In 1905 , Robert S. Moore , his brother Joseph A. Moore , and John Thomas Scott purchased the National Iron Works located in the Hunter 's Point section of San Francisco , and founded a new company , the '' ' Moore & Scott Iron Works ' '' Moore had previously been vice president of the Risdon Iron Works . Scott was a nephew of Henry T. Scott and Irving M. Scott , owners of the nearby Union Iron Works , where John had risen from apprentice to superintendent . Their new business was soon destroyed by fire resulting from the San Francisco earthquake . They quickly recovered and were back in business before the end of 1906
San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Moore Dry Dock Company