U. S. Maritime Commission Shipbuilding Program, 1938-1945

United States Standard Merchant Ships in World War II

Maritime Commission, 1937-1945

The C3 freighter Sea Sturgeon returning to San Francisco after World War II with homeward-bound servicemen. (Photo No. NH 98701)

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This portion of the Shipscribe web site contains five tables containing data on all the contracts let for construction of standard-design merchant ship during World War II by the United States Maritime Commission. Five of the tables contain the same data, the difference being in the way they are sorted. The sixth and last table lists the Maritime Commission ship designs with very brief specifications and notes.

List of MC Contracts Sorted by MC Hull Number

List of MC Contracts Sorted by Shipbuilders

List of MC Contracts Sorted by Contract Number

List of MC Contracts Sorted by Program and Action Date

List of MC Contracts Sorted by Design

List of MC Designs with Descriptions

Key to Column Headings and Abbreviations

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