ships from Consolidated Steel and completed at nearby facilities in the Port of Los Angeles C1-S-AY1 The C1-S-AY1 subtype of thirteen ships built by Consolidated Steel Corporation was modified from the C1-B design for use as troopships by Great Britain under lend-lease called Landing Ship Infantry, Large and they were originally ordered as troopships. These ships were all given two-word names beginning with "Empire", such as SS Empire Spearhead. was lost at the Normandy Invasion, to a mine. was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on 28 December 1944. The original Cape names are what the ships were launched as and by which name they were known to the Maritime Commission. Cape Berkeley / / Cape Compass / / Cape Gregory / HMS Empire Halberd / Cape Marshall' / Cape Pine / HMS Empire Lance / Cape St. Roque / HMS Empire Mace / Cape Turner / HMS Empire Rapier Cape Argos / / Cape Lobos / Cape Girardeau / / Cape St. Vincent / HMS Empire Arquebus / Cape Comorin / HMS Empire Gauntlet / Cape Washington / / C1-M The diesel (M for Motor) powered C1-M Type ships were a separate design from the C1-A and C1-B, meant for shorter runs and shallow harbors, either along the coasts, or for "island hopping" in the Pacific. These ships were shorter, narrower, and had less draft than the earlier C1 designs, and were rated at only . is an example of a C1-M ship. The C1-M-AV1 subtype, a general cargo ship with one large diesel engine, was the most numerous. About 215 of this type were built in ten different shipyards. Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. of Wilmington, California built the largest number – about a quarter of all built. These ships were either named for knots, such as , or with a two-word name beginning with "Coastal", such as ; a large number built for lend-lease were also given two-word names, this time beginning with "Hickory". About 65 of this subtype were complete for the U.S. Navy, like the USS Gadsden built by Walter Butler Shipyard. Those ships were generally named after counties in the U.S. C1-M-AV1 ships are a Alamosa-class cargo ships. One C1-ME-AV6 (also called C1-M-AV7) subype was built, . Instead of the diesel engine direct drive of the AV1 subtypes, it used diesel-electric drive. The diesel engine powered a generator to produce electricity, and an