World War II shipyard in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Victory ships under construction at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in 1944
Industry Maritime ship production Founded 1941; 83 years ago (1941 ) Defunct 1945 (1945 ) Headquarters , U.S.
Products
Liberty and
Victory ships
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's
SS Davidson Victory on ways
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's
USS Glynn
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] It was closed after the war ended.
The shipyard, one of three
Kaiser Shipyards in the area, was in the
St. Johns neighborhood of North Portland. The two others were the
Swan Island Shipyard , located several miles upriver on
Swan Island ;
[2] and the
Vancouver Shipyard , located across the
Columbia River from Portland in
Vancouver, Washington .
[3]
[4]
Among the ships built by Oregon Shipbuilding was the
Star of Oregon ,
[5] which was launched on
Liberty Fleet Day , September 27, 1941.
The rapid expansion of Portland area shipyards during World War II and contraction afterward caused similar expansion and contraction of the population of
Vanport City, Oregon , which was also built by
Henry J. Kaiser to house the workers of the three area shipyards.
[5]
[6]
The former site of Oregon Shipbuilding in St. Johns is now
Schnitzer Steel Industries .
[7]
References
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"Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland OR" . ShipbuildingHistory.com . Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
^
"Kaiser Swan Island, Portland OR" . ShipbuildingHistory.com . Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
^
"Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA" . ShipbuildingHistory.com . Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
^
"Kaiser & Oregon Shipyards" . Oregon History Project .
Oregon Historical Society .
Archived from the original on October 29, 2005.
^
a
b
Record Breakers . Portland, Oregon: Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.
OCLC
54078903 .
^ Abbot, Carl.
"Vanport" .
The Oregon Encyclopedia .
^ Jim Redden (June 3, 2009).
"The Forgotten Ships" .
Portland Tribune . Pamplin Media Group.
Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
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