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Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Victory ships 1944

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located in Portland, Oregon, United States, that built over 1000 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945 under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. It also built T2 tankers during the war. It was closed after the war ended.

The shipyard, one of three Kaiser Shipyards in the area, was in St. Johns. The second, also known as Swan Island Shipyard, was located on Swan Island and the third was across the Columbia River from Portland in Vancouver, Washington.^[1]^[2]

Among the ships built by Oregon Shipbuilding was the Star of Oregon,^[3] 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.^[3]

The former site of Oregon Shipbuilding in St. Johns is now Schnitzer Steel Industries.^[4]

References

^ "Kaiser & Oregon Shipyards". Oregon Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 29, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Abbot, Carl. "Vanport". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
^ ^a ^b Record Breakers, story of Oregon Shipbuilding
^ "The Forgotten Ships" Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

v t e St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Buildings and structures	BNSF Railway Bridge 5.1 National Cash Register Building Portland Woolen Mills St. Johns City Hall St. Johns Bridge St. Johns Library St. Johns Twin Cinema
Business	Anna Bannanas Cafe Bernstein's Bagels Gracie's Apizza Jobes Milling Company Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation Oregon Steel Mills Pastificio d'Oro Portland Woolen Mills Schnitzer Steel Industries StormBreaker Brewing The Sudra Wonderwood
Education	James John Elementary School James John High School Roosevelt High School Wayfinding College
Parks and recreation	Cathedral Park Chimney Park George Park Kelley Point Park Pier Park Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area St. Johns Park St. Johns Racquet Center
People	James John Francis I. McKenna Terry Schrunk
Public art	Black Lives Matter street mural

v t e Large companies formerly based in Oregon
Peak annual revenues of $100 million or more
Moved out of state	Georgia-Pacific Integra Telecom (2014) JELD-WEN (2015) Louisiana-Pacific Banfield
Acquired by out-of-state entities	Camera World (2002) Cascade Microtech (2016) Electro Scientific Industries (2019) Fred Meyer Freightliner Harry & David (2014) J. K. Gill (1980) LaCrosse Footwear (2012) Les Schwab (2020) MathStar (2010) McCormick & Schmick's (2012) Meier & Frank Mentor Graphics (2017) Merix (2010) Oregon Steel Mills Planar Systems (2015) Sawyer's (1966) Sequent Computer Systems (1999) StanCorp Financial (2016) Tektronix (2007) U.S. Bancorp West Coast Bank (2012) Willamette Industries (2002)
Defunct or out of business	Consolidated Freightways (2002) Emporium (2003) Evergreen International Aviation Floating Point Systems G.I. Joe's (2009) Hollywood Video (2010) Sprouse-Reitz (1994) White Stag Manufacturing

v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson^X Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Victory ships
Lists	List of Victory ships
Subtypes	Haskell-class attack transport Boulder Victory-class cargo ship Greenville Victory-class cargo ship Kingsport-class telemetry ship Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship List of Subtypes
Museum ships	SS American Victory SS Lane Victory SS Red Oak Victory
Other	Port Chicago disaster Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Columbia Eagle incident
Sunk in action	SS Canada Victory SS Hobbs Victory SS Logan Victory
Damaged in action	SS Bozeman Victory SS Brown Victory SS Bucknell Victory USS Colbert SS Elmira Victory USS Hinsdale USS La Grange SS Minot Victory SS Oshkosh Victory SS Pratt Victory SS Swarthmore Victory USS Telfair SS United Victory
Sunk in service	SS Clarksdale Victory SS Drexel Victory SS Escanaba Victory SS Georgetown Victory SS Luray Victory SS Middlebury Victory SS Northeastern Victory SS Park Victory SS Quinault Victory
Damaged in service	SS Attleboro Victory SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Baylor Victory SS Colombia Victory SS Berea Victory SS Cuba Victory SS Enid Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS St. Lawrence Victory
Sank in private use	SS Alamo Victory SS Augustana Victory SS Brainerd Victory SS Cody Victory SS Hagerstown Victory SS Lewiston Victory SS Lincoln Victory SS Luxembourg Victory SS India Victory SS New Bern Victory SS Mandan Victory SS Philippines Victory SS Rushville Victory SS Rutland Victory SS Skagway Victory SS Smith Victory SS St. Albans Victory SS Tufts Victory SS U.S.S.R. Victory
Seagoing cowboys ships	SS Adrian Victory SS Attleboro Victory SS Battle Creek Victory SS Beloit Victory SS Blue Island Victory SS Boulder Victory SS Bucknell Victory SS Calvin Victory SS Carroll Victory SS Cedar Rapids Victory SS Clarksville Victory SS Creighton Victory SS DePauw Victory SS Earlham Victory SS Flagstaff Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Gainesville Victory SS Harvard Victory SS Hattiesburg Victory SS Jefferson City Victory SS Lahaina Victory SS Lanaina Victory SS Lindenwood Victory SS Mercer Victory SS Moline Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS Norwalk Victory SS Occidental Victory SS Ouachita Victory SS Park Victory SS Pass Christian Victory SS Pierre Victory SS Plymouth Victory SS Queens Victory SS Rock Hill Victory SS Rockland Victory SS Roswell Victory SS Saginaw Victory SS Santa ClaraVictory SS South Bend Victory SS Spartanburg Victory SS Villanova Victory SS Virginia City Victory SS Wesleyan Victory SS Woodstock Victory SS Yugoslavia Victory
See also	Liberty ship (predecessor)
Article Category List See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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 '''Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation''' was a [[World War II]] emergency [[shipyard]] located in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[United States]], that built over 1000 [[Liberty ship|Liberty]] and [[Victory ship]]s between 1941 and 1945 under the [[Emergency Shipbuilding program]]. It also built [[T2 tanker|T2 tankers]] during the war. It was closed after the war ended.

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