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North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program in the early days of World War II. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 ships in all, beginning with the Liberty ship SS Zebulon B. Vance, and including 54 ships of the US Navy.
It founded the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, an emergency yard on the banks of the Cape Fear River and launched its first Liberty ship before the end of 1941, building 243 ships in all, including 186 Libertys. For its contributions during the war, the Navy awarded the company its "E" pennant for excellence in shipbuilding.
SS William A. Graham ( MC hull number 160) was a Liberty ship built by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington, North Carolina, and launched on 26 July 1942. [2] One of over 2,700 cargo ships produced during an emergency shipbuilding program, William A. Graham was named for William Alexander Graham, a 19th-century governor of ...
SS. Joseph Hewes. SS Joseph Hewes ( MC contract 217) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Joseph Hewes, Secretary of the Naval Affairs in the 2nd Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina. The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company ...
SS. Zebulon B. Vance. SS Zebulon Vance (MC contract 145) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Zebulon Vance, the two time Governor of North Carolina, lawyer, and Confederate Army officer. The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on May 22, 1941 ...
SS John Harvey was a U.S. World War II Liberty ship. This ship is best known for carrying a secret cargo of mustard gas and whose sinking by German aircraft in December 1943 at the port of Bari in south Italy caused an unintentional release of chemical weapons. The John Harvey was built by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington ...
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 24, 1942, and launched on December 24, 1942. [1] Pettigrew was chartered to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. , by the War Shipping Administration until entering the James River Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in January 1946.
16 × 20 mm guns gun mounts. The Tolland-class attack cargo ships were built by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. in Wilmington, North Carolina during the latter stages of World War II. [1] All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship. The armament varied, as did that of the other ...