Walsh-Kaiser Shipbuilding, Providence RI
Walsh-Kaiser Company, Inc., was an emergency yard, originally Rheem Manufacturing, built with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $26mm from the USMC. After Rheem had difficulty managing the yard, Kaiser was brought in to take over: this was Kaiser's only shipyard that was not on the West Coast. At its peak, the shipyard employed 21,000 people. The yard, which was at Field's Point in Providence, was closed after the war. See the site from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 2021-08-07.
| Hull# | Original Name | Model | MC # | Way | Keel | Launch | Delivery | Days on Ways | Days in Water | Total Days | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Coddington | EC2-S-C1 | 1457 | 1 | 27-Jun-42 | 27-Nov-42 | 13-Feb-43 | 153 | 78 | 231 | Scrapped 1967 |
| 2 | John Clarke | EC2-S-C1 | 1458 | 2 | 11-Jul-42 | 25-Feb-43 | 12-Apr-43 | 229 | 46 | 275 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 3 | Samuel Gorton | EC2-S-C1 | 1459 | 3 | 28-Jul-42 | 6-Apr-43 | 6-May-43 | 252 | 30 | 282 | Scrapped 1968 |
| 4 | James De Wolf | EC2-S-C1 | 1460 | 4 | 15-Aug-42 | 29-Apr-43 | 9-Jun-43 | 257 | 41 | 298 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 5 | Lyman Abbot | EC2-S-C1 | 1461 | 1 | 28-Nov-42 | 22-Apr-43 | 22-May-43 | 145 | 30 | 175 | Scrapped 1970 |
| 6 | Moses Brown | EC2-S-C1 | 1462 | 2 | 26-Feb-43 | 10-May-43 | 30-Jun-43 | 73 | 51 | 124 | Scrapped 1961 |
| 1654 | Hallowel | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1654 | 15-Oct-43 | PF 72, to Britain 1944 as HMS Anguilla (K 500), returned 1946, scrapped 1949 | ||||||
| 1655 | Hammond | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1655 | 4-Nov-43 | PF 73, to Britain 1944 as HMS Antigua (K 501), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1656 | Hargood | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1656 | 24-Nov-43 | PF 74, to Britain 1944 as HMS Ascension (K 502), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1657 | Hotham | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1657 | 6-Dec-43 | PF 75, to Britain 1944 as HMS Bahamas (K 503), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1658 | Halsted | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1658 | 18-Dec-43 | PF 76, to Britain 1944 as HMS Barbados (K 504), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1659 | Hannam | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1659 | 31-Dec-43 | PF 77, to Britain 1944 as HMS Caicos (K 505), to Argentina as Santisima Trinidad (P 34), scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 1660 | Harland | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1660 | 20-Jan-44 | PF 78, to Britain 1944 as HMS Cayman (K 506), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1661 | Harnam | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1661 | 25-Jan-44 | PF 79, to Britain 1944 as HMS Dominica (K 507), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1662 | Harvey | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1662 | 5-Feb-44 | PF 80, to Britain 1944 as HMS Gold Coast (K 584), renamed HMS Labuan, returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1663 | Holmes | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1663 | 12-Aug-44 | PF 81, to Britain 1944 as HMS Hong Kong (K 585), renamed HMS Tobago, to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | ||||||
| 1664 | Hornby | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1664 | 31-Aug-44 | PF 82, to Britain 1944 as HMS Montserrat (K 586), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1665 | Hoste | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1665 | 31-Jul-44 | PF 83, to Britain 1944 as HMS Nyasaland (K 587), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1666 | Howett | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1666 | 25-Jul-44 | PF 84, to Britain 1944 as HMS Papua (K 588), to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | ||||||
| 1667 | Pilford | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1667 | 6-Jul-44 | PF 85, to Britain 1944 as HMS Pitcairn (K 589), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1668 | Pasley | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1668 | 19-Feb-44 | PF 86, to Britain 1944 as HMS St. Helena (K 590), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1669 | Patton | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1669 | 18-Jul-44 | PF 87, to Britain 1944 as HMS Sarawak (K 591), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1670 | Pearl | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1670 | 27-Jun-44 | PF 88, to Britain 1944 as HMS Seychelles (K 592), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1671 | Phillimore | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1671 | 16-Mar-44 | PF 89, to Britain 1944 as HMS Sierra Leone (K 593), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1672 | Popham | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1672 | 24-Jun-44 | PF 90, to Britain 1944 as HMS Somaliland (K 594), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1673 | Peyton | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1673 | 15-May-44 | PF 91, to Britain 1944 as HMS Tortola (K 595), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1674 | Prowse | S2-S2-AQ1 | 1674 | 21-Jun-44 | PF 92, to Britain 1944 as HMS Zanzibar (K 596), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1882 | Artemis | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1882 | Aug-44 | AKA 21, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1883 | Athene | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1883 | Sep-44 | AKA 22, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1884 | Aurelia | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1884 | Oct-44 | AKA 23, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1885 | Birgitt | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1885 | Oct-44 | AKA 24, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1886 | Circe | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1886 | Nov-44 | AKA 25, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1887 | Corvus | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1887 | Nov-44 | AKA 26, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1888 | Devosa | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1888 | Nov-44 | AKA 27, to USMMA 1946 as Kings Pointer, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1889 | Hydrus | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1889 | Dec-44 | AKA 28, to NYSMA 1946 as Empire State II, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1890 | Lacerta | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1890 | Dec-44 | AKA 29, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1891 | Lumen | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1891 | Dec-44 | AKA 30, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1892 | Medea | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1892 | Jan-45 | AKA 31, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1893 | Mellena | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1893 | Jan-45 | AKA 32, to Cal MA 1946 as Golden Bear, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1894 | Ostara | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1894 | Jan-45 | AKA 33, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1895 | Pamina | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1895 | Feb-45 | AKA 34, later Tanner (AGS 15), scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 1896 | Polana | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1896 | Feb-45 | AKA 35, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1897 | Renate | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1897 | Feb-45 | AKA 36, later Maury (AGS 16), scrapped 1974 | ||||||
| 1898 | Roxane | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1898 | Mar-45 | AKA 37, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1899 | Sappho | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1899 | Mar-45 | AKA 38, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1900 | Sarita | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1900 | Mar-45 | AKA 39, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1901 | Scania | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1901 | Apr-45 | AKA 40, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1902 | Selinur | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1902 | Apr-45 | AKA 41, to Penn MA 1946 as Keystone State, scrapped 1968 | ||||||
| 1903 | Sidonia | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1903 | Apr-45 | AKA 42, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1904 | Sirona | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1904 | May-45 | AKA 43, to Penn NS 1946 as Yankee States, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1905 | Sylvania | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1905 | May-45 | AKA 44, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1906 | Tabora | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1906 | May-45 | AKA 45, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1907 | Troilus | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1907 | Jun-45 | AKA 46, scrapped 1967 | ||||||
| 1908 | Turandot | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1908 | 20-May-45 | 18-Jun-45 | 29 | AKA 47, converted to Aeolus (ARC 3) 1954, scrapped 1987 | ||||
| 1909 | Valeria | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1909 | Jun-45 | AKA 48, scrapped 1967 | ||||||
| 1910 | Vandanis | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1910 | Jul-45 | AKA 49, converted to Thor (ARC 4) 1954, scrapped 1977 | ||||||
| 1911 | Veritas | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1911 | Jul-45 | AKA 50, scrapped 1969 | ||||||
| 1912 | Xenia | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1912 | Jul-45 | AKA 51, to Chile 1946 as Presidente Errazuriz (APA 40), scrapped 1962 | ||||||
| 1913 | Zenobia | S4-SE2-BE1 | 1913 | Aug-45 | AKA 52, to Chile 1946 as Presidente Pinto (APA 41), scrapped 1974 | ||||||
| 3119 | Melville Jacoby | EC2-S-C1 | 3119 | 3 | 27-Oct-43 | 18-Jan-44 | 31-Mar-44 | 83 | 73 | 156 | Sold private 1947, CTL 1961, scrapped |
| 3120 | Frank Gilbreth | EC2-S-C1 | 3120 | 1 | 4-Nov-43 | 3-Feb-44 | 22-Apr-44 | 91 | 79 | 170 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| 3121 | Cornelius Ford | EC2-S-C1 | 3121 | 2 | 7-Nov-43 | 19-Feb-44 | 22-May-44 | 104 | 93 | 197 | Scrapped 1972 |
| 3122 | Jesse H Metcalf | EC2-S-C1 | 3122 | 6 | 13-Nov-43 | 3-Mar-44 | 31-May-44 | 111 | 89 | 200 | Scrapped 1971 |
| 3123 | Nelson Aldrich | EC2-S-C1 | 3123 | 5 | 18-Nov-43 | 2-Apr-44 | 30-Apr-44 | 136 | 28 | 164 | Scrapped 1968 |