Liberty Ships - Part 1: EMC #s 1 thru 767

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
1 ADDSCO 231 J L M Curry EC2-S-C1 1 28-Jul-41 31-Jan-42 15-May-42 187 104 291 Broke up in the North Atlantic and scuttled, 1943
2 ADDSCO 232 John Marshall EC2-S-C1 2 18-Aug-41 21-Feb-42 31-May-42 187 99 286 YAG 1955, scrapped 1971
3 ADDSCO 233 Henry Clay EC2-S-C1 3 1-Oct-41 23-Apr-42 30-Jun-42 204 68 272 Scrapped 1967
4 ADDSCO 234 Arthur Middleton EC2-S-C1 4 20-Oct-41 3-May-42 8-Jul-42 195 66 261 Torpedoed and lost off Algeria, 1943
5 ADDSCO 235 Alexander H. Stephens EC2-S-C1 1 31-Jan-42 22-May-42 23-Jul-42 111 62 173 Scrapped 1973
6 ADDSCO 236 Thomas Heyward EC2-S-C1 2 21-Feb-42 31-May-42 31-Jul-42 99 61 160 Scuttled as a reef off Destin FL, 1977
7 ADDSCO 237 Judah P. Benjamin EC2-S-C1 3 25-Apr-42 1-Jul-42 15-Aug-42 67 45 112 Scrapped 1961
8 ADDSCO 238 Jefferson Davis EC2-S-C1 4 5-May-42 12-Jul-42 25-Aug-42 68 44 112 Scrapped 1961
9 ADDSCO 239 Thomas Lynch EC2-S-C1 1 22-May-42 2-Aug-42 31-Aug-42 72 29 101 Scrapped 1965
10 ADDSCO 240 Joel Chandler Harris EC2-S-C1 2 31-May-42 12-Aug-42 12-Sep-42 73 31 104 Sold private 1949, scrapped 1968
11 ADDSCO 241 Nathaniel Bacon EC2-S-C1 3 1-Jul-42 3-Sep-42 30-Sep-42 64 27 91 Wrecked 1942, repaired, CTL 1946, salvaged, converted 1951, scrapped 1963
12 ADDSCO 242 Israel Putman EC2-S-C1 4 12-Jul-42 13-Sep-42 19-Oct-42 63 36 99 Scrapped 1965
13 ADDSCO 243 Joseph Wheeler EC2-S-C1 1 2-Aug-42 11-Oct-42 31-Oct-42 70 20 90 Bombed in Bari, 1943, scrapped
14 Beth-Fairfield 2001 Patrick Henry EC2-S-C1 1 30-Apr-41 27-Sep-41 30-Dec-41 150 94 244 Scrapped 1958
15 Beth-Fairfield 2002 Charles Carroll EC2-S-C1 2     19-Jan-42       Scrapped 1971
16 Beth-Fairfield 2003 Francis Scott Key EC2-S-C1 3 21-Jun-41 15-Nov-41 29-Jan-42 147 75 222 Scrapped 1967
17 Beth-Fairfield 2004 Roger B Taney EC2-S-C1 4 21-Jun-41 6-Dec-41 9-Feb-42 168 65 233 Torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic 1943
18 Beth-Fairfield 2005 Richard Henry Lee EC2-S-C1 5 15-Jul-41 6-Dec-41 20-Feb-42 144 76 220 Scrapped 1965
19 Beth-Fairfield 2006 John Randolph EC2-S-C1 6 15-Jul-41 30-Dec-41 27-Feb-42 168 59 227 Mined in the Denmark Strait 1942, salvaged and hulked, scrapped 1952
20 Beth-Fairfield 2007 American Mariner EC2-S-C1 7 15-Aug-41 30-Dec-41 12-Feb-42 137 44 181 To USCG as American Mariner, to USN 1961 as AGM 12, sunk as target 1966
21 Beth-Fairfield 2008 Christopher Newport EC2-S-C1 8 25-Aug-41 15-Feb-42 30-Mar-42 174 43 217 Torpedoed from the air and scuttled in the Barents Sea 1942
22 Beth-Fairfield 2009 Carter Braxton EC2-S-C1 9 3-Sep-41 24-Jan-42