Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond CA

Permanente Metals #2 yard was developed by Todd and Kaiser as Richmond Shipbuilding #2, in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion, with 6 ways, with $36mm from the USMC.  Its 6 ways were increased to 9 in the third wave of shipbuilding expansion and to 12 in the fifth.  Kaiser bought Todd's interest in 1942 and renamed it.  It closed at the end of the war.  The yard was located at the north side of the marina, where Marina Park is now: 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
41 James Otis EC2-S-C1 241 5 17-Sep-41 31-Dec-41 23-Feb-42 105 54 159 Wrecked off Devon 1945, scuttled with obsolete ammo 1946
42 John Adams EC2-S-C1 242 4 17-Sep-41 18-Jan-42 16-Mar-42 123 57 180 Torpedoed and lost off New Caledonia 1942
43 Kit Carson EC2-S-C1 243 3 17-Sep-41 6-Feb-42 31-Mar-42 142 53 195 Scrapped 1966
44 Zachary Taylor EC2-S-C1 244 2 6-Oct-41 28-Feb-42 13-Apr-42 145 44 199 Scrapped 1961
45 Anthony Wayne EC2-S-C1 245 1 6-Oct-41 15-Mar-42 23-Apr-42 160 39 199 Scrapped 1960
46 Timothy Pickering EC2-S-C1 246 6 8-Oct-41 28-Mar-42 30-Apr-42 171 33 204 Torpedoed from the air and lost off Sicily 1943
47 Stephen Hopkins EC2-S-C1 247 5 2-Jan-42 14-Apr-42 11-May-42 102 27 129 Sunk by gunfire in the South Atlantic 1942
48 Samuel Huntington EC2-S-C1 248 4 20-Jan-42 26-Apr-42 18-May-42 96 22 118 Bombed and lost off Anzio 1944
49 William Ellery EC2-S-C1 249 3 9-Feb-42 9-May-42 28-May-42 89 19 108 Scrapped 1968
50 Lewis Morris EC2-S-C1 250 2 3-Mar-42 22-May-42 19-Jun-42 80 28 108 Scrapped 1961
51 John Wise EC2-S-C1 251 1 16-Mar-42 14-Jun-42 30-Jun-42 90 16 106 Scrapped 1971
52 George Ross EC2-S-C1 252 6 30-Mar-42 29-Jun-42 14-Jul-42 91 15 106 Scrapped 1966
53 James Smith EC2-S-C1 253 5 15-Apr-42 4-Jul-42 22-Jul-42 80 18 98 Torpedoed in the South Atlantic 1943, repaired, scrapped 1963
54 George Taylor EC2-S-C1 254 4 27-Apr-42 9-Jul-42 28-Jul-42 73 19 92 Scrapped 1961
55 William Whipple EC2-S-C1 255 3 9-May-42 14-Jul-42 7-Aug-42 66 24 90 Scrapped 1958
56 Oliver Wolcott EC2-S-C1 256 10 22-May-42 7-Aug-42 26-Aug-42 77 19 86 Scrapped 1961
57 Francis Lewis EC2-S-C1 257 7 22-May-42 24-Jul-42 13-Aug-42 63 20 83 Scrapped 1970
58 John Morton EC2-S-C1 258 2 22-May-42 21-Jul-42 3-Aug-42 60 13 73 Scrapped 1972
59 George Read EC2-S-C1 259 8 7-Jun-42 30-Jul-42 19-Aug-42 53 20 73 Scrapped 1971
60 Roger Sherman EC2-S-C1 260 1 15-Jun-42 3-Aug-42 24-Aug-42 49 21 70 Scrapped 1961
61 Richard Stockton EC2-S-C1 261 9 21-Jun-42 17-Aug-42 31-Aug-42 57 14 71 To Belgium as Belgian Loyalty 1945, scrapped 1972
62 Matthew Thornton EC2-S-C1 262 6 30-Jun-42 12-Aug-42 29-Aug-42 43 17 60 Scrapped 1971
63 William Williams EC2-S-C1 263 5 5-Jul-42 21-Aug-42 8-Sep-42 47 18 65 Torpedoed in the Pacific 1943, repaired, to USN as Venus (AK 135), scrapped 1961
64 Eli Whitney EC2-S-C1 264 4 10-Jul-42 26-Aug-42 12-Sep-42 47 17 64 To USN 1956 as YAG , scrapped 1974
65 Irvin MacDowell EC2-S-C1 321 7 24-Jan-42 22-May-42 10-Jun-42 118 19 137 Scrapped 1970
66 George B McClellan EC2-S-C1 322 8