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ITHACA GUN COMPANY

M1911A1 SHIPPING RECORDS


PLEASE NOTE: The WW.II Ithaca Gun Co. Shipping Records were in non-sequential order
from beginning of production until Serial No. 1453725. Since those records are too numerous to
illustrate here, this table ONLY reflects production after Serial No. 1453725.

Shipping Date

Serial Numbers

Qty in
Shipment

Destination

Serial Numbers 1441431-1471430 (CONTRACT: W-740-ORD-2476)


May 24, 1944

1453725-1456474
(250 out of sequence)

3,000

May 31, 1944

1456475-1458574

2,100

June 3, 1944

1458575-1460424

1,850

June 6, 1944

1460425-1461574

1,150

June 15, 1944

1461575-1462610

1,036

1442461, 1448311
1449377, 1449480
1452436, 1452534
1453240, 1453260
1453279, 1453480
1453571, 1453604
1453640, 1453722
1462611-1462710
Total

14
100
1,150

1462711-1463760

1,050

1463767-1464766
Total

1,000
2,050

1464767-1466766

2,000

1466773-1468294
Total

1,522
3,522

1468323-1469522

1,200

1468295-1468322

28

June 19, 1944

June 28, 1944

June 28, 1944

Officer in Charge - Naval Supply


Depot - Oakland, Calif
Port Transportation Officer Phil.Cargo Port of Embarkation Philadelphia, Pa.
Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air
Base - Kearney, Neb.
Ordnance Property Officer - Hunter
Field - Savannah, Ga.
Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air
Base - Topeka, Kansas

Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air


Base - Topeka, Kansas

Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air


Base - Topeka, Kansas

Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air


Base - Kearney, Neb.

July 3, 1944

July 7, 1944

Total

1,228

1469523-1470422

900

1470429-1470878
Total

450
1,350

1470879-1471428

550

Ordnance Property Officer - Army Air


Base - Kearney, Neb

Ordnance Property Officer - Mitchell


Field - Hempstead, Long Island, NY

Serial Numbers 1846004-1890503 (CONTRACT: W-30-115-ORD-553)


July 14, 1944

1846004-1848753

2,750

1848758-1849007
Total

250
3,000

1849008-1851507

2,500

1851533-1852532
Total

1,000
3,500

1852533-1852732

200

1852739-1856038
Total

3,300
3,500

July 30, 1944

1856039-1858038

2,000

August 6, 1944

1858039-1862044

4,006

1862070-1863065
Total

996
5,002

July 20, 1944

July 27, 1944

August 9, 1944

1862045-1862069

25

August 16, 1944

1863070-1864569

1,500

August 21, 1944

1864570-1865119

550

1865126-1867125
1867132-1867581
Total

2,000
450
3,000

August 29, 1944

1867582-1870581

3,000

September 6, 1944

1870582-1871881

1,300

1871888-1872587

700

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.

Port Transportation Officer - New York


Port of Embarkation - Brooklyn, N.Y.
Transportation Officer - Raritan
Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.

Resident Inspector of Ordnance - Colt


Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. - Hartford,
Conn(For interchageability tests)
Commanding Officer - Longue Pointe
Ordnance Depot - Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
Officer in Charge - Naval Supply
Depot - Norfolk, Va.

Commanding Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army point, Calif.
Transportation Officer - San Antonio
Arsenal - San Antonio, Tex.

Total

2,000

September 9, 1944

1872588-1877587

5,000

September 21, 1944

1877588-1878137

550

1878144-1881793
1881800-1881999
Total

3,650
200
4,400

October 2, 1944

1882000-1885299

3,300

October 4, 1944

1885300-1886349

1,050

1886356-1888655
Total

2,300
3,350

1888656-1890503

1,848

October 13, 1944

Transportation Officer - Augusta


Ordnance Depot - Augusta, GA
Officer in Charge - Naval Supply
Depot - Norfolk, Va.

Commanding General - Rock Island


Arsenal - Rock Island, Ill.
Transportation Officer - Benicia
Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Arsenal - Army Point, Calif.

Serial Numbers 2075104-2134403 (CONTRACT: W-30-115-ORD-553 Supplement #1)


October 21, 1944

2075104-2076353

1,250

October 24, 1944

2076354-2078353

2,000

October 28, 1944

2078354-2078603

250

2078610-2081359
Total

2,750
3,000

2081360-2082459

1,100

2082466-2086365
Total

3,900
5,000

October 30, 1944

October 30, 1944

2086366-2087365

1,000

November 2, 1944

2087366-2088265

900

2088272-2089371
Total

1,100
2,000

November 7, 1944

2091522-2091546

25

War Shipping Administration - c/o


British Ministry of War - Transport Pier
97, North River - New York, N.Y.
Transportation Officer - Benicia
Arsenal - Army Point, Calif.
Transportation Officer - Rock Island
Arsenal - Rock Island, Ill

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.

War Shipping Administration - c/o


British Ministry of War Transport, c/o
Kerr Line, Pier 3, - Receiving Clerk,
Hoboken, N.J.
Transportation Officer - Raritan
Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.

Resident Inspector of Ordnance Remington Rand, Inc., Div. "C" Syracuse, N.Y.(For interchangeability
tests)

November 17, 1944

2089372-2091521

2,150

2091547-2092596
2092603-2096402
Total

1,050
3,800
7,000

November 21, 1944

2096403-2098902

2,500

November 22, 1944

2099309-2099358

50

December 9, 1944

2098903-2099002

100

2099009-2099308
2099359-2101958
Total

300
2,600
3,000

2101959-2105158

3,200

2105165-2106464
Total

1,300
4,500

December 11, 1944

2106465-2110464

4,000

January 2, 1945

2110465-2111214

750

2111221-2114470
Total

3,250
4,000

2114471-2116970

2,500

2116977-2119476
Total

2,500
5,000

2119477-2123276

3,800

2123283-2124482
Total

1,200
5,000

December 9, 1944

January 2, 1945

January 2, 1945

January 6,1945

2127083-2127107

25

January 16, 1945

2124483-2127082

2,600

January 18, 1945

2127108-2129507
Total
2129508-2129807

2,400
5,000
300

Officer in Charge - Naval Supply Depot


- Oakland, Calif.

Transportation Officer - Rock Island


Ordnance Center - Rock Island
Ordnance Depot - Rock Island, Ill.
Commanding Officer - Attn: Eng.
Dept. Exp. Div.- Springfield,
Mass.(Slide modified by elimination of
recoil plate and heat treated at Ithaca)
Transportation Officer - Benicia
Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif

Transportation Officer - Rock Island


Arsenal - Rock Island, Ill.

Transportation Officer - Raritan


Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J
Transportation Officer - Augusta
Ordnance Depot - Augusta, Ga.

Transportation Officer - Raritan


Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.

Resident Inspector of Ordnance Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg.Co Hartford, Conn.(For interchangeability
tests)
Transportation Officer - Benicia
Ordnance Depot - Benicia, Calif.

Transportation Officer - Raritan

Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.


2129814-2134403
Total

4,590
4,890

Serial Numbers 1816642-1846003 (CONTRACT: W-30-115-ORD-553)


January 31, 1945

1816643-1818242

1,600

1818249-1820598
1820604-1821653
Total

2,350
1,050
5,000

1821654-1822003

350

1822010-1823659
Total

1,650
2,000

1823660-1825959

2,300

1825963-1827912
1827919-1828218
1828419-1828868
Total

1,950
300
450
5,000

February 20, 1945

1828869-1830868

2,000

March 5, 1945

1830869-1832668

1,800

1832675-1835924
1835931-1836380
Total

3,250
450
5,500

February 2,1945

February 19, 1945

March 16, 1945

1828219-1828418

200

March 30, 1945

1836381-1839980

3,600

1839987-1840986
1840993-1841392
Total

1,000
400
5,000

1841393-1841592

200

1841599-1845997
1816642
Total

4,399
1
4,600

March 30, 1945

Transportation Officer - Rock Island


Ordnance Depot - Rock Island, Ill.

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif

Transportation Officer - Belle Meade


ASF Depot - Belle Meade, N.J.

Transportation Officer - Benicia


Ordnance Depot - Army Point, Calif.
Transportation Officer - Rock Island
Ordnance Center - Rock Island
Ordnance Depot - Rock Island, Ill.

Transportation Officer - Springfield


Armory - Attn: Eng. Dept. Exp. Div. Springfield, Mass.(Slides heat treated
and recoil plates eliminated at Ithaca)
Transportation Officer - Raritan
Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J

Transportation Officer - Rock Island


Ordnance Depot - Rock Island, Ill.

Serial Numbers 2619014-2660318 (CONTRACT: W-30-115-ORD-553 Supplement #2)


April 17, 1945

2619014-2619563

550

2619565-2622514
2622521-2622570
2622577-2624026
Total

2,950
50
1,450
5,000

2624027-2625626

1,600

2625628-2629027
Total

3,400
5,000

2629028-2630627

1,600

2630634-2630683
2630690-2630739
2630746-2630945
2630947-2636046
Total

50
50
200
5,100
7,000

May 31, 1945

2636048-2637397

1,350

June 6, 1945

2637398-2638047

650

June 6, 1945

2639073-2639097

25

June 26, 1945

2638048-2639072

1,025

2639098-2640647
2640666-2642090
Total

1,550
1,425
4,000

2642091-2645565

3,475

2645567-2646391
Total

825
4,300

July 25, 1945

2646392-2648891

2,500

July 31, 1945

2648910-2649759
2649761-2651404
2648892-2648897
Total
2651405-2654404

850
1,644
6
5,000
3,000

May 7, 1945

May 29, 1945

June 30, 1945

Transportation Officer - Augusta


Arsenal - Augusta, Ga.

Transportation Officer - Rock Island


Ordnance Center - Rock Island
Ordnance Depot - Rock Island, Ill.

Transportation Officer - Columbus ASF


Depot - Columbus, Ohio

Transportation Officer - Columbus ASF


Depot - Columbus, Ohio
Transportation Officer - Columbus ASF
Depot - Columbus, Ohio
Army Inspector of Ordnance - Colt's
Patent Firearms Co. - Hartford,
Conn.(For interchangeability tests)
Transportation Officer - San Antonio
Arsenal - San Antonio, Tex.

Transportation Officer - Benicia Arsenal


- Army Point, Calif.

Transportation Officer - Belle Meade


ASF Depot - Read Valley, N.J.

Transportation Officer - Belle Meade

August 6, 1945

2654405-2655379

975

September 7, 1945

2655380-2656304

925

2657902-2657904
Total

3
928

2656305-2657901

1,597

2657905-2658304
2658311-2660307
2660309-2660318
Total

400
1,997
10
4,004

September 7, 1945

Transportation Officer - Raritan


Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.

Transportation Officer - Raritan


Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J.

September 27, 1945 Final Shipment:


(11/22/44)
(11/22/44)
(03/16/45)
(03/16/45)
(11/22/44)
(11/22/44)

ASF Depot - Read Valley, N.J.


Transportation Officer - Belle Meade
ASF Depot - Read Valley, N.J
Transportation Officer - Raritan
Ordnance Depot - Nixon, N.J

2099311-2099321
2099323-2099354
1828219-1828330
182331x-1828418
2099309, 2099356
2099358

11
32
112
88
2
1

Total

246

The above pistols in the Final Shipment to the government were returned to Ithaca
following tests conducted by Springfield Armory. At Ithaca, the slides were
completely heat treated and recoil plates eliminated, commonly referred to as "hard
slides".

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