Liberty Ships - Part 4: EMC #s 2293 thru 3148

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
2293 Panama City 34 Alanson B Houghton EC2-S-C1 1 19-Jan-44 14-Mar-44 15-Apr-44 55 32 87 Scrapped 1972
2294 Panama City 35 Samuel G French EC2-S-C1 2 31-Jan-44 21-Mar-44 22-Apr-44 50 32 82 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
2295 Panama City 36 Thomas LeValley EC2-S-C1 5 11-Feb-44 28-Mar-44 29-Apr-44 46 32 78 To US Army as MG Walter R. Weaver 1944, scrapped 1970
2296 Panama City 37 Josephine Shaw Lowell EC2-S-C1 3 19-Feb-44 4-Apr-44 3-May-44 45 29 74 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
2297 Panama City 38 Richard V Oulahan EC2-S-C1 4 26-Feb-44 11-Apr-44 11-May-44 45 30 75 Wrecked Okinawa 1945, scrapped
2298 Panama City 39 James H Kimball EC2-S-C1 6 7-Mar-44 22-Apr-44 16-May-44 46 24 70 Sold private 1947, sunk 1968
2299 Panama City 40 Stephen Furdek EC2-S-C1 1 16-Mar-44 28-Apr-44 23-May-44 43 25 68 Scrapped 1970
2300 Panama City 41 Jean Ribaut EC2-S-C1 2 23-Mar-44 5-May-44 29-May-44 43 24 77 Scrapped 1970
2301 Panama City 42 LeBaron Russell Briggs EC2-S-C1 5 29-Mar-44 12-May-44 31-May-44 44 19 63 Scuttled off Cape Canaveral FL, with a cargo of nerve gas 1970
2302 Panama City 43 Howard Gray EC2-S-C1 3 6-Apr-44 18-May-44 7-Jun-44 42 20 62 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
2303 Panama City 44 H H Raymond EC2-S-C1 4 13-Apr-44 24-May-44 14-Jun-44 41 21 62 Scrapped 1971
2304 Panama City 45 T A Johnston EC2-S-C1 2 14-Nov-44 13-Dec-44 27-Dec-44 29 14 43 Scrapped 1970
2305 Panama City 46 M Michael Edelstein EC2-S-C1 1 28-Apr-44 5-Jun-44 22-Jun-44 38 17 55 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
2306 Panama City 47 William D Bloxham EC2-S-C1 2 5-May-44 13-Jun-44 28-Jun-44 39 15 54 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
2307 Panama City 48 Nick Stoner EC2-S-C1 5 12-May-44 17-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 36 13 49 Scrapped 1964
2308 Panama City 49 William E Dodd EC2-S-C1 3 19-May-44 22-Jun-44 15-Jul-44 34 23 57 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
2309 Panama City 50 J H Drummond EC2-S-C1 4 25-May-44 30-Jun-44 20-Jul-44 36 20 56 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966
2310 Panama City 51 William L Watson EC2-S-C1 1 6-Jun-44 13-Jul-44 26-Jul-44 37 13 50 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
2311 Panama City 52 John R McQuigg EC2-S-C1 2 14-Jun-44 19-Jul-44 31-Jul-44 35 12 47 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
2312 Panama City 53 Carl E Ladd EC2-S-C1 5 19-Jun-44 26-Jul-44 11-Aug-44 37 16 53 Scrapped 1967
2313 Panama City 54 Pedro Menendez EC2-S-C1 3 24-Jun-44 31-Jul-44 18-Aug-44 37 18 55 Scrapped 1966
2314 Panama City 55 George Ade EC2-S-C1 4 30-Jun-44