The Toledo Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard located on Toledo, Ohio.[1]
The Toledo Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1905 when a syndicate of investors purchased the Craig Shipbuilding Company in Toledo, Ohio.[2] The group was composed of Lyman C. Smith (Smith Typewriter Company); Horace S. Wilkinson (United States Transportation Company); Charles B. Calder (American Shipbuilding Detroit); and Alexander McVittie (American Shipbuilding Detroit).[2] The company was incorporated with share capital of $1,000,000.[2] Frank E. Kirby was named as the ship architect and engineer.[2] They focused on bulk freighters.[2] In 1917, they built the Tours and Limoges for the French; and were commissioned to build seven freighters for the United Kingdom which were later requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB).[2] They went on to build an additional 30 ships for the USSB[2] (including 8 Design 1020 ships). After World War I, due to a post-war glut of ships, they focused on repair work.[2] They returned to shipbuilding in 1920 and launched 14 ships through 1930.[2] During the Great Depression, they returned to ship repair.[2] During World War II, Toledo Shipbuilding built the USCG icebreakers Storis (1942) and Mackinaw (1944).[2] In 1945, they built their last vessel, barge P. M. 88.[2] In 1945, they were purchased by their main rival, the American Shipbuilding Company via its subsidiary Delta Shipbuilding Company and renamed as AmSouth Toledo.[2]
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