EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDERS
In both world wars, the U.S. Government stimulated the creation of a large number of emergency shipyards.  Some were devoted to naval shipbuilding, others to merchant shipbuilding, while some were primarily repair yards which also built a few ships.  Many of the existing commercial shipbuilders also built some of the simpler types of naval ships.  The civilian agencies involved were the U.S. Shipping Board, in World War I, and the U.S. Maritime Commission, in World War II.  Almost all these emergency yards closed at the end of the war, or soon thereafter, although a few took on a new life and reappeared later under a different name.  The tables in this section cover those emergency yards that built naval or merchant ships, including DEs and LSTs: these types of ship were also, of course, also built by the  shipbuilders covered in the lists of Large Shipbuilders and Naval Shipyards.  The yards that built small ships, boats and barges are covered in the lists of Emergency Boatbuilders, Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders and Small Yachtbuilders.  The tables presented here are about as complete as is possible, at least as far as the emergency contracts are concerned, because the construction programs are well documented, as are the fates of the ships that were built.
EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDERS IN WWII (29)

Shipbuilder

Location

State Built
Atlantic Coast (8)

New England Shipbuilding

S. Portland ME EC2

Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard

Hingham MA DE, LST

Walsh-Kaiser Company

Providence RI EC2, PF, AKA

Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards

Baltimore MD EC2, VC2, LST

North Carolina Shipbuilding

Wilmington NC EC2, C2, AKA

Southeastern Shipbuilding

Savannah GA EC2, C1

J. A. Jones Construction

Brunswick GA EC2, C1

St. John's River Shipbuilding

Jacksonville FL EC2, T1
Gulf Coast (5)

J. A. Jones Construction

Panama City FL EC2, T1

Delta Shipbuilding

New Orleans LA EC2

Consolidated Steel Corp.

Orange TX DD, DE, LCT,

Todd Houston Shipbuilding

Houston TX EC2, T1

Brown Shipbuilding

Houston TX DE
Great Lakes and Inland Waterways (6)

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron

Evansville IN LST

Chicago Bridge & Iron

Seneca IL LST

Cargill Inc.

Savage MN T1

Froemming Bros.

Milwaukee WI C1, V, PF

Butler Shipbuilders, Walter

Superior WI C1, N, PF

Globe Shipbuilding

Superior WI C1, V, PF
Pacific Coast (10)

California Shipbuilding

Los Angeles CA EC2, VC2

Consolidated Steel Corp.

Wilmington CA C1, C2, PF, AP

Permanente No. 1 Yard

Richmond CA EC2, VC2

Permanente No. 2 Yard

Richmond CA EC2, VC2

Permanente No. 3 Yard

Richmond CA C4

Kaiser Richmond No. 4 Yard

Richmond CA C1, LST, PF

Marinship Corporation

Sausalito CA EC2, T2

Oregon Shipbuilding

Portland OR EC2, VC2

Kaiser Swan Island

Portland OR T2

Kaiser Vancouver

Vancouver WA EC2, VC2, C4, LST, CVE
Wooden and Concrete Shipbuilders

Wooden Shipbuilders

    B3, B5, V2, V3

Concrete Shipbuilders

    B5, B7, C1
EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDERS IN WWI (43)

Shipbuilder

Location

State Built
Atlantic Coast (15)

American Int'l. Shipbuilding

Hog Island PA Cargo Ships

Atlantic Corp.

Portsmouth NH Cargo Ships

Carolina Shipbuilding

Wilmington NC Cargo Ships

Downey Shipbuilding

Arlington NY Cargo Ships

Foundation Company

Kearny/Newark NJ Trawlers

Merchant Shipbuilding

Bristol PA Cargo Ships

Newburgh Shipyards

Newburgh NY Cargo Ships

Providence Engineering

Providence RI Icebreaking Tugs

Pusey & Jones

Gloucester City NJ Cargo Ships

Standard Shipbuilding

Shooters Island NY Cargo Ships

Submarine Boat Company

Newark NJ Cargo Ships

Terry Shipbuilding

Savannah GA Cargo Ships, Tankers

Texas Steamship

Bath ME Tankers, Tank Barges

Union Shipbuilding Co.

Baltimore MD Cargo Ships

Virginia Shipbuilding

Alexandria VA Cargo Ships
Gulf Coast (7)

Daniels Company, Oscar

Tampa FL Cargo Ships

Doullut & Williams

New Orleans LA Cargo Ships

Foundation Company

New Orleans LA Cargo Ships

Mobile Shipbuilding

Mobile AL Cargo Ships

National Shipbuilding Co.

Orange TX Cargo Ships

National Shipbuilding Corp.

Violet LA Tankers

Pensacola Shipbuilding

Pensacola FL Cargo Ships
Great Lakes and Inland Waterways (2)

Globe Shipbuilding

Superior WI Cargo Ships

Saginaw Shipbuilding

Saginaw MI Cargo Ships
Pacific Coast (12)

Ames Shipbuilding

Seattle WA Cargo Ships

Columbia River Shipbuilding

Portland OR Cargo Ships

Duthie Shipbuilding, J. F.

Seattle WA Cargo Ships

Foundation Company

Portland OR Cargo Ships
Foundation Company Tacoma WA Cargo Ships

Hanlon Dry Dock & SB

Oakland CA Cargo Ships

Northwest Steel Company

Portland OR Cargo Ships

Pacific Coast Shipbuilding

Bay Point CA Cargo Ships

Seattle North Pacific SB

Seattle WA Cargo Ships

Skinner & Eddy

Seattle WA Cargo Ships

Supple Bollin Shipbuilding

Portland OR Cargo Ships

Union Construction Co

Oakland CA Cargo Ships
Wooden Shipbuilders (7)

Grant-Smith-Porter

Portland OR Cargo Ship Hulls
Grant-Smith-Porter Aberdeen WA Cargo Ships

Grays Harbor Motor Ship

Aberdeen WA Cargo Ships

International Shipbuilding

Orange TX Barkentines

Shattuck Shipyard

Portsmouth NH Cargo Ship Hulls

Standifer Construction

Portland OR Cargo Ships
Standifer Construction Vancouver WA Cargo Ships
Other Wooden Shipbuilders     Cargo Ships, Hulls