The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
An American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D Jackson

Overview      Lansing Michigan in World War Two   The U.S. Auto Industry at the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944    The U.S. Auto Industry and the B-29 Bomber   U.S. Auto Industry Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   The Complete listing of All Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   Sherman Tanks of the American Auto Industry   Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry    M26 Pershing Tanks of the American Auto Industry   M36 Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry   Serial Numbers for WWII Tanks built by the American Auto Industry   Surviving LCVP Landing Craft    WWII Landing Craft Hull Numbers   Airborne Extra-Light Jeep Photos  The American Auto Industry vs. the German V-1 in WWII   American Auto Industry-Built Anti-Aircraft Guns in WWII   VT Proximity Manufacturers of WWII   World War One Era Motor Vehicles   National Museum of Military Vehicles  
Revisions   Links

 Automobile and Body Manufacturers:  American Bantam Car Company   Briggs Manufacturing Company   Checker Car Company   Chrysler Corporation   Crosley Corporation   Ford Motor Car Company   General Motors Corporation   Graham-Paige Motors Corporation   Hudson
Motor Car Company   Murray Corporation of America   Nash-Kelvinator   Packard Motor Car Company      Studebaker    Willys-Overland Motors

General Motors Divisions:  AC Spark Plug   Aeroproducts   Allison   Brown-Lipe-Chapin   Buick   Cadillac   Chevrolet   Cleveland Diesel   Delco Appliance   Delco Products   Delco Radio   Delco-Remy   Detroit Diesel   Detroit Transmission   Electro-Motive   Fisher Body   Frigidaire   GM Proving Grounds   GM of Canada   GMC   GMI   Guide Lamp   Harrison Radiator   Hyatt Bearings   Inland   Moraine Products   New Departure   Oldsmobile   Packard Electric   Pontiac   Saginaw Malleable Iron   Saginaw Steering Gear   Southern California Division   Rochester Products   Ternstedt Manufacturing Division   United Motors Service   Vauxhall Motors

 Indiana Companies:  Bailey Products Corporation   Chrysler Kokomo Plant   Continental Steel Corporation  Converto Manufacturing    Cummins Engine Company   Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company   Delta Electric Company   Durham Manufacturing Company   Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation   Haynes Stellite Company   Hercules Body Company   Horton Manufacturing Company   Howe Fire Apparatus   J.D. Adams Company   Kokomo Spring Company   Magnavox  
Muncie Gear Works   Pierce Governor Company   Portland Forge and Foundry   Reliance Manufacturing Company   Republic Aviation Corporation - Indiana Division   Ross Gear and Tool Company   S.F. Bowser & Co.   Sherrill Research Corporation   Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company   Warner Gear   Wayne Pump Company   Wayne Works

Commercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:  American LaFrance   Autocar  
Biederman Motors Corporation   Brockway Motor Company   Detroit General   Diamond T   Duplex Truck Company   Federal Motor Truck   Four Wheel Drive Auto Company(FWD)   International Harvester   John Bean   Mack Truck   Marmon-Herrington Company   Michigan Power Shovel Company   Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation   Pacific Car and Foundry   "Quick-Way" Truck Shovel Company   Reo Motor Car Company  Seagrave Fire Apparatus   Sterling Motor Truck Company    Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation   White Motor Company

Aviation Companies:  Abrams Instrument Corporation   Hughes Aircraft Company   Kellett Aviation Corporation   Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation   Naval Aircraft Factory   P-V Engineering Forum, Inc.    Rudolf Wurlitzer Company-DeKalb Division  Schweizer Aircraft Corporation   Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation   St. Louis Aircraft Corporation   Timm Aircraft Corporation

Other World War Two Manufacturers: 
Air King Products   Allis-Chalmers   American Car and Foundry   American Locomotive   American Stove Company   Annapolis Yacht Yard  
Andover Motors Company   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   Caterpillar   Cheney Bigelow Wire Works   Centrifugal Fusing   Chris-Craft   Clark Equipment Company   Cleaver-Brooks Company   Cleveland Tractor Company   Continental Motors   Cushman Motor Works   Crocker-Wheeler   Dail Steel Products   Detroit Wax Paper Company   Detrola   Engineering & Research Corporation   Farrand Optical Company   Federal Telephone and Radio Corp.   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company   Fruehauf Trailer Company   Fuller Manufacturing   Galvin Manufacturing   Gemmer Manufacturing Company   General Railway Signal Company   Gibson Guitar   Gibson Refrigerator Company   Goodyear   Hall-Scott   Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company   Harley-Davidson   Harris-Seybold-Potter   Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   Higgins Industries    Highway Trailer   Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark  Lima Locomotive Works   Lundberg Screw Products   MacKenzie Muffler Company   Massey-Harris   Matthews Company   McCord Radiator & Mfg. Company   Metal Mouldings Corporation   Miller Printing Machinery Company   Morse Instrument Company   Motor Products Corporation   Motor Wheel Corporation   National Cash Resgister Company   Novo Engine Company   O'Keefe & Merritt Company   Olofsson Tool and Die Company   Oneida Ltd   Otis Elevator   Owens Yacht   Pressed Steel Car Company   Queen City Manufacturing Company   R.G. LeTourneau   R.L. Drake Company   St. Clair Rubber Company   Samson United Corporation   Shakespeare Company   Sight Feed Generator Company   Simplex Manufacturing Company   Steel Products Engineering Company   St. Louis Car Company   Twin Disc Company   Victor Adding Machine Company   Vilter Manufacturing Company   Wells-Gardner   W.L. Maxson Corporation   W.W. Boes Company   Westfield Manufacturing Company   York-Hoover Body Company   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

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Landing Craft Construction Photos

This page added 3-15-2020. 

All of the photos on this page are courtesy of the Algonac-Clay Township Historical Society.

Unknown type of landing craft:  The next two photos show the aft section of a landing craft.  Because all the rest of the photos are of an LCP(L) or LCP(R)s, it is assumed to be one of the two.  From the rear, it is hard to tell. 

LCP(L):  This is the only photo of an LCP(L).


This LCP(L) is powered by a Gray Marine 6HN9/Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine.

LCP(R) Longitudinal Knock-down Reassembly:   This is a collection of photos that show a modular build up of an LCP(R).  The boat has a non-standard location of the coxswains position next to the engine.  This demonstrates the re-building of the boat after it has been disassembled after being knocked-down for shipment in the longitudinal configuration.


It appears that this group of photos shows how the LCP(R) can be built up after being shipped in this knocked-down form.  At least that is what I get out of it.  The descriptions on the photos did not say.


The workers are getting ready to install a Gray Marine 6HN9/Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine.


Mounted to the front of this assembly are two hand bilge pumps. 


Here the transom is being installed.  The emergency steering mechanism can be seen.  This was also included in the LCP(L), LCV and LCVP.


This is new to me.  I have never seen a construction photo of a landing craft where the sides came as one piece and then were installed like this.

There is an alternate explanation for this.  The LCP(R) was built up in the traditional manner and then cut apart like it was shown in the second photo.  This series of photos shows how it is put back together after being shipped in pieces. 


Glue is used between the side and the bottom.  Some of it can be seen.  Some of the nails have already been driven in. 


This is the only photo that gave evidence that the boat was being put back together.  Without this photo, it could actually be the reverse process of taking it apart for shipment in a knocked-down condition. 


This photo shows the exhaust side of the Gray Marine 6HN9/Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine.  The voltage regulator, starter and DC generator were all built by the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors.  The U.S. Navy provided a plant in Kings Mill, OH in 1944-45 for Delco-Remy to add capacity for starting motors for landing craft like this one. 


The worker is adding the bulkhead at the rear of the boat where the fuel tanks will be located.  The bulkhead has a circular cut-out for the exhaust pipe from the diesel engine.


The fuel tanks and fuel lines can be seen in this photo.  The filler tubes for pouring in diesel fuel are at the top of each tank.


The photo below was on the back side of this photo, and is the description of the of the contents inside the two crates on the flatcar.  It is LCP(R) with hull number C-88002 that is being shipped as a longitudinal knock-down.  This would be the method just shown above.

LCP(R) Transverse Knock-down Reassembly:  This series of photos shows an LCP(R) being reassembled after it was taken apart in three sections.  This is another method of doing a knock-down for shipment.  This appears to be a demonstration of how easy it is to put the boat back together with a minimum of equipment.  This is a simpler method than the one above.


This is the center section with the front ramp section loaded into it.


This is the center section after the ramp section has been removed.


This is the rear section.  Note the hand operated bilge pumps on the bulkhead.


The rear section is being manhandled into position to assemble with the center section.


A small crane or a wrecker truck is needed to lift the ramp section into place.


Workers put the finishing touches on the LCP(R) by installing the combing.


As the photo below shows, this type of knock-down shipment is the transverse method.  The two LCP(R)s were two hull numbers apart and shipped differently. 

 

 

 

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