Liberty Ships - Part 2: EMC #s 768 thru 1551

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
768 New England 252 William P Fessenden EC2-S-C1 9 8-Sep-42 11-Nov-42 15-Dec-42 64 34 98 Scrapped 1959
769 New England 253 Winslow Homer EC2-S-C1 10 8-Sep-42 11-Nov-42 27-Dec-42 64 46 110 Scrapped 1970
770 New England 254 John Murray Forbes EC2-S-C1 7 29-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 16-Jan-43 58 51 109 Scrapped 1967
771 New England 255 Augustine Heard EC2-S-C1 8 29-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 20-Jan-43 58 55 113 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
772 New England 256 Edward Preble EC2-S-C1 11 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 30-Jan-43 75 28 103 To USN as Volans (AKS 9), scrapped 1965
773 New England 257 Calvin Coolidge EC2-S-C1 12 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 4-Feb-43 75 33 108 Scrapped 1965
774 New England 258 John A Dix EC2-S-C1 13 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 12-Feb-43 75 41 116 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
775 New England 259 Walter E Ranger EC2-S-C1 9 12-Nov-42 31-Jan-43 19-Feb-43 80 19 99 Scrapped 1972
776 New England 260 Noah Webster EC2-S-C1 10 12-Nov-42 31-Jan-43 27-Feb-43 80 27 107 Reefed off Alabama 1976
777 New England 261 Eliphalet Nott EC2-S-C1 7 28-Nov-42 14-Feb-43 5-Mar-43 78 19 97 Scrapped 1954
778 New England 262 Isaac Sharpless EC2-S-C1 8 28-Nov-42 14-Feb-43 5-Mar-43 78 19 97 Scrapped 1971
779 New England 263 Timothy Dwight EC2-S-C1 11 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 20-Mar-43 62 13 75 Scrapped 1969
780 New England 264 Ezra Cornell EC2-S-C1 12 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 27-Mar-43 62 20 72 Sold private 1947, sunk 1967
781 New England 265 Francis Amasa Walker EC2-S-C1 13 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 4-Apr-43 62 28 90 Scrapped 1965
782 New England 266 Joseph Warren EC2-S-C1 9 1-Feb-43 5-Apr-43 17-Apr-43 63 12 75 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
783 New England 267 Emma Willard EC2-S-C1 10 1-Feb-43 5-Apr-43 22-Apr-43 63 17 80 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
784 New England 268 William Phips EC2-S-C1 7 15-Feb-43 15-Apr-43 28-Apr-43 59 13 72 Scrapped 1970
785 New England 269 Charles Sumner EC2-S-C1 8 15-Feb-43 15-Apr-43 30-Apr-43 59 15 74 Scrapped 1962
786 New England 270 Asa Gray EC2-S-C1 11 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 17-May-43 56 14 70 Scrapped 1967
787 New England 271 Mary Lyon EC2-S-C1 12 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 21-May-43 56 18 74 Sold private 1947, sunk 1963
788 New England 272 Henry Wilson EC2-S-C1 13 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 26-May-43 56 23 79 Scrapped 1962
789 New England 273 Charles W Eliot EC2-S-C1 9 6-Apr-43 24-May-43