Kyle and Company

Kyle & Company or Kyle & Co was a steel shipbuilding company in Stockton, California. To support the World War II demand for ships Kyle & Company built: Coastal tankers and Type B ship deck barges. Kyle & Company was opened as a manufacturer of steel products and build ships for the war. After World War II, the shipyard closed in 1950 and was purchased by Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.. Kyle & Company also made steel products in Fresno and Sacramento. The shipyard was located on the Stockton Channel at 348 North Harrison Street, now a parking lot near Banner Stadium and Stockton Arena. The Kyle & Company shipyard 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).[1]

World War II Coastal tanker
World War II type deck barge

Coastal tanker

Kyle and Company Coastal tankers: had a displacement of 484 tons, length of 162 feet, beam of 27 feet, a draft of 13 feet, top speed of 9 kts, crew of 23, including gun crew of 6. The tanker had two single 20mm AA guns and fuel cargo capacity of 280,000 gal.. It was powered by one 6-cyl diesel engine, with a single screw and had 400 shp.[2][3][4]

Deck barge

Kyle and Company built deck barges that had a length of 110 feet, a beam of 35 feet, a draft of 6 feet, light displacement of 170 tons, full displacement of 500 tons, and deadweight of 330 tons.[5]

Ships
Original Name or #Original OwnerTypeDeliveredNotesTonsFeetHull #Ship ID# O.N.
BC 522US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 523US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 524US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 525US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 526US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 527US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 528US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 529US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 530US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42Sold as GC 21110253379
BC 531US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 532US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 533US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 534US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BC 535US ArmyDeck Barge9/42-12/42110
BG 1182US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43120
BG 1183US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43Sold as P. S. No. 76120250925
BG 1184US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43Sold as ST 20120269612
BG 1185US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43Sold as Manson 45120269689
BG 1186US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43120
BG 1187US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43120
BG 1188US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43120
BG 1189US ArmyGasoline BargeApr-43120
Y 28US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44484162
Y 29US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44Sold 1946 as J. J. Kelly484162255610
Y 30US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44Sold 1946 as Argo484162
Y 31US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44To Norway 1946 as Liten484162
Y 32US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44To Honduras 1946 as Ana484162
Y 33US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44To Norway 1946 as Angelus484162
Y 34US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44To Honduras 1946 as Tania484162
Y 35US ArmyCoastal Tanker1/44-6/44To the Philippines 1946 as Y 35484162
Y 44US ArmyCoastal Tanker7/44-9/44484162
Y 45US ArmyCoastal Tanker7/44-9/44To the Philippines 1946 as Y 45484162
Y 46US ArmyCoastal Tanker7/44-9/44To USAF 1946 as C-50-1171484162
YC 1419US NavyOpen Lighter1952Active170110
YFN 1163US NavyClosed Lighter1952Active160110
YFN 1191US NavyClosed Lighter1952Scrapped 1996140110
YFNX 30US NavyClosed Lighter1952Sold 2007 as Discovery (Panama)140110
YO 231US NavyTank Barge

See also

References
  1. shipbuildinghistory.com Kyle & Company
  2. navsource.org US Army Coastal Tanker Y-29
  3. navsource.org US Army Coastal Tanker Y-35
  4. navsource.org US Army Coastal Tanker Y-31
  5. US Navy (YC 1686) (ex - YF 1163, ex-YFN 1163)
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