New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME

New England Shipbuilding was really two emergency yards.  Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding was one of the original nine emergency yards, built in 1940 with 7 ways by Todd, Bath Iron Works and Kaiser to build "Ocean"-class cargo ships for Britain.  South Portland Shipbuilding, with 4 ways, was added in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion, at the direction of the USMC, which provided $23mm: its 4 ways were increased to 6 in the third wave of shipbuilding expansion.   Todd and Bath subsequently bought out Kaiser's interest and the two yards were brought under common management as New England Shipbuilding in 1943.  At its peak, New England Shipbuilding employed 30,000 people.  The yards were idled after the war: there were several attempts to revive them, without success.  See the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # 280, the "Jeremiah O'Brien", has been completely restored and is operational.  Visit her at her berth at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf, in San Francisco, California, or on the web at www.ssjeremiahobrien.org

Visit http://members.dialmaine.com/mdenis/Shipyard/index.html for an interesting web site devoted to New England Shipbuilding Company.

Hull # Name Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days Disposition
1 Ocean Liberty Ocean 24-May-41 20-Dec-41 Mar-42 Sold private 1947, in Cuba 1969
2 Ocean Freedom Ocean 20-Dec-41 Mar-42 Sunk by air attack in Murmansk Mar-43
3 Ocean Peace Ocean Apr-42 Sunk by air attack off Sicily Jul-43
4 Ocean Justice Ocean Apr-42 Sunk by torpedo in the Caribbean Nov-42
5 Ocean Honour Ocean May-42 Sunk by torpedo near Socotra Island Sep-42
6 Ocean Faith Ocean May-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1962
7 Ocean Hope Ocean May-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
8 Ocean Pride Ocean Jun-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
9 Ocean Might Ocean Jun-42 Sunk by torpedo southwest of Takoradi Sep-42
10 Ocean Courage Ocean Jun-42 Sunk by torpedo south of the Cape Verde Islands Jan-43
11 Ocean Fame Ocean Jul-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
12 Ocean Strength Ocean Jul-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965
13 Ocean Trader Ocean Jul-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
14 Ocean Wanderer Ocean Jul-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1962
15 Ocean Pilgrim Ocean Aug-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
16 Ocean Merchant Ocean Aug-42 To the Netherlands 1943 as Jan Lievens, in China 1959
17 Ocean Rider Ocean Aug-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
18 Ocean Athlete Ocean Aug-42 To the Netherlands 1943 as Govert Flinck, scrapped 1985
19 Ocean Wayfarer Ocean 4-Aug-42 Sep-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1953
20 Ocean Stranger Ocean 4-Aug-42 Sep-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965
21 Ocean Traveller Ocean 4-Aug-42 Sep-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1959
22 Ocean Seaman Ocean 4-Aug-42 Sep-42 Sunk by torpedo off Algiers Mar-43
23 Ocean Gallant Ocean 4-Aug-42 Oct-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
24 Ocean Courier Ocean 4-Aug-42 Oct-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1960
25 Ocean Messenger Ocean Oct-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1961
26 Ocean Angel Ocean Oct-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1960
27 Ocean Hunter Ocean Oct-42 Sunk by air attack off Algeria Oct-44
28 Ocean Crusader Ocean Nov-42 Sunk by torpedo west of Newfoundland Nov-42
29 Ocean Gypsy Ocean Nov-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
30 Ocean Glory Ocean 18-Nov-42 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964
201 John Davenport EC2-S-C1 201 1 24-Sep-41 15-May-42 30-Jun-42 233 46 279 Scrapped 1960
202 John Winthrop EC2-S-C1 202 2 24-Sep-41 7-Jun-42 28-Jul-42 256 51 307 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1942
203 Thomas Hooker EC2-S-C1 203 3 14-Oct-41 13-Jul-42 11-Aug-42 272 29 301 Sunk in the North Atlantic 1943
204 Ethan Allen EC2-S-C1 204 4 7-Jan-42 16-Aug-42 31-Aug-42 221 15 236 Scrapped 1960
205 Josiah Bartlett EC2-S-C1 205 1 18-May-42 27-Sep-42 8-Oct-42 132 11 143 Scrapped 1967
206 William King EC2-S-C1 206 2 9-Jun-42 21-Oct-42 31-Oct-42 134 10 154 Torpedoed and lost off Durban 1943
207 John Carver EC2-S-C1 207 3 14-Jul-42 31-Oct-42 21-Nov-42 109 21 130 Exploded 1945, scrapped 1949
208 William Bradford EC2-S-C1 208 4 17-Aug-42 14-Nov-42 8-Dec-42 89 24 113 Scrapped 1960
209 William Brewster EC2-S-C1 209 1 27-Sep-42 8-Dec-42 31-Dec-42 72 23 95 Scrapped 1963
210 Lou Gehrig EC2-S-C1 210 2 21-Oct-42 17-Jan-43 30-Jan-43 88 13 101 Scrapped 1966
211 Daniel Webster EC2-S-C1 211 3 1-Nov-42 28-Jan-43 10-Feb-43 88 13 101 Torpedoed from the air off Oran and beached 1944, scrapped 1948
212 William Pierce Frye EC2-S-C1 212 4 15-Nov-42 11-Feb-43 23-Feb-43 88 12 100 Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1943
213 Hannibal Hamlin EC2-S-C1 213 1 8-Dec-42 5-Mar-43 20-Mar-43 87 15 102 Scrapped 1971
214 John Sullivan EC2-S-C1 214 2 17-Jan-43 28-Mar-43 12-Apr-43 70 15 85 Scrapped 1963
215 John Chandler EC2-S-C1 215 3 29-Jan-43 8-Apr-43 20-Apr-43 69 12 81 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
216 John Holmes EC2-S-C1 216 4 12-Feb-43 18-Apr-43 28-Apr-43 65 10 75 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
217 James G Blaine EC2-S-C1 333 5 7-Mar-42 7-Sep-42 21-Sep-42 184 14 198 Scrapped 1969
218 Herman Melville EC2-S-C1 334 6 7-Mar-42 6-Oct-42 20-Oct-42 213 14 227 Scrapped 1960
219 Julia Ward Howe EC2-S-C1 335 5 8-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 23-Dec-42 79 27 106 Torpedoed and lost off the Azores 1943
220 Anne Bradstreet EC2-S-C1 336 6 6-Oct-42 27-Dec-42 18-Jan-43 82 22 104 Sold private 1947, scrapped 19
221 John Trumbull EC2-S-C1 337 5 26-Nov-42 25-Feb-43 13-Mar-43 91 16 107 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970
222 Richard Hovey EC2-S-C1 338 6 27-Dec-42 14-Mar-43 31-Mar-43 77 17 94 Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1944
223 Emily Dickinson EC2-S-C1 339 5 26-Feb-43 26-Apr-43 7-May-43 59 11 70 Scrapped 1969
224 Eugene Field EC2-S-C1 340 6 15-Mar-43 13-May-43 22-May-43 59 9 68 Scrapped 1960
225 Thomas W Hyde EC2-S-C1 801 1 6-Mar-43 5-May-43 14-May-43 60 9 69 Scrapped 1964
226 George F Patten EC2-S-C1 802 2 29-Mar-43 22-May-43 31-May-43 54 9 63 Scrapped 1970
227 William Pepperell EC2-S-C1 803 3 9-Apr-43 3-Jun-43 12-Jun-43 55 9 64 Scrapped 1969
228 Thomas B Reed EC2-S-C1 804 4 19-Apr-43 9-Jun-43 19-Jun-43 51 10 61 Scrapped 1966
229 Joshua L Chamberlain EC2-S-C1 805 5 27-Apr-43 14-Jun-43 27-Jun-43 48 13 61 Scrapped 1966
230 Jeremiah O'Brien EC2-S-C1 806 1 6-May-43 19-Jun-43 30-Jun-43 44 11 55 Active: preserved as a memorial in San Francisco
231 John A Poor EC2-S-C1 807 6 14-May-43 23-Jun-43 7-Jul-43 40 14 54 Mined in the North Atlantic 1943, repaired, torpedoed and lost in the Arabian Sea 1944
232 Harry A Garfield EC2-S-C1 808 2 24-May-43 23-Jul-43 31-Jul-43 60 8 68 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1965
233 Arthur L Perry EC2-S-C1 809 3 4-Jun-43 8-Aug-43 21-Aug-43 65 13 78 Scrapped 1957
234 Nelson Dingley EC2-S-C1 810 4 10-Jun-43 20-Jul-43 29-Jul-43 40 9 49 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
235 James Bowdoin EC2-S-C1 811 5 15-Jun-43 1-Aug-43 14-Aug-43 47 13 60 Scrapped 1972
236 Henry Jocelyn EC2-S-C1 812 1 20-Jun-43 15-Aug-43 28-Aug-43 56 13 69 Scrapped 1973
237 Bartholomew Gosnold EC2-S-C1 813 6 24-Jun-43 22-Aug-43 2-Sep-43 59 11 70 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
238 Ferdinando Gorges EC2-S-C1 814 12 24-Jun-43 12-Aug-43 27-Aug-43 49 15 64 Scrapped 1965
239 John Mason EC2-S-C1 815 13 24-Jun-43 12-Aug-43 31-Aug-43 49 19 68 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966
240 Anna Howard Shaw EC2-S-C1 816 4 21-Jul-43 31-Aug-43 14-Sep-43 41 14 65 Scrapped 1967
241 Tobias Lear EC2-S-C1 817 2 24-Jul-43 11-Sep-43 22-Sep-43 49 11 60 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1967
242 William H Todd EC2-S-C1 818 5 2-Aug-43 19-Sep-43 30-Sep-43 48 11 59 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
243 John N Robins EC2-S-C1 819 3 9-Aug-43 30-Sep-43 11-Oct-43 52 11 63 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964
244 Cyrus H K Curtis EC2-S-C1 820 9 19-Jul-43 31-Aug-43 10-Sep-43 43 10 53 Scrapped 1958
245 William Dewitt Hyde EC2-S-C1 821 10 19-Jul-43 31-Aug-43 17-Sep-43 43 17 60 Scrapped 1968
246 Thomas Clyde EC2-S-C1 822 1 16-Aug-43 5-Oct-43 15-Oct-43 50 10 60 Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1963
247 Park Holland EC2-S-C1 823 7 30-Jul-43 14-Sep-43 28-Sep-43 46 14 60 Caught fire and destroyed 1947
248 Peregrine White EC2-S-C1 824 8 30-Jul-43 14-Sep-43 28-Sep-43 46 14 60 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970
249 Enoch Train EC2-S-C1 825 6 23-Aug-43 12-Oct-43 23-Oct-43 50 11 61 Scrapped 1966
250 William Blackstone EC2-S-C1 826 4 1-Sep-43 19-Oct-43 30-Oct-43 48 11 59 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1962
251 John Fairfield EC2-S-C1 827 11 13-Aug-43 10-Oct-43 15-Oct-43 58 5 63 Scrapped 1968
252 William P Fessenden EC2-S-C1 768 9 8-Sep-42 11-Nov-42 15-Dec-42 64 34 98 Scrapped 1959
253 Winslow Homer EC2-S-C1 769 10 8-Sep-42 11-Nov-42 27-Dec-42 64 46 110 Scrapped 1970
254 John Murray Forbes EC2-S-C1 770 7 29-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 16-Jan-43 58 51 109 Scrapped 1967
255 Augustine Heard EC2-S-C1 771 8 29-Sep-42 26-Nov-42 20-Jan-43 58 55 113 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
256 Edward Preble EC2-S-C1 772 11 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 30-Jan-43 75 28 103 To USN as Volans (AKS 9), scrapped 1965
257 Calvin Coolidge EC2-S-C1 773 12 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 4-Feb-43 75 33 108 Scrapped 1965
258 John A Dix EC2-S-C1 774 13 19-Oct-42 2-Jan-43 12-Feb-43 75 41 116 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
259 Walter E Ranger EC2-S-C1 775 9 12-Nov-42 31-Jan-43 19-Feb-43 80 19 99 Scrapped 1972
260 Noah Webster EC2-S-C1 776 10 12-Nov-42 31-Jan-43 27-Feb-43 80 27 107 Reefed off Alabama 1976
261 Eliphalet Nott EC2-S-C1 777 7 28-Nov-42 14-Feb-43 5-Mar-43 78 19 97 Scrapped 1954
262 Isaac Sharpless EC2-S-C1 778 8 28-Nov-42 14-Feb-43 5-Mar-43 78 19 97 Scrapped 1971
263 Timothy Dwight EC2-S-C1 779 11 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 20-Mar-43 62 13 75 Scrapped 1969
264 Ezra Cornell EC2-S-C1 780 12 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 27-Mar-43 62 20 72 Sold private 1947, sunk 1967
265 Francis Amasa Walker EC2-S-C1 781 13 4-Jan-43 7-Mar-43 4-Apr-43 62 28 90 Scrapped 1965
266 Joseph Warren EC2-S-C1 782 9 1-Feb-43 5-Apr-43 17-Apr-43 63 12 75 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
267 Emma Willard EC2-S-C1 783 10 1-Feb-43 5-Apr-43 22-Apr-43 63 17 80 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
268 William Phips EC2-S-C1 784 7 15-Feb-43 15-Apr-43 28-Apr-43 59 13 72 Scrapped 1970
269 Charles Sumner EC2-S-C1 785 8 15-Feb-43 15-Apr-43 30-Apr-43 59 15 74 Scrapped 1962
270 Asa Gray EC2-S-C1 786 11 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 17-May-43 56 14 70 Scrapped 1967
271 Mary Lyon EC2-S-C1 787 12 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 21-May-43 56 18 74 Sold private 1947, sunk 1963
272 Henry Wilson EC2-S-C1 788 13 8-Mar-43 3-May-43 26-May-43 56 23 79 Scrapped 1962
273 Charles W Eliot EC2-S-C1 789 9 6-Apr-43 24-May-43 31-May-43 48 7 55 Mined and lost off Normandy 1944
274 Harriet Beecher Stowe EC2-S-C1 790 10 6-Apr-43 24-May-43 7-Jun-43 48 14 62 Scrapped 1967
275 Eugene Hale EC2-S-C1 791 7 15-Apr-43 7-Jun-43 17-Jun-43 53 10 63 Scrapped 1968
276 Robert Treat EC2-S-C1 792 8 15-Apr-43 7-Jun-43 21-Jun-43 53 14 67 Scrapped 1967
277 George Cleeve EC2-S-C1 793 11 4-May-43 23-Jun-43 30-Jun-43 50 7 57 Torpedoed and breached off Bona 1944, salvaged, scrapped 1952
278 Jacob H Gallinger EC2-S-C1 794 12 4-May-43 23-Jun-43 9-Jul-43 50 16 66 Wrecked 1967, scrapped 1969
279 Sylvester Gardiner EC2-S-C1 795 13 4-May-43 23-Jun-43 13-Jul-43 50 20 70 Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
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