Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation
Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation (also called Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works) was a shipbuilding company at Port Arthur, Texas, formed as Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works opened in 1930. For World War II Gulfport built Tank Barges a Type B ship and Tugboats a Type V ship. The shipyard closed in 1985.[1]
- Notable ship:
- USS Pinola (ATA-206)
- USS Winnetka (YTB-376)
- USS Challenge (ATA-201)
- USS Wandank (ATA-204)
- HMS Tancred (W 104)
- USS Sciota (ATA-205)
- USS Navigator (ATA-203)
- USS Umpqua (ATA-209) drydock
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Gulfport's Ex-Pinola in South Korean Naval service as ROKS Do Bong (ATA-3), a Type V ship
Gulfport's USS Umpqua (left) and Alarka (center) guide the center section of YFD-6 through Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal, circa May–June 1945. Navy SeaBees turned Auxiliary floating drydock AFDM-3-YFD-6's center section on its side and installed many pontoons atop the wing wall to allow the drydock to float on its side during the canal transit.300x300px
Category:Ships built in Port Arthur, Texas
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