North Carolina Shipbuilding was one of the original nine emergency yards, developed by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1941 with 6 ways, with $20mm from the USMC. Its 6 ways were increased to 9 in the second wave of shipbuilding expansion. At its peak, North Carolina Shipbuilding employed 15,000 people and had the best productivity of any of the Liberty shipbuilders. After the war, the yard was held in reserve as a stand-by yard until the 1950s, when it was liquidated. It was located where the port facilities are 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 |
| 1 | Zebulon B Vance | EC2-S-C1 | 145 | 1 | 22-May-41 | 6-Dec-41 | 17-Feb-42 | 198 | 73 | 271 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| 2 | Nathaniel Greene | EC2-S-C1 | 146 | 2 | 22-May-41 | 17-Jan-42 | 12-Mar-42 | 240 | 54 | 294 | Torpedoed off Oran and beached 1943, TL |
| 3 | Virginia Dare | EC2-S-C1 | 147 | 3 | 28-May-41 | 3-Feb-42 | 27-Mar-42 | 251 | 52 | 302 | Mined off Bizerta 1944, TL but salvaged, scrapped 1948 |
| 4 | William Hooper | EC2-S-C1 | 148 | 4 | 22-Aug-41 | 21-Feb-42 | 7-Apr-42 | 183 | 45 | 228 | Torpedoed from the air and lost in the Barents Sea 1942 |
| 5 | Daniel Morgan | EC2-S-C1 | 149 | 5 | 3-Sep-41 | 8-Mar-42 | 16-Apr-42 | 186 | 39 | 227 | Torpedoed and lost off Northern Russia 1942 |
| 6 | Francis Marion | EC2-S-C1 | 150 | 6 | 4-Sep-41 | 22-Mar-42 | 27-Apr-42 | 199 | 36 | 235 | Scrapped 1967 |
| 7 | Charles C Pinckney | EC2-S-C1 | 151 | 1 | 11-Dec-41 | 10-May-42 | 28-May-42 | 150 | 18 | 168 | Torpedoed and lost off the Azores 1943 |
| 8 | John Cropper | EC2-S-C1 | 152 | 2 | 20-Jan-42 | 17-May-42 | 4-Jun-42 | 117 | 18 | 135 | Scrapped 1965 |
| 9 | William Moultrie | EC2-S-C1 | 153 | 3 | 5-Feb-42 | 22-May-42 | 11-Jun-42 | 106 | 20 | 126 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 10 | Thomas Sumter | EC2-S-C1 | 154 | 4 | 25-Feb-42 | 31-May-42 | 17-Jun-42 | 95 | 17 | 112 | Scrapped 1971 |
| 11 | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | EC2-S-C1 | 155 | 5 | 10-Mar-42 | 7-Jun-42 | 24-Jun-42 | 89 | 17 | 106 | Torpedoed and scuttled off Cape Farewell 1942 |
| 12 | Artemus Ward | EC2-S-C1 | 156 | 6 | 24-Mar-42 | 14-Jun-42 | 30-Jun-42 | 82 | 16 | 98 | Damaged in collision 1944, sunk as breakwater off Normandy and abandoned 1944 |
| 13 | Hugh Williamson | EC2-S-C1 | 157 | 1 | 11-May-42 | 7-Jul-42 | 24-Jul-42 | 57 | 17 | 74 | Wrecked 1946, refloated, scrapped 1948 |
| 14 | William R Davie | EC2-S-C1 | 158 | 2 | 18-May-42 | 12-Jul-42 | 29-Jul-42 | 55 | 17 | 72 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 15 | William Gaston | EC2-S-C1 | 159 | 3 | 23-May-42 | 19-Jul-42 | 5-Aug-42 | 57 | 17 | 74 | Torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic 1944 |
| 16 | William A Graham | EC2-S-C1 | 160 | 4 | 1-Jun-42 | 26-Jul-42 | 15-Aug-42 | 55 | 20 | 75 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 17 | James K Polk | EC2-S-C1 | 161 | 5 | 8-Jun-42 | 2-Aug-42 | 21-Aug-42 | 55 | 19 | 74 | Torpedoed off Dutch Guiana 1943, CTL, scrapped |
| 18 | Alexander Martin | EC2-S-C1 | 162 | 6 | 15-Jun-42 | 16-Aug-42 | 28-Aug-42 | 62 | 12 | 74 | Scrapped 1963 |
| 19 | Richard D Spaight | EC2-S-C1 | 163 | 1 | 8-Jul-42 | 11-Sep-42 | 23-Sep-42 | 65 | 12 | 77 | Torpedoed and lost off Durban 1943 |
| 20 | Samuel Ashe | EC2-S-C1 | 164 | 2 | 12-Jul-42 | 17-Sep-42 | 29-Sep-42 | 67 | 12 | 79 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 21 | Benjamin Williams | EC2-S-C1 | 165 | 3 | 19-Jul-42 | 23-Sep-42 | 4-Oct-42 | 66 | 11 | 77 | Scrapped 1966 |
| 22 | James Turner | EC2-S-C1 | 166 | 4 | 26-Jul-42 | 29-Sep-42 | 10-Oct-42 | 65 | 11 | 76 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 23 | Nathaniel Alexander | EC2-S-C1 | 167 | 5 | 2-Aug-42 | 4-Oct-42 | 15-Oct-42 | 63 | 11 | 74 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| 24 | David Stone | EC2-S-C1 | 168 | 6 | 16-Aug-42 | 10-Oct-42 | 21-Oct-42 | 55 | 11 | 76 | Scrapped 1966 |
| 25 | Benjamin Smith | EC2-S-C1 | 169 | 1 | 11-Sep-42 | 28-Oct-42 | 7-Nov-42 | 47 | 10 | 57 | Torpedoed and lost off Sassandra 1943 |
| 26 | Joseph Hewes | EC2-S-C1 | 217 | 7 | 22-Sep-41 | 29-Mar-42 | 6-May-42 | 188 | 38 | 226 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 27 | John Penn | EC2-S-C1 | 218 | 8 | 23-Sep-41 | 12-Apr-42 | 11-May-42 | 201 | 29 | 230 | Torpedoed and scuttled off Greenland 1942 |
| 28 | John C Calhoun | EC2-S-C1 | 219 | 9 | 1-Oct-41 | 26-Apr-42 | 21-May-42 | 207 | 25 | 232 | Blew up in Finschaven 1944, CTL but refloated, scrapped |
| 29 | Edward Rutledge | EC2-S-C1 | 220 | 7 | 30-Mar-42 | 21-Jun-42 | 8-Jul-42 | 83 | 17 | 100 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 30 | Abel Parker Upshur | EC2-S-C1 | 221 | 8 | 13-Apr-42 | 28-Jun-42 | 14-Jul-42 | 76 | 16 | 92 | Scrapped 1966 |
| 31 | William Hawkins | EC2-S-C1 | 222 | 9 | 27-Apr-42 | 3-Jul-42 | 20-Jul-42 | 67 | 17 | 84 | Scrapped 1958 |
| 32 | Thomas Pinckney | EC2-S-C1 | 223 | 7 | 22-Jun-42 | 23-Aug-42 | 7-Sep-42 | 62 | 15 | 77 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 33 | Roger Williams | EC2-S-C1 | 224 | 8 | 29-Jun-42 | 30-Aug-42 | 12-Sep-42 | 62 | 13 | 75 | Sold private 1947, sunk 1965 |
| 34 | John Drayton | EC2-S-C1 | 225 | 9 | 4-Jul-42 | 5-Sep-42 | 17-Sep-42 | 63 | 12 | 75 | Torpedoed and lost off Durban 1943 |
| 35 | James B Richardson | EC2-S-C1 | 226 | 7 | 23-Aug-42 | 15-Oct-42 | 24-Oct-42 | 53 | 9 | 62 | Wrecked 1951 but repaired, scuttled off New Jersey with obsolete ammo 1968 |
| 36 | Paul Hamilton | EC2-S-C1 | 227 | 8 | 30-Aug-42 | 20-Oct-42 | 29-Oct-42 | 51 | 9 | 60 | Torpedoed and lost off Algiers 1944 |
| 37 | Henry Middleton | EC2-S-C1 | 228 | 9 | 5-Sep-42 | 25-Oct-42 | 4-Nov-42 | 50 | 10 | 60 | Scrapped 1971 |
| 38 | Collis P Huntington | EC2-S-C1 | 860 | 2 | 17-Sep-42 | 1-Nov-42 | 12-Nov-42 | 45 | 11 | 56 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 39 | Cornelius Harnett | EC2-S-C1 | 861 | 3 | 23-Sep-42 | 6-Nov-42 | 20-Nov-42 | 44 | 14 | 58 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 40 | Henry Bacon | EC2-S-C1 | 862 | 4 | 29-Sep-42 | 11-Nov-42 | 24-Nov-42 | 43 | 13 | 56 | Torpedoed and lost in the Barents Sea 1945 |
| 41 | Abner Nash | EC2-S-C1 | 863 | 5 | 4-Oct-42 | 15-Nov-42 | 27-Nov-42 | 42 | 12 | 54 | Scrapped 1964 |
| 42 | Joseph Alston | EC2-S-C1 | 864 | 6 | 10-Oct-42 | 20-Nov-42 | 30-Nov-42 | 41 | 10 | 51 | Scrapped 1967 |
| 43 | Paul Hamilton Hayne | EC2-S-C1 | 865 | 7 | 15-Oct-42 | 24-Nov-42 | 4-Dec-42 | 40 | 10 | 50 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| 44 | Marshall Elliott | EC2-S-C1 | 866 | 8 | 20-Oct-42 | 27-Nov-42 | 9-Dec-42 | 38 | 12 | 50 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 45 | James Iredell | EC2-S-C1 | 867 | 9 | 25-Oct-42 | 29-Nov-42 | 12-Dec-42 | 35 | 13 | 48 | Damaged in convoy 1943, repaired, bombed in Naples 1943, repaired, sunk as breakwater off Normandy and abandoned 1944 |
| 46 | Penelope Barker | EC2-S-C1 | 868 | 1 | 28-Oct-42 | 1-Dec-42 | 15-Dec-42 | 34 | 14 | 48 | Torpedoed and lost in the Barents Sea 1944 |
| 47 | Alexander Lillington | EC2-S-C1 | 869 | 2 | 2-Nov-42 | 6-Dec-42 | 20-Dec-42 | 34 | 14 | 48 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 48 | Richard Caswell | EC2-S-C1 | 870 | 3 | 6-Nov-42 | 10-Dec-42 | 22-Dec-42 | 34 | 12 | 46 | Torpedoed and lost off Paranagua 1943 |
| 49 | Pocahontas | EC2-S-C1 | 871 | 4 | 11-Nov-42 | 13-Dec-42 | 27-Dec-42 | 32 | 14 | 46 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 50 | Christopher Gadsden | EC2-S-C1 | 872 | 5 | 15-Nov-42 | 18-Dec-42 | 31-Dec-42 | 33 | 13 | 46 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 51 | Betty Zane | EC2-S-C1 | 873 | 6 | 20-Nov-42 | 22-Dec-42 | 31-Dec-42 | 32 | 9 | 41 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| 52 | James J Pettigrew | EC2-S-C1 | 874 | 7 | 24-Nov-42 | 24-Dec-42 | 7-Jan-43 | 30 | 14 | 44 | Scrapped 1960- |
| 53 | Daniel H Hill | EC2-S-C1 | 875 | 8 | 27-Nov-42 | 27-Dec-42 | 10-Jan-43 | 30 | 14 | 44 | Scrapped 1964 |
| 54 | George Davis | EC2-S-C1 | 876 | 9 | 29-Nov-42 | 30-Dec-42 | 13-Jan-43 | 31 | 14 | 45 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 55 | Walter Raleigh | EC2-S-C1 | 877 | 1 | 1-Dec-42 | 5-Jan-43 | 16-Jan-43 | 35 | 11 | 46 | Scrapped 1967 |
| 56 | John Harvey | EC2-S-C1 | 878 | 2 | 6-Dec-42 | 9-Jan-43 | 19-Jan-43 | 34 | 10 | 44 | Bombed in Bari 1943, scrapped 1948 |
| 57 | Robert Howe | EC2-S-C1 | 879 | 3 | 10-Dec-42 | 13-Jan-43 | 23-Jan-43 | 34 | 10 | 44 | Scrapped 1971 |
| 58 | Nathaniel Macon | EC2-S-C1 | 880 | 4 | 13-Dec-42 | 17-Jan-43 | 26-Jan-43 | 35 | 9 | 44 | Sold private 1947, wrecked 1952, CTL but repaired, scrapped 1969 |
| 59 | John Wright Stanly | EC2-S-C1 | 881 | 5 | 18-Dec-42 | 19-Jan-43 | 29-Jan-43 | 32 | 10 | 42 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| 60 | Francis Nash | EC2-S-C1 | 882 | 6 | 22-Dec-42 | 21-Jan-43 | 31-Jan-43 | 30 | 10 | 40 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| 61 | Ephraim Brevard | EC2-S-C1 | 883 | 7 | 24-Dec-42 | 24-Jan-43 | 3-Feb-43 | 31 | 10 | 41 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 62 | George E Badger | EC2-S-C1 | 884 | 8 | 27-Dec-42 | 26-Jan-43 | 6-Feb-43 | 30 | 11 | 41 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 63 | Flora MacDonald | EC2-S-C1 | 885 | 9 | 30-Dec-42 | 30-Jan-43 | 9-Feb-43 | 31 | 10 | 41 | Torpedoed and lost off Sierra Leone 1943 |
| 64 | James Sprunt | EC2-S-C1 | 886 | 1 | 5-Jan-43 | 3-Feb-43 | 13-Feb-43 | 29 | 10 | 39 | Torpedoed and lost off Cuba 1943 |
| 65 | MattW Ransom | EC2-S-C1 | 887 | 2 | 9-Jan-43 | 6-Feb-43 | 16-Feb-43 | 28 | 10 | 38 | Torpedoed off Casablanca, repaired, sunk as breakwater off Normandy and abandoned 1944 |
| 66 | Furnifield M Simmons | EC2-S-C1 | 888 | 3 | 13-Jan-43 | 10-Feb-43 | 18-Feb-43 | 28 | 8 | 36 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| 67 | Edward B Dudley | EC2-S-C1 | 889 | 4 | 17-Jan-43 | 13-Feb-43 | 21-Feb-43 | 27 | 8 | 35 | Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1943 |
| 68 | Willie Jones | EC2-S-C1 | 890 | 5 | 19-Jan-43 | 16-Feb-43 | 24-Feb-43 | 28 | 8 | 36 | Sunk as target |
| 69 | James Moore | EC2-S-C1 | 891 | 6 | 21-Jan-43 | 19-Feb-43 | 27-Feb-43 | 29 | 8 | 37 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| 70 | Alfred Moore | EC2-S-C1 | 892 | 7 | 24-Jan-43 | 22-Feb-43 | 2-Mar-43 | 29 | 8 | 37 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 71 | Woodrow Wilson | EC2-S-C1 | 893 | 8 | 26-Jan-43 | 25-Feb-43 | 6-Mar-43 | 30 | 9 | 39 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 72 | William D Pender | EC2-S-C1 | 894 | 9 | 30-Jan-43 | 28-Feb-43 | 9-Mar-43 | 29 | 9 | 38 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 73 | William D Moseley | EC2-S-C1 | 895 | 1 | 3-Feb-43 | 5-Mar-43 | 12-Mar-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Scrapped 1962 |
| 74 | David L Swain | EC2-S-C1 | 896 | 2 | 6-Feb-43 | 9-Mar-43 | 16-Mar-43 | 31 | 7 | 38 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| 75 | Jonathan Worth | EC2-S-C1 | 897 | 3 | 11-Feb-43 | 12-Mar-43 | 19-Mar-43 | 29 | 7 | 36 | Scrapped 1969 |
| 76 | Matthew T Goldsboro | EC2-S-C1 | 898 | 4 | 13-Feb-43 | 15-Mar-43 | 22-Mar-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Scrapped 1969 |
| 77 | Elisha Mitchell | EC2-S-C1 | 899 | 5 | 16-Feb-43 | 18-Mar-43 | 25-Mar-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 78 | Christopher Gale | EC2-S-C1 | 900 | 6 | 19-Feb-43 | 21-Mar-43 | 28-Mar-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Scrapped 1962 |
| 79 | William L Davidson | EC2-S-C1 | 901 | 7 | 22-Feb-43 | 24-Mar-43 | 31-Mar-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Wrecked 1946, refloated, sold to US Navy, scrapped |
| 80 | Walker Taylor | EC2-S-C1 | 902 | 8 | 25-Feb-43 | 28-Mar-43 | 5-Apr-43 | 31 | 8 | 39 | Scrapped 1959 |
| 81 | Roger Moore | EC2-S-C1 | 903 | 9 | 28-Feb-43 | 31-Mar-43 | 8-Apr-43 | 31 | 8 | 39 | Scrapped 1971 |
| 82 | Robert Rowan | EC2-S-C1 | 904 | 1 | 5-Mar-43 | 6-Apr-43 | 13-Apr-43 | 32 | 7 | 39 | Bombed and lost off Sicily 1943, wreck scrapped 1948 |
| 83 | Thomas W Bickett | EC2-S-C1 | 905 | 2 | 9-Mar-43 | 9-Apr-43 | 15-Apr-43 | 31 | 6 | 37 | Scrapped 1966 |
| 84 | Horace Williams | EC2-S-C1 | 906 | 3 | 12-Mar-43 | 12-Apr-43 | 19-Apr-43 | 31 | 7 | 38 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| 85 | Jose Bonifacio | EC2-S-C1 | 907 | 4 | 16-Mar-43 | 14-Apr-43 | 21-Apr-43 | 29 | 7 | 36 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 86 | Thomas L Clingman | EC2-S-C1 | 908 | 5 | 18-Mar-43 | 17-Apr-43 | 24-Apr-43 | 30 | 7 | 37 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 87 | David Caldwell | EC2-S-C1 | 909 | 6 | 22-Mar-43 | 19-Apr-43 | 26-Apr-43 | 28 | 7 | 35 | Wrecked and sunk 1946 |
| 88 | Waigstill Avery | EC2-S-C1 | 910 | 7 | 24-Mar-43 | 22-Apr-43 | 28-Apr-43 | 29 | 6 | 35 | Scrapped 1960 |
| 89 | Cornelia P Spencer | EC2-S-C1 | 911 | 8 | 29-Mar-43 | 24-Apr-43 | 30-Apr-43 | 26 | 6 | 32 | Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1943 |
| 90 | Walter Hines Page | EC2-S-C1 | 912 | 9 | 1-Apr-43 | 27-Apr-43 | 4-May-43 | 26 | 7 | 33 | Sold private 1947, reefed off Wachapreague NC 1975 |
| 91 | Storm King | C2-S-AJ1 | 1346 | Dec-43 | To USN 1943 as AP 171, sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 92 | Cyclone | C2-S-AJ1 | 1347 | May-44 | To USN 1944 as Mount McKinley (AGC 7), reclassified 1969 as LCC 7, scrapped 1977 | ||||||
| 93 | Eclipse | C2-S-AJ1 | 1348 | Dec-43 | To USN 1944 as Mount Olympus (AGC 8), scrapped 1973 | ||||||
| 94 | Fleetwing | C2-S-AJ1 | 1349 | Dec-43 | To USN 1944 as Wasatch (AGC 9), scrapped 1960 | ||||||
| 95 | Flying Eagle | C2-S-AJ1 | 1350 | Jan-44 | Sold private 1946, scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 96 | Kathay | C2-S-AJ1 | 1351 | Jul-44 | To USN 1944 as Auburn (AGC 10), scrapped 1961 | ||||||
| 97 | Monsoon | C2-S-AJ1 | 1352 | Aug-44 | To USN 1944 as Eldorado (AGC 11), reclassified 1969 as LCC 11, scrapped 1973 | ||||||
| 98 | Morning Star | C2-S-AJ1 | 1353 | Oct-44 | To USN 1944 as Estes (AGC 12), reclassified 1969 as LCC 12, scrapped 1977 | ||||||
| 99 | Northern Light | C2-S-AJ1 | 1354 | Oct-44 | To USN 1944 as Panamint (AGC 13), scrapped 1961 | ||||||
| 100 | White Squall | C2-S-AJ1 | 1355 | Jan-44 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 101 | Marco Polo | C2-S-AJ1 | 1356 | Jan-44 | To USN 1944 as Mount Hood (AE 11), exploded and lost in the Admiralty Islands 1944 | ||||||
| 102 | Midnight | C2-S-AJ1 | 1357 | Feb-44 | Sold private 1946, sank 1967 | ||||||
| 103 | Starlight | C2-S-AJ1 | 1358 | Feb-44 | To USN 1944 as AP 175, sold private 1948, sank 1970 | ||||||
| 104 | Napier | C2-S-AJ2 | 1359 | Apr-44 | Sold private 1946, scrapped 1968 | ||||||
| 105 | Alden Besse | C2-S-AJ1 | 1360 | Feb-44 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 | ||||||
| 106 | Sweepstakes | C2-S-AJ1 | 1361 | Mar-44 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 | ||||||
| 107 | Orpheus | C2-S-AJ1 | 1362 | Mar-44 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 108 | Witch of the Wave |