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Illustrations for Requisitioned Ships, Part II:

Merchant (Chester) to Willamette Iron & Steel

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Merchant Shipbuilding Co. (ex Chester S.B.), Chester, Pa. (McKellar Page 88-382b)
28 ships: Yard nos. 340-5, 350 (7 ships), plus 21 ships as Design 1025.


Merrill Stevens Shipbuilding Co., Jacksonville, Fla. (Page 88-383a)
1 ship: As Design 1012.

Samuel L. Moore & Sons (later Bethlehem), Elizabethport, N.J. (Page 88-383a)
3 ships: Yard nos. 115-117.


Moore & Scott Iron Works, Oakland, Calif. (Page 88-384)
7 ships: Yard no. 112 (1), plus 6 as Design 1015.


New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Gloucester, N.J. (Page 88-384)
3 ships: Yard nos. 201-203. (Yard 204-212 cancelled)


New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. (Page 88-384)
21 ships: Yard nos. 174-6, 182-4, 189-193, 195-8, 204-7 (19), plus 2 as Design 1103. (Yard 208-9 cancelled.)


Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News (Page 88-386)
9 ships: Yard nos. 201, 204-7, 212-13 (7), plus 2 as Design 1106.


Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., Gloucester, N.J. (Page 88-387)
17 ships: Yard nos. 1-12, 15-19. (Yard 13-14 cancelled.)


Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del. (Page 88-388)
14 ships: Yard nos. 1001-1006 and 1009-1016.


Seattle Construction & Drydock Co., Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. (Page 88-389)
12 ships: Yard no. 91 (1), plus 11 as Design 1014.


Skinner & Eddy, Seattle, Wash. (Page 88-389)
8 ships: Yard no. 11 (1), plus 7 as Design 1013.


Standard Shipbuilding Co., Shooter's Island, N.Y. (Page 88-390)
13 ships: All as Design 1063.

Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Staten Island, N.Y. (Page 88-391)
4 ships: Yard nos. 689 and 692-695.


Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa. (Page 88-391)
16 ships: Yard nos. 1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, and 17-20 (12), plus 4 as Design 1018.


Superior Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc. (Page 88-392)
4 ships: All as Design 1020.

Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Tampa, Fla. (Page 88-392)
2 ships: Yard nos. 31-32.


Texas Steamship Co., Bath, Maine. (Page 88-393)
13 ships: Yard nos. 1-4, 10-14, and 21-24.


Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, Ohio. (Page 88-393)
10 ships: All as Design 1020.

Union Iron Works (later Bethlehem), Alameda & San Francisco, Calif. (Page 88-394)
24 ships: Yard nos. 134-5 and 154 (3), plus 9 as Design 1032, 8 as Design 1047, and 4 as Design 1057.


Willamette Iron & Steel Works (later Northwest Steel Co.), Portland, Ore. (Page 88-394)
15 ships: All as Design 1013.

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