J. A. Jones Construction Company, Panama City FL

Jones Panama City was an emergency yard, built with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion with $13mm invested by the USMC.  At its peak Jones Panama City employed 15,000 people.  The shipyard was known as the Wainwright Shipyard, after General Jonathan Wainwright.  It was located at 5321 West Highway 98, closed after the war, was used for ship scrapping for several years and is now part of the Port of Panama City.  See the site from the air on Google here.

Hull #

Original Name

 Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1 E Kirby Smith EC2-S-C1 1519 1 9-Jul-42 30-Dec-42 3-Mar-43 174 63 237 Scrapped 1956
2 Newton D Baker EC2-S-C1 1520 2 3-Sep-42 25-Feb-43 6-Apr-43 175 40 215 Scrapped 1968
3 John Bascom EC2-S-C1 1521 3 7-Sep-42 31-Mar-43 30-Apr-43 205 30 235 Bombed and lost in Bari, 1943
4 William J Bryan EC2-S-C1 1522 4 21-Sep-42 22-Apr-43 20-May-43 213 28 243 Scrapped 1965
5 Joseph M Medill EC2-S-C1 1523 5 28-Sep-42 3-May-43 31-May-43 217 28 245 Scrapped 1960
6 Elihu Root EC2-S-C1 1524 6 5-Oct-42 19-May-43 18-Jun-43 226 30 256 Scrapped 1970
7 John Hay EC2-S-C1 1525 1 5-Jan-43 31-May-43 30-Jun-43 146 30 176 Scrapped 1961
8 Dwight L Moody EC2-S-C1 1526 2 4-Mar-43 28-Jun-43 24-Jul-43 116 26 142 Reefed off Port Mansfield TX, 1976
9 Peter Zenger EC2-S-C1 1527 3 31-Mar-43 4-Jul-43 31-Jul-43 95 27 122 Scrapped 1966
10 Harriet Hosmer EC2-S-C1 1528 4 23-Apr-43 30-Sep-43 25-Oct-43 160 25 185 To US Navy as Luna (AKS 7), scrapped 1965
11 Duncan U Fletcher EC2-S-C1 1529 5 3-May-43 10-Aug-43 27-Aug-43 99 17 116 Sold private 1947, wrecked 1966, scrapped
12 Dolly Madison EC2-S-C1 1530 6 20-May-43 27-Sep-43 14-Oct-43 130 17 147 Sold private 1947, sunk 1964
13 Robert Lansing EC2-S-C1 1531 1 3-Jun-43 17-Jul-43 6-Aug-43 44 20 64 Scrapped 1968
14 Victor Herbert EC2-S-C1 1532 2 30-Jun-43 22-Aug-43 15-Sep-43 53 24 77 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
15 Julius Rosenwald EC2-S-C1 1533 3 7-Jul-43 13-Sep-43 29-Sep-43 68 16 84 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
16 Mary Ball Z-EC2-S-C2 1534 1 20-Jul-43 17-Oct-43 23-Nov-43 89 37 126 Scrapped 1972
17 John Barton Payne Z-EC2-S-C2 1535 5 11-Aug-43 23-Oct-43 30-Nov-43 73 38 111 Scrapped 1972
18 Frederic C Howe Z-EC2-S-C2 1536 2 24-Aug-43 30-Oct-43 6-Dec-43 67 37 104 Scrapped 1972
19 William B Wilson Z-EC2-S-C2 1537 3 14-Sep-43 6-Nov-43 16-Dec-43 53 40 93 Scrapped 1972
20 Sarah J Hale Z-EC2-S-C2 1538 6 29-Sep-43 24-Nov-43 31-Dec-43 56 37 83 Scrapped 1972
21 Nathan B Forrest Z-EC2-S-C2 1539 4 2-Oct-43 13-Nov-43 29-Dec-43 42 46 88 Scrapped 1973
22 Stephen R Mallory Z-EC2-S-C2 1540 1 19-Oct-43 27-Nov-43 20-Jan-44 39 54 93 Scrapped 1971
23 Edgar E Clark Z-EC2-S-C2 1541 5 25-Oct-43 11-Dec-43 7-Feb-44 47 58 105 Reefed off the Virginia Capes, 1977
24 Walter L Fleming EC2-S-C1 1542 2 31-Oct-43 7-Dec-43 30-Jan-44 37 54 91 Scrapped 1961
25 Salvador Brau EC2-S-C1 1543 3 8-Nov-43 15-Dec-43 31-Jan-44 37