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