North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington NC

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