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 |