| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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1 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Alexander Ramsey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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1 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Penelope Barker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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1 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William Mulholland | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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2 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry Barnard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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2 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John B. Hood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [49] |
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3 December | Australia | Poole & Steel | Sydney | Cootamundra | Bathurst-class corvette | |
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3 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Samuel Jordan Kirkwood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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4 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Gaspar De Portola | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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5 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John S. Copley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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5 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-420 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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5 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-421 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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6 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Alexander Lillington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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6 December | United States | New York Shipbuilding | New York City | Belleau Wood | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
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6 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Blyth | Empire Rosa | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport |
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6 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frederic Remington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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7 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Alexander White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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7 December | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Ballinderry | River-class frigate | For Royal Navy. [145] |
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7 December | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | Bunker Hill | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
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7 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Charles Willson Peale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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2 December | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | George Handley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [146] |
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7 December | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia | New Jersey | Iowa-class battleship | |
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7 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Pearl Harbor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [23] |
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7 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Robert T. Lincoln | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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7 December | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Philip Kearny | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. [123] |
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7 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Sebastian Viscaino | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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8 December | Hong Kong | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. | Hong Kong | Empire Lanter | Cargo ship | For Japanese Government. Completed at Gyoku Maru. |
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8 December | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Miami | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
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8 December | United Kingdom | . | Sunderland | Empire Bardolph | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
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8 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Candida | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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8 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Brewster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [72] |
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9 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edwin Booth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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9 December | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Fireguard | Icemaid type collier | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. |
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9 December | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | John Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt Ltd. |
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9 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Luis Arguello | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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9 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rattler | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
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9 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William C. Endicott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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10 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-422 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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10 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Richard Caswell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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10 December | United Kingdom | Scotts Shipbuilding | Greenock | Roebuck | R-class destroyer | |
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10 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Walter Colton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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11 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Jefferson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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11 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-426 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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11 December | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd. | Dumbarton | Pegu | Cargo ship | For British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
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11 December | United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Scoutstoun, Glasgow | Pheasant | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
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12 Decembber | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Abraham Lincoln | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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12 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Archbishop Lamy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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12 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Big Foot Wallace | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [49] |
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12 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Boxer | Tank Landing Craft | For Royal Navy. |
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12 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-424 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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12 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-425 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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12 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Redfield Proctor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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13 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | King S. Woolsey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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13 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Pocahontas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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13 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Richard Mansfield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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14 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Gaillard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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14 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Mayo Brothers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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15 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Burke | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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15 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | J. Sterling Morton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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17 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry J. Raymond | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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17 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Jim Bridger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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17 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Louis McLane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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17 December | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Windsor Queen | Cargo ship | For British Channel Islands Shipping Co. Ltd. |
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18 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Amelia Earhart | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [49] |
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18 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Christopher Gadsden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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18 December | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Brutus | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
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19 December | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Diver | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
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19 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ezra Meeker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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19 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George H. Dern | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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19 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Bidwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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19 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Lord Delaware | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [23] |
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19 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-427 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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20 December | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Jersey Hart | Cargo ship | For Nolisement Steamship Co. Ltd. |
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20 December | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Thomas Hart Benton | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. [123] |
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20 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William G. McAdoo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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21 December | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | British Vigour | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
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21 December | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Cape Howe | Cargo ship | For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co Ltd. |
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21 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James Madison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [49] |
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21 December | United Kingdom | John I. Thornycroft & Company | | Narbada | Black Swan-class sloop | |
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21 December | United Kingdom | Barclay Curle | Glasgow | Empire Courage | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
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21 December | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Titania | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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21 December | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Norman Monarch | Cargo ship | For Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. |
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22 December | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Airsprite | Sprite-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
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22 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Betty Zane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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22 December | United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire Ben | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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22 December | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Sandy | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
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22 December | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | English Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
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22 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Hugh S. Legare | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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22 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Key Pittman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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22 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Leslie M. Shaw | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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22 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-428 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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22 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-430 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. [23] |
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22 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Sacajawea | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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23 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | David G. Farragut | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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23 December | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Commerce | Intermediate type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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23 December | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Burntisland | Empire MacAlpine | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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23 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Mortimer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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23 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Nerissa | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. [154] |
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23 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James Buchanan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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23 December | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | San Francisco | Reno | Atlanta-class light cruiser | |
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23 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rowallan Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line. [155] |
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24 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Chief Washakie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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24 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | James J. Pettigrew | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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24 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Pat Harrison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [48] |
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26 December | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Fay | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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26 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George B. Cortelyou | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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27 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Anne Bradstreet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [72] |
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27 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Daniel H. Hill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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28 December | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | James Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [146] |
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27 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John M. Clayton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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27 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William E. Borah | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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28 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Chief Ouray | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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28 December | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Treasure | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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28 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frederick Jackson Turner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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28 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | M. M. Guhin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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28 December | United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Pedro, California | Staten Island | Wind-class icebreaker | For Lend-Lease |
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28 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Willard Hall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [23] |
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28 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William L. Marcy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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28 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Woodbridge N. Ferris | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [23] |
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29 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Laird | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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29 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Lewis Cass | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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30 December | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma | Carnegie | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease |
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30 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Champ Clark | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [49] |
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30 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | E. Kirby Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [157] |
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30 December | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | George Davis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [17] |
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30 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jeremiah S. Black | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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31 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Elihu B. Washburne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [7] |
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31 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George S. Boutwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [8] |
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31 December | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Grapple | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
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31 December | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Demon | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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31 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joseph G. Cannon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [16] |
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31 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Lindley M. Garrison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. [4] |
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