[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] Frank E. Kirby was named as the ship architect and engineer.
[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).
After World War I, due to a post-war glut of ships, they focused on repair work.
[2] During World War II, Toledo Shipbuilding built the USCG icebreakers Storis (1942) and Mackinaw (1944).