Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company

Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company was established in 1942 to build ships needed for World War II.

The shipyard was located at San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel, near Louis Park.

[1] Pollock Construction Company also help built the Shasta Dam started in 1938, 5 miles of the All American Canal, Caldecott Tunnel opened in 1937 and the Boulder Dam[2][3] Pollock Construction Company also built part of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

[4] The Pollock Construction Company was chosen to build ships, because of their reputation and skills, particularly welding.

George Pollock received US government contracts also because he met the United States Department of War's requirement that manufacturing of strategic military materiel be produced 60 miles or more from the Ocean in order to be outside the range of naval gunfire.

The Navy need large floating dry docks to repair ships in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater or war.

Pollock worked on fixing up a number of naval installations in the Philippines, Guam and the Hawaiian Islands.

AFDB were needed to repair battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, and large auxiliary ships.

As World War II progressed, net layers were pressed into a variety of additional roles including salvage, troop and cargo transport, buoy maintenance, and service as tugboats.

[19] Ailanthus-class net laying ships: Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding's US Navy Barracks Barges was 1,300 tons and 261 feet long.

Repair Barge or Floating Workshops were self sustaining, 530 tons and 153 feet long built in 1944.

The living space had bed berths, mess hall to support 48 men: 47 enlisted ones, and one Chief petty officer.