Liberty Ships Built During World War II Listed by Shipyard

 

Shipyard
Total Laid = 2711
Completed = 2710
Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.
Mobile, AL
20
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc.
Baltimore, MD
385
California Shipbuilding Corp.
Terminal Island, CA
336
(30 Tankers)
Delta Shipbuilding Co.
New Orleans, LA
188
(32 Tankers)
(24 Colliers)
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Brunswick, GA
85
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Panama City, FL
102
(8 Tank Transports)
(28 Boxed Aircraft Carriers)
Kaiser-Vancouver
Vancouver, WA
10
Marinship Corp.
Sausalito, CA
15
*New England Shipbuilding Corporation
*South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation
South Portland, ME
244
(8 Boxed Aircraft Carriers)
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington, NC
126
Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.
Portland, OR
322
Permanente Metals-Richmond #1
Richmond, CA
138
Permanente Metals-Richmond # 2
Richmond, CA
351
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation
Savannah, GA
88
St. Johns River Shipbuilding
Jacksonville, FL
82

Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corporation
Houston Shipbuilding Corporation
Bend Island, Houston, TX
*For legal reasons there were two companies, both part of Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp.

208
#Rheem Manufacturing Company
Walsh-Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation
Providence, RI
#Walsh-Kaiser took over management of the shipyard from Rheem
11


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

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