Liberty Ships - Part 3: EMC #s 1552 thru 2292

In less than four years, from the last day of December 1941 thru October 1945, 17 shipyards delivered 2,718 Liberty ships - the greatest shipbuilding achievement in history.  Contrary to popular belief, this was not all Henry Kaiser's doing.  Of the 17 yards, seven were managed by established shipbuilders, six by Kaiser and four by local interests with no experience of shipbuilding.  The first group had better productivity than did the Kaiser yards and the Kaiser yards had better productivity than the third group.

EMC # Shipyard Hull # Original Name Type Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1552 P No. 1 1552 James A Bayard EC2-S-C1 5 8-Apr-43 10-May-43 27-May-43 32 17 49 Scrapped 1963
1553 P No. 1 1553 Mary Cassatt EC2-S-C1 4 17-Apr-43 16-May-43 31-May-43 29 15 44 To Russia 1943 as Odessa, still afloat as a storage facility in Vladivostok
1554 P No. 1 1554 Michael Pupin EC2-S-C1 3 18-Apr-43 19-May-43 5-Jun-43 31 17 48 Scrapped 1962
1555 P No. 1 1555 Cyrus Hamlin EC2-S-C1 2 25-Apr-43 24-May-43 10-Jun-43 29 17 46 To US Navy as Lyra (AK 101), scrapped 1967
1556 P No. 1 1556 Henry Bergh EC2-S-C1 1 29-Apr-43 28-May-43 14-Jun-43 29 17 46 Wrecked and lost on the Farallons 1944
1557 P No. 1 1557 John Carroll EC2-S-C1 6 30-Apr-43 31-May-43 18-Jun-43 31 18 49 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
1558 P No. 1 1558 Jonathan P Dolliver EC2-S-C1 7 8-May-43 3-Jun-43 22-Jun-43 26 19 45 Scrapped 1972
1559 P No. 1 1559 James Harlan EC2-S-C1 5 11-May-43 7-Jun-43 25-Jun-43 27 18 45 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1962
1560 P No. 1 1560 Robert Lucas EC2-S-C1 4 16-May-43 10-Jun-43 29-Jun-43 25 19 44 Scrapped 1972
1561 P No. 1 1561 Edwin T Meredith EC2-S-C1 3 19-May-43 15-Jun-43 30-Jun-43 27 15 42 Scrapped 1972
1562 P No. 1 1562 Maria Sanford EC2-S-C1 2 24-May-43 20-Jun-43 7-Jul-43 27 17 44 Scrapped 1960
1563 P No. 1 1563 Christopher C Andrews EC2-S-C1 1 28-May-43 24-Jun-43 10-Jul-43 27 16 43 To US Navy as Hyperion (AK 107), scrapped 1961
1564 P No. 1 1564 Leonidas Merritt EC2-S-C1 6 31-May-43 30-Jun-43 17-Jul-43 30 17 48 Kamikazied in Leyte Gulf 1944, repaired, scrapped 1970
1565 P No. 1 1565 Floyd B Olson EC2-S-C1 7 3-Jun-43 28-Jun-43 13-Jul-43 25 15 40 Scrapped 1961
1566 P No. 2 1566 Irving M Scott EC2-S-C1 8 6-May-43 30-May-43 10-Jun-43 24 11 35 Scrapped 1960
1567 P No. 2 1567 Joseph S Emery EC2-S-C1 7 8-May-43 31-May-43 13-Jun-43 23 13 36 Scrapped 1960
1568 P No. 2 1568 George Berkeley EC2-S-C1 6 10-May-43 2-Jun-43 14-Jun-43 23 12 35 Scrapped 1960
1569 P No. 2 1569 Adolph Sutro EC2-S-C1 5 12-May-43 4-Jun-43 16-Jun-43 23 12 35 Scrapped 1961
1570 P No. 2 1570 John W Mackay EC2-S-C1 4 14-May-43 6-Jun-43 17-Jun-43 23 11 34 Scrapped 1969
1571 P No. 2 1571 James W Nye EC2-S-C1 3 16-May-43 8-Jun-43 23-Jun-43 23 15 38 To USN as Ganymede (AK 104), scrapped 1973
1572 P No. 2 1572 William W Mayo EC2-S-C1 2 18-May-43 10-Jun-43 21-Jun-43 23 11 34 Scrapped 1960
1573 P No. 2 1573 John Lind EC2-S-C1 1 21-May-43 11-Jun-43 23-Jun-43 21 12 33 Scrapped 1972
1574 P No. 2 1574 Ole E Rolvaag EC2-S-C1 12 22-May-43 13-Jun-43 25-Jun-43 22 12 34 Scrapped 1971
1575 P No. 2 1575 John T McMillan EC2-S-C1 11 25-May-43 15-Jun-43 26-Jun-43 21 11 32 Scrapped 1970
1576 P No. 2 1576 Fremont Older EC2-S-C1 10 26-May-43 17-Jun-43 28-Jun-43 22 11 33 Sold private 1947, wrecked and sunk 1967
1577 P No. 2 1577 Conrad Kohrs EC2-S-C1 9 29-May-43 19-Jun-43 30-Jun-43 21 11 32 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
1578 P No. 2 1578 Stephen Crane EC2-S-C1 8 30-May-43 20-Jun-43 30-Jun-43 21 10 31 Bombed off New Guinea 1944, repaired, scrapped 1958
1579 P No. 2 1579 William Beaumont EC2-S-C1 7 31-May-43 23-Jun-43 4-Jul-43 23 11 34 Scrapped 1971
1580 P No. 2 1580 John H Rosseter EC2-S-C1 6 2-Jun-43 24-Jun-43 6-Jul-43 22 12 34 Scrapped 1966
1581 P No. 2 1581 Henry Dodge EC2-S-C1 5 4-Jun-43 25-Jun-43 7-Jul-43 21 12 34 Sold private 1946, sunk 1968
1582 P No. 2 1582 John S Sargent EC2-S-C1 4 6-Jun-43 27-Jun-43 9-Jul-43 21 12 33 Scrapped 1970
1583 P No. 2 1583 Charles Robinson EC2-S-C1 3 8-Jun-43 28-Jun-43 12-Jul-43 20 14 33 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
1584 P No. 2 1584 Increase A Lapham EC2-S-C1 2 10-Jun-43 29-Jun-43 16-Jul-43 19 17 36 To USN as Alkes (AK 110), scrapped 1972
1585 P No. 2 1585 Clarence King EC2-S-C1 1 11-Jun-43 1-Jul-43 13-Jul-43 20 12 32 Sold private 1947, wrecked 1964 and scrapped
1586 P No. 2 1586 William Prouse EC2-S-C1 12 13-Jun-43 4-Jul-43 27-Jul-43 21 23 34 Scrapped 1960
1587 P No. 2 1587 M H De Young EC2-S-C1 11 15-Jun-43 6-Jul-43 19-Jul-43 21 13 34 Torpedoed in the Pacific 1943, to USN as Antelope (IX 109), scrapped 1950
1588 P No. 2 1588 John E Wilkie/Sambridge EC2-S-C1 10 17-Jun-43 8-Jul-43 20-Jul-43 21 12 33 Torpedoed and lost in the Arabian Sea 1943
1589 P No. 2 1589 John Ross EC2-S-C1 9 19-Jun-43 10-Jul-43 23-Jul-43 21 13 34 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1973
1590 Oregon 631 John Whiteaker EC2-S-C1 10 9-Jan-43 7-Feb-43 16-Feb-43 29 9 38 To USN as Situla (AK 140), scrapped 1961
1591 Oregon 632 Sam Jackson EC2-S-C1 9 11-Jan-43 9-Feb-43 17-Feb-43 29 8 37 Scrapped 1968
1592 Oregon 633 Owen Summers EC2-S-C1 8 13-Jan-43 11-Feb-43 19-Feb-43 29 8 37 Scrapped 1961
1593 Oregon 634 Arthur Riggs EC2-S-C1 7 15-Jan-43 13-Feb-43 23-Feb-43 29 10 39 Scrapped 1962
1594 Oregon 635 Lot Whitcomb EC2-S-C1 6 17-Jan-43 16-Feb-43 26-Feb-43 30 10 40 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
1595 Oregon 636 Morton M McCarver EC2-S-C1 5 19-Jan-43 18-Feb-43 28-Feb-43 30 10 40 Scrapped 1967
1596 Oregon 637 Hall J Kelley EC2-S-C1 4 26-Jan-43 20-Feb-43 1-Mar-43 25 9 34 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
1597 Oregon 638 John W Cullen EC2-S-C1 3 29-Jan-43 22-Feb-43 4-Mar-43 24 10 34 Scrapped 1963
1598 Oregon 639 Nathaniel J Wyeth EC2-S-C1 2 31-Jan-43 24-Feb-43 6-Mar-43 24 10 34 To USN as De Grasse (AK 164), scrapped 1970
1599 Oregon 640 Henderson Luelling EC2-S-C1 1 2-Feb-43 25-Feb-43 8-Mar-43 23 11 34 Scrapped 1959
1600 Oregon 641 E H Harriman EC2-S-C1 11 5-Feb-43 27-Feb-43 10-Mar-43 22 11 33 To Russia 1943 as Dekabrist, scrapped 1972
1601 Oregon 642 Cushing Eells EC2-S-C1 10 7-Feb-43 1-Mar-43 12-Mar-43 22 11 33 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
1602 Oregon 643 James Harrod EC2-S-C1 9 9-Feb-43 3-Mar-43 13-Mar-43 22 10 32 Burnt off Kent 1945, refloated, scuttled with  obsolete ammo 1946
1603 Oregon 644 Christopher Greenup EC2-S-C1 8 11-Feb-43 5-Mar-43 15-Mar-43 22 10 32 Scrapped 1962
1604 Oregon 645 Amos Kendall EC2-S-C1 7 13-Feb-43 7-Mar-43 17-Mar-43 22 10 32 Scrapped 1961
1605 Oregon 646 Belva Lockwood EC2-S-C1 6 16-Feb-43 9-Mar-43 19-Mar-43 21 10 31 Scrapped 1962
1606 Oregon 647 Kenneth A J MacKenzie EC2-S-C1 5 18-Feb-43 11-Mar-43 21-Mar-43 21 10 31 Scrapped 1970
1607 Oregon 648 Lucretia Mott EC2-S-C1 4 20-Feb-43 13-Mar-43 22-Mar-43 21 9 30 Scrapped 1968
1608 Oregon 649 Pierre Gibault EC2-S-C1 3 22-Feb-43 15-Mar-43 24-Mar-43 21 9 30 Mined off Rhodes 1945, scrapped 1949
1609 Oregon 650 Benjamin H Grierson EC2-S-C1 2 24-Feb-43 17-Mar-43 25-Mar-43 21 8 29 Reefed off Panama City FL 1977
1610 Oregon 651 Elijah P Lovejoy EC2-S-C1 1 25-Feb-43 19-Mar-43 27-Mar-43 22 8 30 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1978
1611 Oregon 652 Graham Taylor EC2-S-C1 11 27-Feb-43 21-Mar-43 28-Mar-43 22 7 29 To Russia 1943 as Mikhail Kutusov, scrapped 1973
1612 Oregon 653 Albert B Cummins EC2-S-C1 10 1-Mar-43 23-Mar-43 30-Mar-43 22 7 29 Scrapped 1961
1613 Oregon 654 James W Grimes EC2-S-C1 9 3-Mar-43 24-Mar-43 31-Mar-43 21 7 28 Scrapped 1972
1614 Oregon 655 George L Baker EC2-S-C1 8 5-Mar-43 26-Mar-43 2-Apr-43 21 7 28 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
1615 Oregon 656 Chief Joseph EC2-S-C1 7 7-Mar-43 27-Mar-43 4-Apr-43 20 8 28 Sold private 1946, sunk 1962
1616 Oregon 657 Henry W Corbett EC2-S-C1 6 9-Mar-43 29-Mar-43 6-Apr-43 20 8 28 To Russia 1943 as Alexandr Nevsky, scrapped 1978
1617 Oregon 658 George Flavel EC2-S-C1 5 11-Mar-43 31-Mar-43 8-Apr-43 20 8 28 Scrapped 1968
1618 Oregon 659 John H Couch EC2-S-C1 4 13-Mar-43 1-Apr-43 9-Apr-43 19 8 27 Torpedoed from the air and lost off Guadalcanal 1943
1619 Oregon 660 George H Flanders EC2-S-C1 3 15-Mar-43 3-Apr-43 11-Apr-43 19 8 27 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
1620 Oregon 661 Francis W Pettygrove EC2-S-C1 2 17-Mar-43 4-Apr-43 13-Apr-43 18 9 27 Torpedoed from the air in the Mediterranean 1943, scrapped 1949
1621 Oregon 662 Henry Failing EC2-S-C1 1 19-Mar-43 7-Apr-43 15-Apr-43 19 8 27 Scrapped 1961
1622 Oregon 663 B F Shaw EC2-S-C1 11 21-Mar-43 9-Apr-43 17-Apr-43 19 8 27 Reefed off Freeport TX 1976
1623 Oregon 664 Simon Bolivar EC2-S-C1 10 23-Mar-43 11-Apr-43 19-Apr-43 19 8 27 Scrapped 1971
1624 Oregon 665 Louis Agassiz EC2-S-C1 9 24-Mar-43 13-Apr-43 21-Apr-43 20 8 28 To Russia 1943 as Emilian Pugachev, scrapped 1977
1625 Oregon 666 Edward Bellamy EC2-S-C1 8 26-Mar-43 14-Apr-43 22-Apr-43 19 8 27 Scrapped 1970
1626 Oregon 667 Cass Gilbert EC2-S-C1 7 27-Mar-43 16-Apr-43 24-Apr-43 20 8 28 To Russia 1943 as Stepan Razin, scrapped 1969
1627 Oregon 668 Gouverneur Morris EC2-S-C1 6 29-Mar-43 18-Apr-43 26-Apr-43 20 8 28 To Russia 1943 as Leningrad, later Ivan Kulibin, scrapped 1974
1628 Oregon 669 Gilbert Stuart EC2-S-C1 5 31-Mar-43 20-Apr-43 27-Apr-43 20 7 27 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1973
1629 Oregon 670 DeWitt Clinton EC2-S-C1 4 1-Apr-43 22-Apr-43 29-Apr-43 21 7 28 To Russia 1943 as Sevastopol, scrapped 1970
1630 Oregon 671 Richard Harding Davis EC2-S-C1 3 3-Apr-43 23-Apr-43 30-Apr-43 20 7 27 Scrapped 1967
1631 Oregon 672 William H McGuffey EC2-S-C1 2 4-Apr-43 25-Apr-43 3-May-43 21 8 29 Sunk as a breakwater in Nikiska 1967
1632 CalShip 165 William Carson EC2-S-C1 1 12-Mar-43 7-Apr-43 21-Apr-43 26 14 40 Scrapped 1970
1633 CalShip 166 Charles H Windham EC2-S-C1 11 15-Mar-43 10-Apr-43 23-Apr-43 26 13 39 Scrapped 1960
1634 CalShip 167 Juan Flaco Brown EC2-S-C1 2 16-Mar-43 12-Apr-43 24-Apr-43 27 12 39 Scrapped 1961
1635 CalShip 168 Thaddeus S C Lowe EC2-S-C1 12 17-Mar-43 13-Apr-43 26-Apr-43 27 13 40 Damaged 1943, CTL, scrapped 1959
1636 CalShip 169 Miguel Hidalgo EC2-S-C1 3 19-Mar-43 14-Apr-43 27-Apr-43 26 13 39 Scrapped 1958
1637 CalShip 170 Josiah D Whitney EC2-S-C1 13 22-Mar-43 16-Apr-43 28-Apr-43 25 12 37 To USN as Livingston (AP 163), scrapped 1973
1638 CalShip 171 William M Gwin EC2-S-C1 4 24-Mar-43 17-Apr-43 29-Apr-43 24 12 36 To USN as Lesuth (AK 125), scrapped 1964
1639 CalShip 172 Mark Keppel EC2-S-C1 14 26-Mar-43 18-Apr-43 30-Apr-43 23 12 35 Scrapped 1963
1640 CalShip 173 Wiley Post EC2-S-C1 6 27-Mar-43 21-Apr-43 30-Apr-43 25 9 34 Scrapped 1959
1641 CalShip 174 George Gershwin EC2-S-C1 8 29-Mar-43 22-Apr-43 4-May-43 24 12 36 Reefed off Horn Island MS 1975
1642 CalShip 175 General Vallejo EC2-S-C1 5 31-Mar-43 23-Apr-43 6-May-43