Soule Steel Company was a manufacturer of fabricated steel building products. The main office was in San Francisco, California with branch offices in Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Soule Steel worked on major construction projects like: the reinforcing steel on the footings for the Golden Gate Bridge, California Memorial Stadium at University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco high rises buildings, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Vincent Thomas Bridge, Space Needle and the Grand Coulee Dam. [1] [2] [3] [4] For World War II Soule Steel built landing crafts and floating derricks for seaplane moving, a class YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick in the Terminal Island shipyard. Soule Steel also built steel barges for the war. After the war the shipyard built some tuna fishing ships. [5] Soule Steel was started by Edward Soulé in 1911. Edward Soulé was a civil engineer in San Francisco and saw the damage done by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. So, in 1911 started a steel rebar business, called Edw. L Soulé Campany to help make new buildings stronger. The company name was changed in 1927 to Soule Steel Company. The family-owned business grew and at its peak had nine 9 fabrication shops, a steel mill (1959 in Long Beach, California), a division for building steel buildings, and a steel window and doors division. Edw. L Soulé retired in 1945 and Stanley Soul continued the company, and later Edward Lee Soule Jr. (1917-2003) and his brothers: Howard Stephen Soule (1924-2010), Lee Soule and Peter Soule. Soule Steel and Zamil Steel founded a joint venture in 1930. Soule family was also a family of philanthropy and gave to many charities. Soule Steel closed in 1986. The San Francisco plant and Portland plant are now business centers. The Wilmington Ave Los Angeles plant is now The Plaza Americana. The Seattle plant is now Ferguson Plumbing warehouse. The Phoenix site is now a food court. San Jose site is a vacant lot. Fresno site is now apartments. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Third-generation Soule, Sandy Soule, started Soulé Software based in Valencia, California, which is also run by fourth-generation Soule, Kevin Soule. Soulé Software product is Contract management software, that also supports rebar fabrication and placers. [10]
Soule Steel produced tons of rebar for the war effort. [11]
For the war Soule Steel built LCM(3) and LCM(6), these are Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 3 and Mark 6. [12]
Soule Steel San Francisco plant built SD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick for the US Navy for World War 2:
Soule Steel built steel barges for the US Navy for World War 2, a Type B ship.
Hull type | Name | Type | Tons | Length | Delivered | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YC | 1073 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1074 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1075 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1076 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1077 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1078 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1079 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Later renamed YRB 22, YR 92, sold 2005 |
YC | 1080 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1081 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Scuttled off Oahu 2019 [19] |
YC | 1082 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1083 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1084 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Later renamed YFNX 46, active [20] |
YC | 1085 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | [21] |
YC | 1086 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1087 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1088 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1107 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1108 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1109 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YF | 436 | Covered Lighter | 80 | 95 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 16, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 437 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 17 |
YF | 438 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 18, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 439 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 19, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 440 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 20, Later renamed YD 173 |
YF | 441 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 21, disposed of 1948 |
YF | 442 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 22, disposed of 1948 |
YCK | 29 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 30 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 31 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 32 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 33 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 34 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 35 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 36 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 37 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Lost 1945 |
YCK | 38 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 39 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Lost 1945 |
YCK | 49 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 50 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 51 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YFN | 808 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 809 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 810 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 811 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 812 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 813 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | To MARAD 1946 |
Soule Steel Company was a manufacturer of fabricated steel building products. The main office was in San Francisco, California with branch offices in Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Soule Steel worked on major construction projects like: the reinforcing steel on the footings for the Golden Gate Bridge, California Memorial Stadium at University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco high rises buildings, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Vincent Thomas Bridge, Space Needle and the Grand Coulee Dam. [1] [2] [3] [4] For World War II Soule Steel built landing crafts and floating derricks for seaplane moving, a class YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick in the Terminal Island shipyard. Soule Steel also built steel barges for the war. After the war the shipyard built some tuna fishing ships. [5] Soule Steel was started by Edward Soulé in 1911. Edward Soulé was a civil engineer in San Francisco and saw the damage done by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. So, in 1911 started a steel rebar business, called Edw. L Soulé Campany to help make new buildings stronger. The company name was changed in 1927 to Soule Steel Company. The family-owned business grew and at its peak had nine 9 fabrication shops, a steel mill (1959 in Long Beach, California), a division for building steel buildings, and a steel window and doors division. Edw. L Soulé retired in 1945 and Stanley Soul continued the company, and later Edward Lee Soule Jr. (1917-2003) and his brothers: Howard Stephen Soule (1924-2010), Lee Soule and Peter Soule. Soule Steel and Zamil Steel founded a joint venture in 1930. Soule family was also a family of philanthropy and gave to many charities. Soule Steel closed in 1986. The San Francisco plant and Portland plant are now business centers. The Wilmington Ave Los Angeles plant is now The Plaza Americana. The Seattle plant is now Ferguson Plumbing warehouse. The Phoenix site is now a food court. San Jose site is a vacant lot. Fresno site is now apartments. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Third-generation Soule, Sandy Soule, started Soulé Software based in Valencia, California, which is also run by fourth-generation Soule, Kevin Soule. Soulé Software product is Contract management software, that also supports rebar fabrication and placers. [10]
Soule Steel produced tons of rebar for the war effort. [11]
For the war Soule Steel built LCM(3) and LCM(6), these are Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 3 and Mark 6. [12]
Soule Steel San Francisco plant built SD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick for the US Navy for World War 2:
Soule Steel built steel barges for the US Navy for World War 2, a Type B ship.
Hull type | Name | Type | Tons | Length | Delivered | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YC | 1073 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1074 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1075 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1076 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1077 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1078 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1079 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Later renamed YRB 22, YR 92, sold 2005 |
YC | 1080 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1081 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Scuttled off Oahu 2019 [19] |
YC | 1082 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1083 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1084 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | Later renamed YFNX 46, active [20] |
YC | 1085 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | [21] |
YC | 1086 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1087 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1088 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1107 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1108 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YC | 1109 | Open Lighter | 138 | 110 | 1945 | |
YF | 436 | Covered Lighter | 80 | 95 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 16, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 437 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 17 |
YF | 438 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 18, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 439 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 19, disposed of 1946 |
YF | 440 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 20, Later renamed YD 173 |
YF | 441 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 21, disposed of 1948 |
YF | 442 | Covered Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Later renamed YCK 22, disposed of 1948 |
YCK | 29 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 30 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 31 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 32 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 33 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 34 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 35 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 36 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 37 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Lost 1945 |
YCK | 38 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 39 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Lost 1945 |
YCK | 49 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 50 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YCK | 51 | Open Lighter | 75 | 80 | 1943 | Disposed of 1947 |
YFN | 808 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 809 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 810 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 811 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 812 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | |
YFN | 813 | Covered Lighter | 170 | 110 | 1943 | To MARAD 1946 |