Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
 Victory ships under construction at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in 1944 | |
| Industry | Maritime ship production |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1941 |
| Defunct | 1945 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Products | Liberty and Victory ships |
USS Glynn
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a
Emergency Shipbuilding program.[1]
It was closed after the war ended.
The shipyard, one of three Kaiser Shipyards in the area, was in the St. Johns neighborhood of North Portland. The two others were the Swan Island Shipyard, located several miles upriver on Swan Island;[2] and the Vancouver Shipyard, located across the Columbia River from Portland in Vancouver, Washington.[3][4]
Among the ships built by Oregon Shipbuilding was the 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.[5][6]
The former site of Oregon Shipbuilding in St. Johns is now
Schnitzer Steel Industries.[7]
References
- ^ "Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland OR". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Kaiser Swan Island, Portland OR". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Kaiser & Oregon Shipyards". Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 29, 2005.
- ^ OCLC 54078903.
- ^ Abbot, Carl. "Vanport". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
- ^ Jim Redden (June 3, 2009). "The Forgotten Ships". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
External links
Media related to Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation at Wikimedia Commons
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