MOORSHIP MARINER — Moore's Wins Maritime "M" (Award Program)

Oakland, CA: Moore Dry Dock Company, 1943. Other. B&W Illustrations; This is a special oversized, newspaper-style-format program. The program is made up of two full sheets, folded vertically in the center making eight pages. This copy is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy has also been folded horizontally by a former order. The spine ends and corners of theprogram covers have some light bumping, rubbing and nicking. There is a small section at the bottom front cover edge has small spots of foxing. The text pages are clean and bright. This program touts the Moore Dry Dock Company's awarding of the Maritime "M" Pennant -- in recognition of excellence in production." "In 1917, Moore bought out Scott and changed he business name to Moore Shipbuilding Company. In 1922, the company was renamed again as Moore Dry Dock Company. It operated primarily as a repair yard. Its shipbuilding capabilities were expanded in the World War II era, building over 100 ships for the U. S. Navy and merchant marine. Moore ranked 82nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. With the end of the war, shipbuilding ceased, but repair operations continued. Moore Dry Dock Company finally closed in 1961. The yard was notable for its employment of several thousand African Americans, in both skilled and unskilled positions, at a time when they confronted major racial discrimination on the job. At the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park an inscription honoring the wartime contributions made by the Bay Area Shipyards during World War II states that "Moore Dry Dock handled the difficult jobs of production, repair and conversion that slowed overall output in other yards." ". Very Good- .