| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 1 August | Bataan | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | United States | Converted cruiser hull |
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| 1 August | Edward D. Baker | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4 |
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| 1 August | James Bowdoin | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 2 August | Riverton | Cargo ship | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | United Kingdom | For R. Chapman & Son. |
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| 2 August | St. Andrews | Bogue-class escort carrier | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | United States | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Queen |
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| 2 August | Empire Harlequin | Near-Warrior type tug | A. Hall & Co. Ltd | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 2 August | William Matson | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 3 August | Arunah S. Abell | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For War Shipping Administration [17] |
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| 3 August | Pickle | Algerine-class minesweeper | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy [119] |
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| 3 August | Samuel Lancaster | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 4 August | Brander Matthews | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 4 August | John N. Maffitt | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 4 August | Meon | River-class frigate | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy |
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| 4 August | Myron T. Herrick | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 4 August | TID 22 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 4 August | TID 37 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport |
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| 4 August | William I. Kip | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | Completed as Sampan for Ministry of War Transport [6] |
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| 5 August | Edwin Abbey | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 5 August | George Dewey | Liberty ship | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | United States | For War Shipping Administration [52] |
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| 5 August | Jacob Thompson | Liberty ship | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | For War Shipping Administration [12] |
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| 5 August | John Jacob Astor | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 5 August | Joshua Thomas | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For War Shipping Administration [17] |
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| 6 August | George Whitefield | Liberty ship | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | United States | For War Shipping Administration [21] |
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| 6 August | John H. Reagan | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 6 August | William Keith | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 7 August | Andrew Marschalk | Liberty ship | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | For War Shipping Administration [12] |
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| 7 August | Charles M. Russell | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 7 August | George Durant | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 7 August | Ring Lardner | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 8 August | Arthur L. Perry | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 8 August | Henry M. Robinson | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | Completed as Samarovsk for Ministry of War Transport [6] |
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| 8 August | Joseph K. Toole | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 8 August | Joseph Simon | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 9 August | David De Vries | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samwater for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 9 August | George Kenny | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 9 August | Jeremiah M. Daly | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 10 August | Duncan U. Fletcher | Liberty ship | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | United States | For War Shipping Administration [41] |
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| 10 August | James M. Gillis | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For War Shipping Administration [17] |
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| 10 August | R. M. Williamson | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 10 August | R. P. Warner | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 11 August | Augustus S. Merrimon | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 11 August | David R. Francis | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 11 August | Mary Patten | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 11 August | William S. Thayner | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For War Shipping Administration [17] |
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| 12 August | Ferdinando Gorges | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 12 August | Henry L. Abott | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 12 August | Horace Wells | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 12 August | John Mason | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 12 August | Lionel Copley | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Sambrake for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 12 August | Thomas G. Masaryk | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 12 August | William Sturgis | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 13 August | Empire Pierrot | Near-Warrior type tug | A. Hall & Co. Ltd | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 13 August | Henry Van Dyke | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samhain for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 13 August | Hiram Bingham | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 13 August | Santander | Hansa A Type cargo ship | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Germany | For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei |
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| 14 August | C. J. Jones | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | Completed as Sambut for Ministry of War Transport [4] |
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| 14 August | David Holmes | Liberty ship | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | For War Shipping Administration [12] |
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| 14 August | Empire Duchess | Cargo ship | Short Brothers Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 14 August | Gutzon Borlum | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 14 August | Jesse Billingsley | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 14 August | John A. Campbell | Liberty ship | J. A. Jones Construction Co | Brunswick, Georgia | United States | For War Shipping Administration [51] |
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| 14 August | Matthew Brush | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samoa for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 14 August | Montford Stokes | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 14 August | TID 23 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For the War Department |
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| 14 August | William D. Burnham | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 15 August | Alaska | Alaska-class large cruiser | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | United States | |
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| 15 August | Antoine Saugrain | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 15 August | David Thompson | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 15 August | Henry Jocelyn | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 15 August | Winifred S. Stratton | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 16 August | Cape Marshall | Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration |
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| 16 August | Joseph Reynolds | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 16 August | TID 38 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 16 August | Torridge | River-class minesweeper | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy [120] |
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| 17 August | Condesa | Cargo ship | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | For Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd. |
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| 17 August | Dunham Wright | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 17 August | Midway | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | United States | Converted S4 merchant hull |
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| 17 August | Sarmiento | Cargo ship | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company [122] |
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| 17 August | Victor F. Lawson | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | Completed as Sampep for Ministry of War Transport [6] |
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| 17 August | Wasp | Essex-class aircraft carrier | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | Quincy, MA | United States | |
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| 18 August | Holland Thompson | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samite for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 18 August | Thomas Pollock | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 18 August | William Kelly | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 19 August | Berkeley Castle | Castle-class corvette | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy |
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| 19 August | B. F. Irvine | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 19 August | Edwin W. Moore | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 19 August | Empire Trail | Cargo ship | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 19 August | James Lick | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 19 August | John W. Garrett | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For War Shipping Administration [17] |
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| 19 August | Joseph E. Brown | Liberty ship | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | United States | For War Shipping Administration [21] |
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| 19 August | Mahanada | Cargo ship | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. |
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| 19 August | Pincher | Algerine-class minesweeper | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy [126] |
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| 19 August | Port MacQuarie | Cargo ship | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd | Wallsend | United Kingdom | For Port Line Ltd |
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| 19 August | Stephen W. Kearny | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 19 August | TID 24 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For the Admiralty |
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| 20 August | James Rowan | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 20 August | TID 39 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For the War Department |
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| 20 August | William Byrd | Liberty ship | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | United States | For War Shipping Administration [52] |
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| 21 August | David F. Barry | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 21 August | Frank Wiggins | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 21 August | George Bellows | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 21 August | John Branch | Liberty ship | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | United States | For War Shipping Administration [11] |
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| 21 August | St. Joseph | Bogue-class escort carrier | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | United States | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Ruler |
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| 21 August | Tench Tilghman | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samos for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 22 August | Bartholomew Gosnold | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 22 August | Emma Lazarus | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samara for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 22 August | Floyd Bennett | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 22 August | Richard Moczkowski | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 22 August | Thomas J. Walsh | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 22 August | Victor Herbert | Liberty ship | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | United States | For War Shipping Administration [41] |
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| 23 August | Don Marquis | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 23 August | Empire Runner | Severn type collier, collier | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 23 August | Empire Skipper | Severn type collier, coaster | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 23 August | Malika | Cargo ship | Lithgows Ltd | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
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| 24 August | Charles C. Long | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samur for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 24 August | John Colter | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 24 August | Julesburg | T2 Tanker | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | United States | For War Shipping Administration [27] |
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| 24 August | Peter De Smet | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 25 August | Mary M. Dodge | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 25 August | Mission Purisima | T2 tanker | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | United States | For United States Maritime Commission [5] |
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| 25 August | Peter Cooper | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samarkand for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 25 August | TID 25 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For the Admiralty |
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| 25 August | Weserstrom | Hansa A Type cargo ship | J Cockerill SA | Antwerp | Belgium | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
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| 26 August | David Belasco | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 26 August | David Wilmot | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 26 August | James Blair | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samarina for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 26 August | James M. Clements | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 26 August | Reginald A. Fessenden | Liberty ship | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | For War Shipping Administration |
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| 27 August | Dudley M. Hughes | Liberty ship | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | United States | For War Shipping Administration [21] |
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| 27 August | Edward N. Westcott | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | For War Shipping Administration [4] |
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| 27 August | Joseph Francis | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 28 August | Dwight B. Heard | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | Completed as Sambur for Ministry of War Transport [6] |
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| 28 August | Emile Berliner | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 28 August | Lark | Black Swan-class sloop | | | United Kingdom | |
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| 28 August | William Smallwood | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Sampa for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 29 August | Charles A. Broadwater | Liberty ship | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | United States | Completed as Samthar for Ministry of War Transport [4] |
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| 29 August | Charles G. Coutant | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 29 August | John M. Harlan | Liberty ship | J. A. Jones Construction Co | Brunswick, Georgia | United States | For War Shipping Administration [51] |
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| 29 August | John S. Bassett | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 30 August | Albert P. Ryder | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [6] |
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| 30 August | Hornet | Essex-class aircraft carrier | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, VA | United States | |
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| 30 August | Pine Ridge | T2 Tanker | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | United States | For War Shipping Administration [27] |
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| 30 August | Tarkwa | Cargo ship | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | United Kingdom | For Elder Dempster Lines |
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| 30 August | TID 40 | TID-class tug | Richard Dunston Ltd | Thorne | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | Anna Howard Shaw | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 31 August | Cormead | C-type coaster | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Wm. Cory & Sons Ltd. |
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| 31 August | Cyrus H. K. Curtis | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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| 31 August | Empire Dirk | Scandinavian type cargo ship | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Troon | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | Empire Housman | Cargo ship | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | Empire Pickwick | Cargo ship | John Readhead & Sons Ltd | South Shields | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | Empire Ransom | Scandinavian type cargo ship | William Gray & Co. Ltd | West Hartlepool | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | Empire Villager | Icemaid type collier | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd | Grangemouth | United Kingdom | For Ministry of War Transport |
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| 31 August | James T. Earle | Liberty ship | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | Completed as Samaye for Ministry of War Transport [17] |
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| 31 August | John Reed | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [7] |
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| 31 August | John W. Hoyt | Liberty ship | Permanente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | United States | For War Shipping Administration [3] |
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| 31 August | Neritina | Tanker | Harland & Wolff Ltd | Govan | United Kingdom | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd [131] |
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| 31 August | Samson Occum | Liberty ship | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | United States | Completed as Samarinda for Ministry of War Transport [6] |
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| 31 August | Samuel H. Walker | Liberty ship | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | United States | For War Shipping Administration [10] |
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| 31 August | William De Witt Hyde | Liberty ship | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | United States | For War Shipping Administration [1] |
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