Boat
* Snoqualmie (fireboat)
* Five Woban Class District Harbor Tug: Mawkaw (YT 182), Negwagon (YT 188), Nepanet (YT 189), Orono (YT 190) and Osamekin (YT 191). Each with a displacement of 237 tons, a length of 100 feet, a beam 28 feet, a draft 9 feet. Top speed 12 kts, crew of 17 and power from a Diesel-electric, single propeller with 1,000 shp.
* 12 YFU US Navy Utility Boat 180 tons. YFU 71 to YFU 82 in 1967 and 1968.
* LCU 1637 a US Navy Landing Craft at 190 tons in 1970, This ship the only one in it class, with a sea simulator platform (ASSP), and was crewed civilians from the Radio Corp. of America (RCA).
* ''Carquinez'' Ferry at 537 tons, built in 1956, later renamed ''Blackbeard'' then ''Noble Phoenix''. State of California ran between Martinez and Benicia until 1962. A length of 169 feet, a beam of 52 feet and a depth of 13.5 feet with a diesel engine, 1,000 hp.Puget Sound Navigation Company,, ''Carquinez'' Ferry
PACECO Corp., formerly the Pacific Coast Engineering Company, is an American industrial fabricator and mechanical engineering company headquartered in Haywood, California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui E&S.
PACECO focuses on the production of container handling cranes, which are branded as PORTAINER and TRANSTAINER. On 22 February 2024, the White House
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announced that as part of its 20-billion-dollar scheme to upgrade and secure the country's port infrastructure, Mitsui E&S and PACECO are planning to resume manufacturing cranes in the US.
History
PACECO was previously ashipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...
company in Oakland, California
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and then Alameda, California
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. To support the World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
demand for ships, PACECO shipyard
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switched over to military construction and built US Navy
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Tugboats
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.
As early as February 1920, PACECO was reported to be bidding on a contract to make alterations or improvements to a Japanese steamer in Seattle. Started as a mechanical engineering company, PACECO began operations in its Oakland shipyard in 1922. The Oakland shipyard at the 14th Street terminus (Oakland Outer Harbor) was acquired by the US. Navy in 1940 for World War II needs. PACECO moved the shipyard to 350 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. The new yard did prefab sub assemblies for the other Bay Area shipyards, like the Richmond Shipyards
The four Richmond Shipyards, in the city of Richmond, California, United States, were run by Permanente Metals and part of the Kaiser Shipyards. In World War II, Richmond built more ships than any other shipyard, turning out as many as three ships ...
. In 1943, PACECO built its first of five US Navy tugboats.After the war, PACECO built tugboats, barges, and container cranes. The first quay
A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more Berth (mo ...
side container gantry crane
A gantry crane is a Crane (machine), crane built atop a wikt:gantry, gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the wor ...
was developed by PACECO in 1959. PACECO was sold to Fruehauf Trailer Corporation
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in 1967. Fruehauf ended shipbuilding in 1976 and changed to build primarily container crane
A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dock (maritime), dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.
Containe ...
and container chassis
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. The Alameda shipyard was on the south side of the Tidal Canal, just west of the Park Street Bridge
The Park Street Bridge is a double-leaf Bascule bridge, bascule drawbridge (American English), drawbridge spanning 372 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area. It links the cities of Oakland, California, Oakland and Alameda, C ...
on the Oakland Estuary
The Oakland Estuary is the strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, separating the cities of Oakland, California, Oakland and Alameda, California, Alameda and the Alameda (island), Alameda Island from the East Bay mainland. On its weste ...
in the San Francisco Bay Area
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. , the site was a vacant lot.
Ships
Notable ships: * Baylander (IX-514): United States Navy Helicopter Landing Trainer laid down by PACECO on December 28, 1967, as Yard No. 238, in Alameda.
* Alki Fire Boat
* Snoqualmie (fireboat)
* Five Woban Class District Harbor Tug: Mawkaw (YT 182), Negwagon (YT 188), Nepanet (YT 189), Orono (YT 190) and Osamekin (YT 191). Each with a displacement of 237 tons, a length of 100 feet, a beam 28 feet, a draft 9 feet. Top speed 12 kts, crew of 17 and power from a Diesel-electric, single propeller with 1,000 shp.
* 12 YFU US Navy Utility Boat 180 tons. YFU 71 to YFU 82 in 1967 and 1968.
* LCU 1637 a US Navy Landing Craft at 190 tons in 1970, This ship the only one in it class, with a sea simulator platform (ASSP), and was crewed civilians from the Radio Corp. of America (RCA).
* ''Carquinez'' Ferry at 537 tons, built in 1956, later renamed ''Blackbeard'' then ''Noble Phoenix''. State of California ran between Martinez and Benicia until 1962. A length of 169 feet, a beam of 52 feet and a depth of 13.5 feet with a diesel engine, 1,000 hp.See also
*California during World War II
California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the European theatre of World War II, war in ...
*Maritime history of California
The maritime history of California can be divided into several periods: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the Spanish colonial period, 1769 to 1821; the Mexican period, 1821 to 1847; and United States ...
* Union Iron Works
Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. ...
* Richmond Shipyards
The four Richmond Shipyards, in the city of Richmond, California, United States, were run by Permanente Metals and part of the Kaiser Shipyards. In World War II, Richmond built more ships than any other shipyard, turning out as many as three ships ...
* Kneass Boat Works
*Pacific Bridge Company
Pacific Bridge Company was a large engineering and construction company. During World War II, Pacific Bridge Company of Alameda, California was selected to build US Navy Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARD) a type of Auxiliary floating drydock and Type B ...
References
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