Kaiser Company, Inc., Vancouver WA

Kaiser Vancouver was an emergency yard, built with 10 ways in the fourth wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $26mm from the USMC.  Its 10 ways were increased to 12 in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion.  The yard was closed at the end of the war but held in reserve until the 1950s, when it was sold to Gilmore Steel for $3.25mm.  See the site from the air on Google here: the building ways are clearly visible.

Visit 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 # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1 George Vancouver EC2-S-C1 353 15-Apr-42 4-Jul-42 22-Jul-42 80 18 98 Reefed off Freeport TX 1976
2 Elias Howe EC2-S-C1 354 22-Apr-42 19-Jul-42 8-Aug-42 88 20 108 Torpedoed and lost in the Gulf of Aden, 1943
150 LST 446 LST 966 15-Jun-42 18-Sep-42 30-Nov-42 95 73 168 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964
151 LST 447 LST 967 10-Jul-42 22-Sep-42 13-Dec-42 74 82 156 Kamikazied and lost off Okinawa 1945
152 LST 448 LST 968 10-Jul-42 26-Sep-42 23-Dec-42 78 88 166 Bombed and lost off Solomon Islands 1943
153 LST 449 LST 969 10-Jul-42 30-Sep-42 31-Dec-42 82 92 174 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
154 LST 450 LST 970 10-Jul-42 4-Oct-42 6-Jan-43 86 94 180 Scrapped 1948
155 LST 451 LST 971 20-Jul-42 6-Oct-42 12-Jan-43 78 98 176 Scrapped 1947
156 LST 452 LST 972 20-Jul-42 10-Oct-42 16-Jan-43 82 98 180 Scrapped 1947
157 LST 453 LST 973 28-Jul-42 10-Oct-42 21-Jan-43 74 103 177 Converted to Remus (ARL 40) 1944, scrapped 1947
158 LST 454 LST 974 31-Jul-42 14-Oct-42 26-Jan-43 75 104 179 Scrapped 1947
159 LST 455 LST 975 3-Aug-42 17-Oct-42 30-Jan-43 75 105 180 Converted to Achilles (ARL 41), to China 1947 as Hsing An (ARL 335), disposition unknown
160 LST 456 LST 976 3-Aug-42 20-Oct-42 3-Feb-43 78 105 183 To MSTS 1952, sold private 1973, disposition unknown
161 LST 457 LST 977 3-Aug-42 23-Oct-42 6-Feb-43 81 105 186 Scrapped 1948
162 LST 458 LST 978 18-Sep-42 26-Oct-42 10-Feb-43 38 107 145 Scrapped 1947
163 LST 459 LST 979 22-Sep-42 29-Oct-42 13-Feb-43 37 107 144 Scrapped 1947
164 LST 460 LST 980 26-Sep-42 31-Oct-42 15-Feb-43 35 107 142 Kamikazied and lost off Mindoro 1944
165 LST 461 LST 981 30-Sep-42 3-Nov-42 18-Feb-43 34 107 141 Scrapped 1947
166 LST 462 LST 982 4-Oct-42 6-Nov-42 21-Feb-43 33 107 140 Scrapped 1946
167 LST 463 LST 983 6-Oct-42 9-Nov-42 23-Feb-43 34 106 140 Scrapped 1946
168 LST 464 LST 984 10-Oct-42 12-Nov-42 25-Feb-43 33 105 138 Scrapped 1948
169 LST 465 LST 985 17-Dec-42 9-Jan-43 27-Feb-43 23 49 72 Scrapped 1946
170 LST 466 LST 986 14-Oct-42 18-Nov-42 1-Mar-43 35 103 138 Scrapped 1946
171 LST 467 LST 987 17-Oct-42 21-Nov-42 3-Mar-43 35 102 137 Sold for scrap 1948 but resold, sank 1979
172 LST 468 LST 988 20-Oct-42 24-Nov-42 5-Mar-43 35 101 136 Scrapped 1946
173 LST 469 LST 989 23-Oct-42 27-Nov-42 8-Mar-43 35 101 136 Scrapped 1946
174 LST 470 LST 990 26-Oct-42 30-Nov-42 9-Mar-43 35 99 134 Scrapped 1946
175 LST 471 LST 991 29-Oct-42 3-Dec-42 11-Mar-43 35 98 133 Sold for scrap 1948 but sank en route
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