Allied Shipbuilders - Ships of Steel

Ships of Steel

Allied's founder, Thomas Arthur (T.A.) McLaren, a Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, worked with Vancouver author Vickie Jensen and his son, Malcolm McLaren, to publish the book Ships of Steel, a British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story. The book provides an overview of steel shipbuilding in British Columbia from the view of a typical shipbuilding firm, and includes personal recollections contributed by T.A. from his years in the shipbuilding industry. The book was published after T.A.'s death in 1999.