Marinship Corporation, Sausalito CA

Marinship was an emergency yard, built by Bechtel-McCone with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion funded by $17mm from the USMC.  It was one of the four yards that built T-2 tankers.  Marinship was remarkable for laying its first keel within three months of receiving authorization to build the shipyard.  At its peak, Marinship employed 20,000 people.  After the war, the yard was taken over by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and redeveloped: see it from the air on Google here.  Some great photographs can be found at www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/marinship/default.htm.

Hull # MC # Original Name Original Owner Type Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1 1223 William A. Richardson Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 27-Jun-42 26-Sep-42 31-Oct-42 91 35 126 Scrapped 1969
2 1224 William T. Coleman Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 4-Jul-42 16-Oct-42 30-Nov-42 104 45 149 Scrapped 1972
3 1225 William Kent Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 20-Jul-42 11-Nov-42 21-Dec-42 114 40 154 Scrapped 1964
4 1226 John Muir Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 31-Jul-42 22-Nov-42 31-Dec-42 114 39 153 Scrapped 1966
5 1227 Philip Kearny Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 10-Aug-42 7-Dec-42 29-Jan-43 119 53 177 Scrapped 1969
6 1228 Thomas Hart Benton Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 11-Sep-42 20-Dec-42 2-Feb-43 100 44 144 Scrapped 1969
7 1229 Lyman Beecher Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 27-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 31-Dec-42 60 35 95 Sold private 1946, scrapped 1967
8 1230 Francis Preston Blair Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 17-Oct-42 3-Jan-43 10-Feb-43 78 38 116 Grounded on a reef off Queensland 1945, still there
9 1231 Mark Hopkins Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 12-Nov-42 17-Jan-43 20-Feb-43 66 34 100 Scrapped 1968
10 1232 Andrew D. White Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 23-Nov-42 28-Jan-43 27-Feb-43 66 30 96 Scrapped 1962
11 1233 Sebastian Cermeno Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 7-Dec-42 6-Feb-43 10-Mar-43 61 32 93 Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1943
12 1234 Peter Donahue Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 21-Dec-42 12-Feb-43 17-Mar-43 53 33 86 Scrapped 1963
13 1259 Escambia Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2 7-Dec-42 25-Apr-43 30-Jun-43 139 66 205 AO 80, to NDRF 1957, to USA 1966 as power plant 1966, scrapped 1971
14 1260 Kennebago Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2 9-Jan-43 9-May-43 30-Jul-43 120 82 202 AO 81, to NDRF 1957, to USA 1966 as power plant 1966, scrapped 1971
15 1261 Lackawapan/Cahaba Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2 20-Jan-43 19-May-43 15-Aug-43 119 88 207 AO 82, to NDRF 1957, to USA 1966 as power plant 1966, scrapped 1971
16 1235 Sun Yat Sen Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 13-Feb-43 26-Mar-43 17-Apr-43 41 22 63 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
17 1236 Henry Durant Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 11-May-43 15-Jun-43 13-Jul-43 35 28 63 Scrapped 1963
18 1237 Jack London Maritime Commission EC2-S-C1 16-Jun-43 16-Jul-43 14-Aug-43 30 29 59 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
19 1262 Mascoma Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2 31-Jan-43 31-May-43 18-Sep-43 120 110 230 AO 83, to NDRF 1959, sold private 1966, converted to containership, scrapped
20 1263 Ocklawaha Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2 10-Feb-43 9-Jun-43 30-Sep-43 119 113 232 AO 84, to NDRF 1959, scrapped
21 1264 Pamanset Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2