Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc., Baltimore MD

Bethlehem-Fairfield was one of the original nine emergency yards, built with 13 ways in 1940, with $33mm from the USMC.  Its 13 ways were increased to 16 in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion and at its peak the yard had 27,000 employees.  The 1300-acre yard was located in the Fairfield section of Baltimore, extending from where the south end of the Harbor Tunnel is now all the way to the southern end of East Brooklyn.  It was closed at the end of the war and its site has since been developed by the Maryland Ports Administration as an automobile import terminal and as three major oil terminals.  See the site from the air on Google here.  Note that Hull # 2062, the "John W. Brown", has been completely restored and is operational.  Visit her at her berth at Pier 1, on Clinton Street, in downtown Baltimore, or on the web at www.liberty-ship.com

Hull #

Original Name

 Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
2001 Patrick Henry EC2-S-C1 14 1 30-Apr-41 27-Sep-41 30-Dec-41 150 94 244 Scrapped 1958
2002 Charles Carroll EC2-S-C1 15 2 19-Jan-42     Scrapped 1971
2003 Francis Scott Key EC2-S-C1 16 3 21-Jun-41 15-Nov-41 29-Jan-42 147 75 222 Scrapped 1967
2004 Roger B Taney EC2-S-C1 17 4 21-Jun-41 6-Dec-41 9-Feb-42 168 65 233 Torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic 1943
2005 Richard Henry Lee EC2-S-C1 18 5 15-Jul-41 6-Dec-41 20-Feb-42 144 76 220 Scrapped 1965
2006 John Randolph EC2-S-C1 19 6 15-Jul-41 30-Dec-41 27-Feb-42 168 59 227 Mined in the Denmark Strait 1942, salvaged and hulked, scrapped 1952
2007 American Mariner EC2-S-C1 20 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
2008 Christopher Newport EC2-S-C1 21 8 25-Aug-41 15-Feb-42 30-Mar-42 174 43 217 Torpedoed from the air and scuttled in the Barents Sea 1942
2009 Carter Braxton EC2-S-C1 22 9 3-Sep-41 24-Jan-42 18-Mar-42 143 53 196 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
2010 Samuel Chase EC2-S-C1 23 10 12-Sep-41 22-Feb-42 11-Apr-42 163 48 211 Scrapped 1967
2011 George Wythe EC2-S-C1 24 11 22-Sep-41 28-Mar-42 9-May-42 187 42 229 Scrapped 1970
2012 Benjamin Harrison EC2-S-C1 25 1 27-Sep-41 24-Jan-42 13-Mar-42 119 48 229 Torpedoed and scuttled in the North Atlantic 1943
2013 Francis L Lee EC2-S-C1 26 12 13-Oct-41 14-Mar-42 27-Apr-42 152 44 196 Scrapped 1965
2014 Thomas Stone EC2-S-C1 27 13 20-Oct-41 12-Apr-42 16-May-42 174 34 208 Scrapped 1972
2015 Richard Bland EC2-S-C1 28 2 29-Oct-41 28-Feb-42 17-Apr-42 122 48 170 Torpedoed and lost in the Arctic 1942
2016 George Calvert EC2-S-C1 29 3 19-Nov-41 14-Mar-42 30-Apr-42 115 47 162 Torpedoed from the air and lost near Cuba 1944
2017 Thomas Nelson EC2-S-C1 30 4 10-Dec-41 4-Apr-42 12-May-42 115 38 153 Kamikazied off Leyte 1944, repaired, converted to diesel 1956, scrapped 1981
2018 John Witherspoon EC2-S-C1 31 5 10-Dec-41 4-Mar-42 23-Apr-42 84 50 134 Torpedoed and lost in the Kara Sea 1942
2019 Robert Treat Paine EC2-S-C1 32 6 6-Jan-42 28-Mar-42 5-May-42 81 38 119 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1964
2020 St Olaf EC2-S-C1 33 7 6-Jan-42 12-Apr-42 20-May-42 96 38 134 To US Army as Jasmine (AH), scrapped 1963
2021 Esek Hopkins EC2-S-C1 34 9 28-Jan-42 27-Apr-42 23-May-42 89 26 115 Scrapped 1967
2022 Peter Minuit EC2-S-C1 35 1 28-Jan-42 23-Apr-42 27-May-42 85 34 119 Scrapped 1963
2023 Alexander Macomb EC2-S-C1 36 8 18-Feb-42 6-May-42 2-Jun-42 77 27 104 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1943
2024 Henry St G Tucker EC2-S-C1 37 10 25-Feb-42 14-May-42 8-Jun-42 78 25 103 Scrapped 1966
2025 Eleazar Wheelock EC2-S-C1 38 2 4-Mar-42 11-May-42 5-Jun-42 68 25 93 Scrapped 1964
2026 Thomas Ruffin EC2-S-C1