Union Iron Works, San Francisco

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Union_Iron_Works,_San_Francisco
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1905
gptkbp:address gptkb:Pier_70,_San_Francisco
gptkbp:builtFor gptkb:United_States_Navy
commercial clients
gptkbp:category Industrial history of San Francisco
gptkbp:defunct 1941
gptkbp:founded 1849
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Peter_Donahue
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union Iron Works, San Francisco
gptkbp:industry engineering
shipbuilding
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:John_D._Spreckels
gptkbp:notableEvent site of major labor strikes
built first steel warship on the West Coast
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:USS_San_Francisco
gptkb:USS_Olympia
gptkb:USS_Marblehead
USS Oregon
USS Charleston
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pier_70,_San_Francisco
gptkbp:significance major West Coast shipbuilder in late 19th and early 20th centuries
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Hooker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7