Al Larson Boat Shop

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]

Notable ships
Ship IDNameOwnerTypeTonsFeet LongDeliveredNotes
217945EsperanzaFishing Vessel34501919Active
251017Elsie BFishing Vessel22421926Renamed to New Hazard
226245LusitaniaManuel G. RosaFishing Vessel138911927[8]
227967SacramentoAlfred SantosFishing Vessel2011031928
252776KatrinaFishing Vessel16401928Renamed to Ogenio
229947BremenToma MosichFishing Vessel127791930
231534PanamaJapanese ownersFishing Vessel2461071930
229339RainbowJoseph GiaconiFishing Vessel121791930
229335SenatorJoe P. SoaresFishing Vessel118791930
231078RelianceHerman TobyFishing Vessel3131171931Renamed to passenger vessel Ranger III, Hacklehead II
230641San SalvadorManuel M. MedinaFishing Vessel1561131931To USN in 1942 as Patrol Vessel, YP 281, lost in 1944
231083Santa MargaritaFranco Italian Pk'g.Fishing Vessel236981931Renamed to St Marie, Emerald C
223573MajesticKlemento ZarFishing Vessel197831934To USN in 1940 as USS Nightingale (AMc-18), YP 166 1941, returned 1945
233381Jackie SueChristian GasparFishing Vessel197831934To USN 1940 as Parrakeet (AMc 34), to MARAD 1946
231372FearlessPaul VasovichFishing Vessel127871935To USN 1940 as Reedbird (AMc 30), to MARAD 1946, Renamed to Fearless, Star-Kist, now Colorado (Chile)
235490VittoriaSalvatore FerrantaFishing Vessel63751936To USN 1942 as YP 298, to MARAD 1946, Renamed to Vittoria (Peru)
236505BainbridgeSam MirkovichFishing Vessel130791937Broken up 1997
236806Santa MariaSanta Maria FishingFishing Vessel86791937Active
238878American VoyagerVan Camp SeafoodFishing Vessel137971937To USN 1942 as YP 287, destroyed 1947
VindicatorFishing Vessel1101061937To USN 1940 as USS Killdeer (AMc-21), IX 194 in 1944, to MARAD in 1945
1099490CG 67US Coast GuardHarbor tug, Boarding Boat33561937Renamed to CG 56306 (call sign NRHJ), to Sea Scouts as Sea Otter
560021CG 68US Coast GuardHarbor tug, Boarding Boat33561937Renamed to CG 56307 (Call sign NRHK), sold as Lisa Lynn, Renamed to Once Bitten, now High Plains Drifter
SC 734US NavySub Chaser148d11028-Dec-42To Fleet Logistics Center in 1948 [9]
SC 735US NavySub Chaser148d11012-Mar-43To Taiwan 1948 [10]
YMS 86US NavyMinesweeper320d13612-May-42Struck 1946 [11]
254281YMS 87US NavyMinesweeper320d13615-Aug-42Sold as f/v Lee Russ, Renamed to Jane M [12]
YMS 320US NavyMinesweeper320d13618-Aug-43Struck In 1946 [13]
YMS 321US NavyMinesweeper320d13625-Oct-43Renamed to USS Grouse (AMS-15) in 1947, wrecked 1963
253722YMS 322US NavyMinesweeper320d13619-Nov-43Renamed to pilot boat Golden Gate, then f/v,[14]
YMS 323US NavyMinesweeper320d13627-Dec-43To Korea 1948 as Ku Po, scrapped 1956 [15]
YMS 324US NavyMinesweeper320d13628-Feb-44Renamed to USS Gull (AMS-16) in 1947, struck 1959[16]
YMS 325US NavyMinesweeper320d1367-Apr-44Struck 1946[17]
246153PioneerMarion JoncichFishing Vessel183861944Renamed to Southern Explorer.
246274Seven SeasElmer J. DuzichFishing Vessel129781944Active as freight ship
246533City of Naples IIFrancesco AmalfitanoFishing Vessel110731944Renamed to Santa Teresa, Annie D
248199Sea HoundJoaquin PedroFishing Vessel247971945Renamed to Irene S, America, Tesoro del Mar (Mexico)
265818Pacific VentureWilliam J. DanosFishing Vessel45501953Active

See also

References
  1. Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island CA, shipbuildinghistory.com
  2. Al Larson Boat Shop, Official Website: larsonboat.com
  3. Al Larson Marina, website
  4. US Navy SC-734, SC-735
  5. navsource US Navy Sub Chaser
  6. 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. Coast Guard Tugs, cg-tugs.org
  8. Page 14, The Origins of California’s High-Seas Tuna FleetBy August Felando and Harold Medina sandiegohistory.org
  9. navsource SC 734
  10. navsource SC 735
  11. navsource, YMS 86
  12. navsource, YMS 87
  13. navsource, YMS 320
  14. navsource, YMS 322
  15. navsource, YMS 323
  16. navsource, YMS 324
  17. navsource, YMS 325
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