Wartime Builders of Large Ships

*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