Liberty Ships built by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama and Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, for U. S. Maritime Commission 1941-1945

Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard

WSAT stands for War Shipping Administration Transport; the number in parentheses shows the number of troops the ship could hold.
USAT stands for Army Transportation Service, and indicates the ship was chartered or operated by ATS.
AK, AP and similar designations denote US Navy commissioned ships.
The order below approximates the order of construction within the yard.

Liberty Ships built by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama
EC2-S-C1 Type

Hull # Name Designations/names
1 J. L. M. Curry

 

2 John Marshall YAG
3 Henry Clay

 

4 Arthur Middleton USAT
5 Alexander H. Stephens USAT
6 Thomas Heyward

 

7 Judah P. Benjamin USAT
8 Jefferson Davis

 

9 Thomas Lynch USAT
10 Joel Chandler Harris WSAT (550) USAT
11 Nathaniel Bacon

 

12 Israel Putman

 

13 Joseph Wheeler USAT
740 James Hoban WSAT (550) USAT
741 Clark Mills WSAT (550) USAT
742 Benjamin H. Latrobe

 

743 Simon Willard

 

744 Colin P. Kelly, Jr. WSAT (504) USAT
745 William C. Gorgas

 

746 Lawton B. Evans USAT
747-767 Cancelled

 

Liberty Ships built by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland
EC2-S-C1 Type

WSAT stands for War Shipping Administration Transport; the number in parentheses shows the number of troops the ship could hold.
USAT stands for Army Transportation Service, and indicates the ship was chartered or operated by ATS.
AK, AP and similar designations denote US Navy commissioned ships.
The order below approximates the order of construction within the yard.

Hull # Name Designations/names

14

Patrick Henry USAT

15

Charles Carroll  

16

Francis Scott Key  

17

Roger B. Taney USAT

18

Richard Henry Lee USAT

19

John Randolph  

20

George Calvert Completed as American Mariner USMS training ship

21

Christopher Newport  

22

Carter Braxton  

23

Samuel Chase USAT

24

George Wythe USAT

25

Benjamin Harrison USAT

26

Francis L. Lee WSAT (550) USAT

27

Thomas Stone  

28

Richard Bland  

29

George Calvert (II)  

30

Thomas Nelson USAT

31

John Witherspoon  

32

Robert Treat Paine WSAT AP USAT

33

St. Olaf USAT Hospital ship

34

Esek Hopkins WSAT (550) USAT

35

Peter Minuit WSAT (550) USAT

36

Alexander Macomb  

37

Henry St. G. Tucker  

38

Eleazar Wheelock WSAT (550) USAT

39

Thomas Ruffin  

40

William Johnson  

41

Richard Bassett WSAT (550) USAT

42

Oliver Ellsworth  

43

Theodore Foster USAT

44

James Gunn  

45

John Henry USAT

46

Samuel Johnston WSAT (550) USAT

47

William MacLay  

48

William Patterson  

49

Luther Martin WSAT (550) USAT

50

William Wirt  

51

Reverdy Johnson WSAT (550) USAT

52

John H. B. Latrobe  

53

Richard H. Alvey  

54

John P. Poe  

55

Bernard Carter WSAT (550) USAT

56

John Carter Rose  

57

Andrew Hamilton WSAT (550) USAT

58

Benjamin Chew  

59

William Tilghman USAT

60

Jared Ingersoll USAT

61

William Rawle WSAT (504) USAT

62

Horace Binney WSAT (550) USAT

63

John Sergeant WSAT (550) USAT

301

Thomas McKean  

302

William Paca  

303

Benjamin Rush USAT

304

Joseph Stanton  

305

John Walker WSAT (550) USAT

306

Pierce Butler  

307

Tristram Dalton WSAT (550) USAT

308

Jonathan Elmer WSAT (550) USAT

309

William Few WSAT (550) USAT

310

William Grayson USAT

311

John Mitchell  

312

John W. Brown WSAT (550) USAT

913

Benjamin Hawkins USAT

914

Ralph Izard  

915

James Caldwell USAT

916

Caesar Rodney  

917

Nicholas Biddle  

918

George Weems USAT

919

Grace Abbott  

920

Cardinal Gibbons  

921

Thomas Sim Lee  

922

Cotton Mather  

923

Will Rogers  

924

Daniel Chester French  

925

Daniel Willard  

926

Thaddeus Kosciuszko WSAT (550) USAT

927

Pearl Harbor USAT

928

Lord Delaware  

929

James Woodrow USAT

930

Willard Hall  

931

Woodbridge N. Ferris  

932

William McKinley USAT

933

Thomas R. Marshall WSAT (550) USAT

934

Andrew G. Curtin  

935

Molly Pitcher USAT

936

Horace Gray  

937

Samuel Blatchford  

938

Henry B. Brown USAT

939

George Shiras WSAT (550) USAT

940

Rufus W. Peckham  

941

William R. Day  

942

Mahlon Pitney  

943

Louis D. Brandeis  

944

Nathan Clifford USAT

945

George Sharswood  

946

Henry L. Benning  

947

Johns Hopkins WSAT (550) USAT

948

Thomas Cresap WSAT (550) USAT

949

James W. Denver USAT

950

Henry Gilbert Costin  

951

John Gallup  

952

Clifford D. Mallory YAG

953

William H. Welch  

954

William Osler USAT hospital ship Wisteria

955

Howard A. Kelly WSAT (550) USAT

956

William S. Halsted USAT

957

Franklin P. Mall  

958

John Howland WSAT (550) USAT

959

William H. Wilmer  

960

John J. Abel  

961

Santiago Iglesias USAT

962

John Banvard WSAT (504) USAT

963

Edward N. Hurley  

964

Charles M. Schwab  

965

Charles Piez USAT

966

Bernard N. Baker  

967

Winfred L. Smith  

968

Bushrod Washington USAT

969

Levi Woodbury WSAT (550) USAT

970

William Strong Roald Amundsen

971

Joseph P. Bradley  

972

Ward Hunt WSAT (550) USAT

973

John Woolman  

974

William Pepper  

975

Silas Weir Mitchell  

976

Joseph Leidy WSAT (550) USAT

977

William W. Gerhard USAT

978

John Morgan  

979

James R. Randall USAT

980

William H. Webb  

981

Samuel Bowles Completed as Luzon ARG 2

982

Stevenson Taylor  

983

Elbert Hubbard Completed as Mindanao ARG 3

984

John E. Schmeltzer WSAT (550) USAT

985

Charles A. McAllister  

986

John L. Motley WSAT (504) USAT

987

Haym Salomon WSAT (550) USAT

988

Frederick Douglass  

989

Thomas F. Bayard Completed as Edvard Grieg

990

Conrad Weiser WSAT (550) USAT

991

John M. T. Finney Completed as Christian Michelsen

992

Louisa M. Alcott WSAT (550) USAT

993

William Tyler Page  

994

Joseph H. Nicholson WSAT (550) USAT

995

Thomas Nelson Page WSAT (550) USAT

996

James McCosh WSAT (504) USAT

997

Albert C. Ritchie  

998

George W. Woodward WSAT (550) USAT

999

Charles Bulfinch  

1000

Samuel Mcintyre USAT

1001

Pierre L'Enfant WSAT (550) USAT

1002

Edward L. Grant  

1003

Robert J. Collier  

1004

Joshua W. Alexander  

1005

John A. Donald  

1006

William H. Jackson WSAT (550) USAT

1007

Janet Lord Roper  

1008

Nathan Towson  

1009

Robert Erskine USAT

1010

John Wanamaker USAT

1011

John Stevenson YAG

1012

George M. Cohan  

1013

George H. Pendleton  

1014

George W. Childs  

1015

Robert Eden USAT

1016

James A. Farrell USAT

1017

Jose Marti  

1018

Crosby S. Noyes  

1019

Louis Marshall USAT

1020

Townsend Harris USAT

1021

George Vickers  

1022

John W. Powell USAT

1755

Edwin L. Drake  

1756

Thomas U. Walter  

1757

Thorstein Veblen  

1758

John T. Holt  

1759

Arunah S. Abell  

1760

Joshua Thomas  

1761

William S. Thayer  

1762

David De Vries Completed as Samwater Loan Great Britain

1763

Henry Van Dyke Completed as Samhain Loan Great Britain

1764

James M. Gillis  

1765

Lionel Copley Completed as Sambrake Loan Great Britain

1766

Matthew Brush Completed as Samoa Loan Great Britain

1767

Holland Thompson Completed as Samite Loan Great Britain

1768

John W. Garrett  

1769

Peter Cooper Completed as Samarkand Loan Great Britain

1770

Tench Tilghman Completed as Samos Loan Great Britain

1771

James Blair Completed as Samarina Loan Great Britain

1772

Emma Lazarus Completed as Samara, Samshire Loan Great Britain

1773

Charles C. Long Completed as Samur Loan Great Britain

1774

William Smallwood Completed as Sampa Loan Great Britain

1775

James T. Earle Completed as Samaye Loan Great Britain

1776

John H. Hatton Completed as Samora, Sampenn Loan Great Britain

1777

Orville P. Taylor Completed as Samothrace Loan Great Britain

1778

Marie M. Meloney  

1779

Arthur P. Gorman Completed as ARG 4 Tutuila

1780

Heywood Broun  

1781

Philip F. Thomas  

1782

Caleb C. Wheeler Completed as ARG 5 Oahu

1783

Hawkins Fudske  

1784

Henry Lomb  

1785

George Uhler USAT

1786

Patrick C. Boyle  

1787

Margaret Brent  

1788

Ben F. Dixon  

1789

Francis Vigo  

1790

John J. McGraw Completed as Samariz Loan Great Britain, John J. McGraw

1791

Adolph S. Ochs Completed as Samwyo Loan Great Britain, Adolph S. Ochs

1792

Nikola Tesla Completed as Samkansa Loan Great Britain

1793

Franz Boas Completed as Sammex Loan Great Britain

1794

John Russell Pope Completed as Samdak Loan Great Britain

1795

Horace Bushnell  

1796

Joyce Kilmer  

1797

W. R. Grace  

1798

Jesse De Forest Completed as Samuta Loan Great Britain

1799

Lyon G. Tyler Completed as Samnebra Loan Great Britain

1800

Adolph Lewisohn Completed as Samota Loan Great Britain

1801

Edward Cook Completed as Samwis Loan Great Britain

1802

Simon B. Elliott Completed as Samnesse Loan Great Britain

1803

George M. Shriver Completed as Viggo Hansteen

1804

Stage Door Canteen  

1805

Francis P. Duffy [Duffey] Completed as Cebu ARG 6

1806

Lewis Emery, Jr.  

1807

Harold L. Winslow  

1808

J. Whitridge Williams Completed as Samsylvan Loan Great Britain

1809

Edith Wharton Completed as Samvern Loan Great Britain

1810

W. Walter Husband Completed as Samyork Loan Great Britain

1811

U. S. O.  

1812

Jose Artigas Completed as Samokla Loan Great Britain

1813

Priscilla Alden Completed as Samlouis Loan Great Britain

1814

Theodore Roosevelt AKN 1 Indus

1815

Samuel H. Ralston Completed as Samois Loan Great Britain

1816

Edwin A. Robinson Completed as Samsip Loan Great Britain

1817

Augustine Herman Completed as Samsette Loan Great Britain

1818

Charles Scribner  

1819

Edward Bruce Completed as Samoine Loan Great Britain; Edward Bruce

1820

Israel J. Merritt Completed as Samflora Loan Great Britain

1821

Frank A. Vanderlip Completed as Sambuff Loan Great Britain; Frank A. Vanderlip

1822

John LaFarge  

1823

Jacob H. Schiff Completed as Samburgh Loan Great Britain

1824

John T. Clark Completed as Samcleve Loan Great Britain

1825

Francis C. Harrington  

1826

James Carroll Completed as Samgara Loan Great Britain

1827

Barbara Frietchie USAT

1828

Daniel Appleton Completed as Samfield Loan Great Britain

1829

Leo J. Duster  

1830

John F. Goucher Completed as ARG 7 Culebra Island

1831

James C. Cameron  

1832

Willis J. Abbott Completed as Samboston Loan Great Britain

1833

Hugh M. Smith  

1834

Ross G. Marvin Completed as Samtroy Loan Great Britain

1835

J. Fred Essary Completed as AKN 2 Sagittarius

1836

A. J. Cermak  

1837

AMMLA Completed as Samvard Loan Great Britain; AMMLA [American Merchant Marine Library Association]

1838

Louis Kossuth  

1839

Israel Wheelen Completed as Samport Loan Great Britain

1840

Hugh L. Kerwin Completed as Samyale Loan Great Britain

1841

Joshua B. Lippincott  

1842

Robert Wickliffe Completed as Sambalt Loan Great Britain

1843

Frank R. Stockton  

1844

Ben H. Miller  

1845

Martha C. Thomas Completed as Samharle Loan Great Britain

1846

Louis C. Tiffany Destroyed by fire on way never completed 

1847

Carl Thusgaard Completed as Samkey Loan Great Britain

1848

Byron Darnton  

1849

Melvil Dewey Completed as Samsacola Loan Great Britain

1850

Frederick Banting  

1851

Martin Van Buren USAT

1852

William R. Cox (I) Completed as Samtweed Loan Great Britain

1853

Samforth Loan Great Britain

2405

Samclyde Loan Great Britain

2406

William R. Cox (II) AKN 3 Tuscana

2407

Samettrick Loan Great Britain

2408

Samcree Loan Great Britain

2409

Samfeugh Loan Great Britain

2410

Sameveron Loan Great Britain

2411

Samtay Loan Great Britain

2412

Samnid Loan Great Britain

2413

Samouse Loan Great Britain

2414

Eloy Alfaro  

2415

Samchess Loan Great Britain

2416

Van Lear Black AK 225 Allegan

2417

Samesk Loan Great Britain

2418

Benjamin Schlesinger  

2419

Morris Hillquit  

2585

Meyer London  

2586

Morris Sigman  

2587

Samleven Loan Great Britain 

2588

William D. Byron  

2589

Samlyth Loan Great Britain 

2590

Samstrule Loan Great Britain  

2591

Saminver Loan Great Britain  

2592

Thomas Donaldson  

2593

Samlossie Loan Great Britain 

2594

John L. Elliott USAT

2595

Leyte ARG 8

2596

Samgaudie Loan Great Britain  

2597

Warren Delano  

2598

Samaffric Loan Great Britain  

2599

Samconon Loan Great Britain  

2600

Samnethy Loan Great Britain  

2601

Stephen W. Gambrill  

2602

Sameden Loan Great Britain  

2603

Robert Ellis Lewis  

2604

Samcolne Loan Great Britain

2605

Samlea Loan Great Britain  

2606

Samshee Loan Great Britain  

2607

Samjack Loan Great Britain  

2608

Samspelga Loan Great Britain 

2609

Samdonard Loan Great Britain  

2610

Samgallion Loan Great Britain  

2611

Samneagh Loan Great Britain  

2612

Edward B. Haines  

2613

Samhope Loan Great Britain 

2614

John H. Murphy  

2615

Samsturdy Loan Great Britain  

2616

Lawrence J. Brengle  

2617

Samdauntless Loan Great Britain  

2618

William Hodson (I) Completed as Sverre Helmersen

2619

Samtrusty Loan Great Britain  

2620

Deborah Gannett  

2621

Samconstant Loan Great Britain  

2622

Francis D. Culkin  

2623

Samfaithful Loan Great Britain  

2624

Samwinged Loan Great Britain  

2625

Samloyal Loan Great Britain  

2626

Samfleet Loan Great Britain  

2627

Samglory Loan Great Britain  

2628

James Kerney  

2629

Samsoaring Loan Great Britain  

2630

Samcrest Loan Great Britain  

2631

James D. Trask  

2632

Samfreedom Loan Great Britain  

2633

Samtruth Loan Great Britain  

2634

Mona Island ARG 9

2635

Samtorch Loan Great Britain  

2636

Samlistar Loan Great Britain  

2637

Dumaran ARG 14, ARV 1 Chourre

2638

Samspeed Loan Great Britain  

2639

Samluzon Loan Great Britain  

2640

Samnegros Loan Great Britain  

2641

Samindoro Loan Great Britain 

2642

William Hodson (II) Completed as Chung Tung

2643

Samtana Loan Great Britain 

2644

Samskern Loan Great Britain  

2645

Samsylarna Loan Great Britain 

2646

Samlamu Loan Great Britain  

2647

Samuel F. B. Morse (II)  

2648

Dexter W. Fellows  

2649

Assistance AR 17; Loan Great Britain HMS Assistance

2650

Oakley Wood  

2651

William S. Baer  

2652

Sidney Wright  

2653

William Hodson (III)  

2654

Mary Pickersgill  

2655

Joseph B. Eastman  

2656

Walter Kidde  

2657

George R. Holmes  

2658

Diligence AR 18; Loan Great Britain HMS Diligence

2659

Frederic A. Kummer  

2660

Edward A. Savoy  

2661

Vincent Harrington  

2662

A. J. Cassatt AK 226 Appanoose

2663

S. Wiley Wakeman  

2664

Hecla AR 19; HMS Hecla; Xanthus AR 9

2665

Frederick W. Wood  

2666

Masbate ARG 15 Completed as ARV 2 Webster

2667

S. M. Shoemaker  

2668

Palawan ARG 10 Palawan

2669

Alexander V. Fraser  

2670

Frederick H. Baetjer  

2671

Jesse Cottrell  

2672

William Libbey  

2673

Benjamin Peixotto  

2674

Dutiful Completed as Reliance; HMS Dutiful; AR 20 Laertes

2675

George M. Verity  

2676

Charles C. Glover  

2677

John Hanson USAT

2678

Charles A. McCue  

2679

Milan R. Stefanik USAT

2680

Kermit Roosevelt Deal Island; ARG 16 Kermit Roosevelt

2681

Faithful HMS Faithful; AR 21 Dionysos

2682

Bert McDowell Completed as ARG 17 Hooper Island

2683

Samar Completed as ARG 11 Samar


Source:
The liberty ships; The history of the"emergency" type cargo ships constructed in the United States during World War II, by L. A. Sawyer and W. H. Mitchell. Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, Md.,1970

Liberty Ships, The Ugly Ducklings of World War II, John G. Bunker. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1972

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