Hickinbotham Brothers Shipbuilders

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Hickinbotham Brothers in 1894 in Stockton, California

Hickinbotham Brothers Shipbuilders was a shipbuilding company in Stockton, California on the Stockton Channel. To support the World War II demand for ships Hickinbotham Brothers built: Type V ship Tugboats, Tank Landing Barge, balloon barges and Coastal Freighter (design 381, 381 tons). Hickinbotham Brothers also called Hickinbotham Brothers Construction Division was opened in 1852 and is still a working shipyard. Hickinbotham Brothers started by building: horse carriages, horse wagons, threshers and Combine harvester. In 1942 Ronald Guntert and L. R. Zimmerman ran the company as a partnership on the Banner Island waterfront. After World War II, Guntert and Zimmerman purchased Hickinbotham out and renamed the company Guntert & Zimmerman Construction. In 1984 the company moved to Ripon, California on the Stanislaus River, as the business continues. The Banner Island waterfront yard was on the deepwater port on the Stockton Ship Channel of the Pacific Ocean and an inland port located more than seventy nautical miles from the ocean, on the Stockton Channel and San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel (before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay. Notable ship: USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177).[1][2][3][4]

Ships

Original Name name or #	Original Owner	Type	Delivered	Notes	Feet	Tons	Ship ID# O.N.

BTL 455	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43	Sank on August 2, 1943 off Shemya Island	50
BTL 456	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 457	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 458	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 459	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 460	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 461	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 462	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 463	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 464	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 465	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 466	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 467	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 468	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 469	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 470	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 471	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 472	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 473	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 474	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 546	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BTL 547	US Army	Tank Landing Barge	12/42-1/43		50
BD 482	US Army	Derrick Barge	3/43-4/43	Sold as Beaver	110		602235
BD 483	US Army	Derrick Barge	3/43-4/43	Sold as Shelby	110		252566
BD ?	US Army	Derrick Barge	6/43-9/43	Sold as Hercules, now D. B. Portland	110		561614
BD 799	US Army	Derrick Barge	6/43-9/43		110
BD 800	US Army	Derrick Barge	6/43-9/43		110
BD 801	US Army	Derrick Barge	6/43-9/43		110
BD 802	US Army	Derrick Barge	6/43-9/43		110
ST 146	US Army	Small Tug	6/43-10/43		74
ST ?	US Army	Small Tug	6/43-10/43	Sold as Mary Ann Brusco	74		247288
ST 147	US Army	Small Tug	6/43-10/43		74
ST 148	US Army	Small Tug	6/43-10/43		74
ST 149	US Army	Small Tug	6/43-10/43	To Portugal 1953 as Monte Grande	74
BSP 1621	US Army	SP Balloon Barge	Sep-43		52
BSP 1622	US Army	SP Balloon Barge	Sep-43		52
BB 1623	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1624	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1625	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43	Sold as Cavale	52		571056
BB 1626	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1627	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1628	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1629	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1630	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1631	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1632	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		52
BB 1633	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1634	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1635	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1636	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1637	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1638	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1639	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1640	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1641	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
BB 1642	US Army	Balloon Barge	9/43-10/43		75
	US Army	Tender	1944		62
	US Army	Tender	1944		62
FS 404	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG to the Philippines as Venus	176	560
FS 405	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG, to the Philippines as Vizcaya	176	560
FS 406	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG, lost in typhoon off Okinawa in 1945	176	560
FS 407	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG, to USN AKL 31 in 1950, to DoI 1975 as Robert de Brum	176	560
FS 408	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG	176	560
FS 409	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG	176	560
FS 410	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG, sank in typhoon off Okinawa in 1945	176	560
FS 411	US Army	Coastal Freighter	10/44-4/45	USCG, to USN 1950 as USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177), wrecked on reef in 2015, Beam 32', Draft 14' 3, Speed 12 kts., crew 26, two 500 hp GE Diesel engines	176	560
White Star		Fishing Vessel	1946	Now Ciudad de Mexico, Frist Guntert & Zimmerman		441
Ferry No. 14	San Joaquin Co.	Ferry	1946		50	36	538925

Victorias	Victorias Milling	Tug	1947			111

BD 6646	US Army	Derrick Barge	1954	To USN as YD 218, sold 1967	140	1,000
BD 6652	US Army	Derrick Barge	1954	To USN as YD 222, reclassified as IX 536 2002	140	1,000
Otter	Trucano Const.	Tug	1961		64	50	287019

References

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[1] shipbuildinghistory.com Hickinbotham Brothers

[2] soundingsmag.net, Stockton’s China Trade and Sperry’s Global Empire, April 2020

[3] tarymuseum.org Stockton Shipyards

[4] .navsource.org USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177)

World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

Hickinbotham Brothers Shipbuilders

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