Oregon Shipbuilding Company, Portland OR

Oregon Shipbuilding was one of the original nine emergency yards, built by Todd and Kaiser with 8 ways, with $23mm from the USMC.  Its 8 ways were increased to 11 in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion.  Kaiser bought out Todd's interest in 1941.  At its peak, Oregon Shipbuilding employed over 35,000 people, 30% of them women.  After the war, the yard was closed and liquidated.  It was located on the east side of the Willamette River, almost at its intersection with the Columbia.  See the site from the air on Google here.

Visit http://www.armed-guard.com/recbr1.html to see a reproduction of a post-war booklet with some wonderful photographs.

Visit http://www.oakgrovedesigns.net/homepage/libships/ to see pictures of Portland's Liberty Ship memorial park.

Visit http://www.beadee.com/kaiser/index.shtml to see reproductions of the weekly newspaper published by Kaiser for the employees of its three Portland-area shipyards.  The photographs are marvelous.

Hull # Original Name Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
170 Meriwether Lewis EC2-S-C1 170 8 19-May-41 19-Oct-41 27-Jan-42 153 100 253 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1943
171 Star of Oregon EC2-S-C1 171 7 19-May-41 27-Sep-41 31-Dec-41 131 95 226 Torpedoed and lost off Trinidad 1942
172 William Clark EC2-S-C1 172 6 31-May-41 26-Oct-41 3-Feb-42 148 100 248 Torpedoed and lost in the Greenland Sea 1942
173 Robert Gray EC2-S-C1 173 5 31-May-41 16-Nov-41 11-Feb-42 169 87 256 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1943
174 John Barry EC2-S-C1 174 4 11-Jul-41 23-Nov-41 17-Feb-42 135 86 221 Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1944
175 Thomas Jefferson EC2-S-C1 175 3 18-Jul-41 7-Dec-41 24-Feb-42 142 79 221 Scrapped 1961
176 John Hancock EC2-S-C1 176 2 18-Jul-41 14-Dec-41 28-Feb-42 149 76 225 Torpedoed and lost off Cuba 1942
177 Philip Livingston EC2-S-C1 177 1 18-Jul-41 21-Dec-41 7-Mar-42 156 76 232 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
178 Stephen A Douglas EC2-S-C1 231 9 18-Sep-41 21-Jan-42 20-Mar-42 125 58 183 Scrapped 1966
179 Robert Fulton EC2-S-C1 230 10 20-Sep-41 10-Jan-42 15-Mar-42 112 64 176 Scrapped 1969
180 Alexander Hamilton EC2-S-C1 229 11 20-Sep-41 28-Dec-41 10-Mar-42 99 72 171 Scrapped 1962
181 John Jay EC2-S-C1 178 7 30-Sep-41 4-Feb-42 28-Mar-42 127 52 179 Scrapped 1960
182 Thomas MacDonough EC2-S-C1 179 8 21-Oct-41 28-Jan-42 24-Mar-42 99 55 154 Scrapped 1967
183 William Dawes EC2-S-C1 180 6 26-Oct-41 7-Feb-42 1-Apr-42 104 53 157 Torpedoed off Sydney 1942, scrapped
184 Philip Schuyler EC2-S-C1 181 5 19-Nov-41 15-Feb-42 4-Apr-42 88 48 136 Scrapped 1967
185 George Clymer EC2-S-C1 182 4 26-Nov-41 19-Feb-42 8-Apr-42 85 48 133 Wrecked and scuttled off Ascension 1942
186 James Wilson EC2-S-C1 183 3 9-Dec-41 22-Feb-42 11-Apr-42 75 48 123 To USN as Sterope (AK 96), scrapped 1964
187 John Hart EC2-S-C1 184 2 16-Dec-41 25-Feb-42 15-Apr-42 71 49 120 Scrapped 1966
188 Henry W Longfellow EC2-S-C1 185 1 22-Dec-41 5-Mar-42 18-Apr-42 73 44 117 Scrapped 1962
189 John Dickinson EC2-S-C1 232 11 29-Dec-41 11-Mar-42 21-Apr-42 72 41 113 Scrapped 1973
190 Fisher Ames EC2-S-C1 233 10 12-Jan-42 17-Mar-42 24-Apr-42 64 38 112 Scrapped 1970
191 Robert G Harper EC2-S-C1 234 9 22-Jan-42 22-Mar-42 27-Apr-42 59 36 95 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970
192 Edgar Allan Poe EC2-S-C1 186 8 29-Jan-42 26-Mar-42 28-Apr-42 56 33 89 Torpedoed off New Caledonia 1942, to USN as IX 103, wrecked 1949, scrapped
193 Nathaniel Hawthorne EC2-S-C1 187 7 5-Feb-42 31-Mar-42 2-May-42 54 32 96 Torpedoed and lost off Trinidad 1942
194 John G Whittier EC2-S-C1 188 6 8-Feb-42 5-Apr-42 4-May-42 56 29 85 Scrapped 1962
195 William Cullen Bryant EC2-S-C1 189 5 16-Feb-42 7-Apr-42 7-May-42 50 30 80 Torpedoed off Key West 1942, repaired, scrapped 1963