Al_Larson_Boat_Shop

Al Larson Boat Shop

Al Larson Boat Shop

Shipyard in San Pedro, California, United States

33.73378°N 118.26862°W / 33.73378; -118.26862

USS YMS-324 in San Francisco Bay, in 1945
USS Killdeer (AMc-21) in 1943

Al Larson Boat Shop or Al Larson Boat Building is a shipbuilding and dry dock repair company in San Pedro, California on Terminal Island. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Al Larson Boat Shop built: US Navy Sub chasers and Minesweepers. Al Larson Boat Shop was started in 1903 by Peter Adolph (Al) Larson, a Swedish immigrant. Larson started by building boats by hand from Pacific Northwest lumber. As the shop grew, he moved to its current location in Fish Harbor, in the Port of Los Angeles. Adolph Larson's son sold the boat shop in 1960 to Andy and Gloria Wall. The shop was small at this time with only five employees. The Wall family is still running the shipyard in the Port of Los Angeles. The shipyard is the only one in the Port of Los Angeles now operating and able to work on ships of all sizes with its 100 employees. The shipyard is at 1046 South Seaside Ave, Terminal Island, with 2.35 acres of land and 5.35 acres of waterways. The shipyard also runs a marina, Al Larson Marina.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island CA, shipbuildinghistory.com
  2. [2]
    Al Larson Boat Shop, Official Website: larsonboat.com
  3. [3]
    Al Larson Marina, website
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    US Navy SC-734, SC-735
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    navsource US Navy Sub Chaser
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    Small Harbor Cutters and AB Boats of the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service and U. S. Coast Guard Prepared by: HMC James T. Flynn, Jr., USNR(ret, defense.gov
  7. [7]
    Coast Guard Tugs, cg-tugs.org
  8. [8]
    Page 14, The Origins of California’s High-Seas Tuna FleetBy August Felando and Harold Medina sandiegohistory.org
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    navsource SC 734
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    navsource SC 735
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    navsource, YMS 86
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    navsource, YMS 87
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    navsource, YMS 320
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    navsource, YMS 322
  15. [15]
    navsource, YMS 323
  16. [16]
    navsource, YMS 324
  17. [17]
    navsource, YMS 325
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