Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans LA

Delta Shipbuilding was one of the original nine emergency yards, built in 1941 with 6 ways, with $13mm from the USMC.  It was managed by the American Ship Building Company.  Its 6 ways were increased to 8 in the third wave of shipbuilding expansion.  The shipyard was closed after the war: its site is on the west bank of the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, just south of the I-10 bridge and across from Alexander's shipyard: read an article in Marine Log about it here and see it from the air on Google here.  Little more is known about this yard.  If anyone can provide any information about this yard, please e-mail tim@coltoncompany.com.

Hull #

Original Name

 Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1 William C C Claiborne EC2-S-C1 120 1 1-Oct-41 28-Mar-42 31-May-42 178 64 242 Scrapped 1961
2 T J Jackson EC2-S-C1 121 2 16-Oct-41 23-Apr-42 25-Jun-42 189 63 252 Scrapped 1960
3 Thomas B Robertson EC2-S-C1 122 3 6-Nov-41 9-May-42 7-Jul-42 184 59 243 Scrapped 1970
4 Abraham Baldwin EC2-S-C1 123 4 22-Dec-41 16-May-42 21-Jul-42 145 66 211 Reefed off Horn Island, Mississippi, 1976
5 Theodoric Bland EC2-S-C1 124 5 19-Jan-42 30-May-42 29-Jul-42 131 60 191 Scrapped 1963
6 Benjamin Contee EC2-S-C1 125 6 2-Feb-42 15-Jun-42 7-Aug-42 133 53 186 Torpedoed 1943, sunk as a breakwater off Normandy 1944, abandoned
7 George Gale EC2-S-C1 126 1 1-Apr-42 15-Jul-42 19-Aug-42 105 35 140 Scrapped 1970
8 William B Giles EC2-S-C1 127 2 25-Apr-42 30-Jul-42 29-Aug-42 96 30 126 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
9 Jonathan Grout EC2-S-C1 128 3 11-May-42 8-Aug-42 5-Sep-42 89 28 117 Scrapped 1970
10 Daniel Huger EC2-S-C1 129 4 17-May-42 9-Aug-42 12-Sep-42 84 34 118 Reefed off Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1974
11 George Leonard EC2-S-C1 130 5 31-May-42 20-Aug-42 19-Sep-42 81 30 111 Scrapped 1964
12 Andrew Moore EC2-S-C1 131 6 16-Jun-42 7-Sep-42 11-Oct-42 83 34 117 Scrapped 1963
13 Josiah Parker EC2-S-C1 132 1 16-Jul-42 26-Sep-42 21-Oct-42 72 25 97 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964
14 Thomas Scott EC2-S-C1 133 2 1-Aug-42 10-Oct-42 31-Oct-42 70 21 91 Torpedoed and lost in Kola Inlet, 1945
15 Joshua Seney EC2-S-C1 134 3 9-Aug-42 9-Oct-42 29-Oct-42 61 20 81 Scrapped 1962
16 Thomas Sinnickson EC2-S-C1 135 4 10-Aug-42 14-Oct-42 5-Nov-42 65 22 87 Torpedoed and scuttled off Brazil, 1943
17 Jonathan Sturges EC2-S-C1 136 5 20-Aug-42 20-Oct-42 10-Nov-42 61 21 82 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic, 1943
18 Jonathan Trumball EC2-S-C1 137 6 8-Sep-42 7-Nov-42 28-Nov-42 60 21 81 Scrapped 1970
19 John Vining EC2-S-C1 138 1 27-Sep-42 23-Nov-42 7-Dec-42 57 14 71 Scrapped 1960
20 Alexander White EC2-S-C1 139 2 11-Oct-42 7-Dec-42 24-Dec-42 57 17 74 Scrapped 1964
21 Henry Wynkoop EC2-S-C1 140 3 10-Oct-42 26-Nov-42 11-Dec-42 47 15 62 Wrecked after hitting a U-boat in the North Atlantic 1943, scrapped 1958
22 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood EC2-S-C1 141 4 15-Oct-42 3-Dec-42 18-Dec-42 49 15 64 Torpedoed and lost off Ascension Island, 1943
23 Abraham Lincoln EC2-S-C1 142 5 21-Oct-42 12-Dec-42 30-Dec-42 52 18 70 Scrapped 1967
24 Pat Harrison EC2-S-C1 143 6 8-Nov-42 24-Dec-42 15-Jan-43 46 22 68 Mined off Gibraltar 1943, CTL, scrapped 1951
25 Leonidas Polk EC2-S-C1 144 1 24-Nov-42 7-Jan-43 21-Jan-43 44 14 58 Scrapped 1965
26 Charles Brantley Aycock EC2-S-C1 313