Baker of Baker Iron Works as president. STAND PICTURED NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE. The 1920s were boom years at Los Angeles Shipbuilding. The SS Catalina, the “Great White Steamship”. That ran between the mainland and Catalina for decades, was completed in 1924. The renowned Los Angeles City #2 fireboat, later renamed the Ralph J. Rolled into the water for the first time in 1925.