| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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1 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Coral Sea | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
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2 May | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Paparoa | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
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3 May | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cormarsh | Collier | For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd. |
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3 May | United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros. Ltd. | Dumbarton | Empire MacAndrew | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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4 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Industry | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. [65] |
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4 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Peak | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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4 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 9 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
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4 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Trevince | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
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4 May | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Vindex | Escort carrier | For Royal Navy. |
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6 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Buttress | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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6 May | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Jester | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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6 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Sara | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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6 May | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Sportsman | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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6 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Keweenaw | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Patroller |
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7 May | United Kingdom | | | Amethyst | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
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7 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Sybil | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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7 May | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Kelmscott | Cargo ship | For Pachesham Steamship Co. |
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10 may | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 10 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
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11 May | Sweden | Öresunds Varve A/B | Landskrona | Eberhart Essberger | Cargo ship | For J T Essberger, Hamburg |
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12 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Corregidor | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
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17 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 11 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
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18 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Avonmoor | Cargo ship | For Moor Line Ltd. |
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18 May | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire MacCabe | MAC tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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18 May | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Hughli | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd. |
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18 May | United Kingdom | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. | Paisley | MOWT 10 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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18 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Prince | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Rajah |
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18 May | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Telemachus | Cargo ship | For Ocean Steamship Co. |
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20 May | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Chiswick | Cargo ship | For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd. |
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20 May | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Chieftain | Standard Fast type cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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20 May | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Service | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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20 May | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson Ltd. | Clydebank | Nairana | Nairana-class escort carrier | For Royal Navy. |
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20 May | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Valve | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
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21 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 30 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
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22 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Langley | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
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22 May | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Wrestler | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
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23 May | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Maisie | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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24 May | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Behar | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
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24 May | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Zealand | C-type coaster | For Currie Line Ltd. |
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26 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Townsman | Severn type collier, coaster | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
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26 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, WA | Mission Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
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27 May | Australia | Poole & Steel Limited | Balmain, New South Wales | Cowra | Bathurst-class corvette | |
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28 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 12 | TID-class tug | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
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29 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Lewis | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
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29 May | United States | Philadelphia Naval Yard | Philadelphia | Solar | Buckley-class destroyer escort | |
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31 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Outpost | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. [78] |
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