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Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. The shipyard built nearly 600 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945 under the Emergency Shipbuilding program . [ 1 ]
The Oregon Shipbuilding Yards were responsible for 455 ships. Kaiser recruited from across the United States to work in his yards, hiring women and minorities. Fields Point in Providence, Rhode Island , had a shipyard run as the Walsh-Kaiser Company [ 8 ] after former management ( Rheem ) ran into difficulties.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation (New York Ship), Camden, New Jersey (1899–1967) Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia; North Florida Shipyards, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, part of the Kaiser Shipyards; Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pennellville Historic District
SS Czechoslovakia Victory was laid down as a VC2-S-AP2 type Victory ship under U.S. Maritime Commission contract as by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, 25 November 1943; launched 20 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Barbara Vickery; and delivered to her operator, American Hawaiian Steamship Corp., 11 March 1944.
Karnes (APA-175) was launched 7 November 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon, for the United States Maritime Commission; sponsored by Miss Nora Clancy; acquired and commissioned by the Navy 3 December 1944.
SS Star of Oregon (MC hull number 171) was a Liberty ship built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon, and launched on 27 September 1941, the first of the 472 ships built by the company up to November 1945. [2]
The sponsor of the ship was Mrs. Elwood Mead. Her flower girl was her granddaughter, Becky Kaiser, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Kaiser. Mrs. Frank A. Banks, Grand Coulee, Washington, was a matron of honor at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's launching. [4]
Named after a county in North Carolina, Granville (APA-171) was launched 23 October 1944 by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon, under a United States Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Lowell Stockman; transferred to the Navy 21 November 1944 and commissioned the same day.