Victory ships under construction at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in 1944Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's SS Davidson Victory on waysOregon Shipbuilding Corporation's USS Glynn
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]
oregon, shipbuilding, corporation, world, emergency, shipyard, located, along, willamette, river, portland, oregon, united, states, shipyard, built, nearly, liberty, victory, ships, between, 1941, 1945, under, emergency, shipbuilding, program, closed, after, e. Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II emergency shipyard located along the Willamette River in Portland Oregon United States The shipyard built nearly 600 Liberty and Victory ships between 1941 and 1945 under the Emergency Shipbuilding program 1 It was closed after the war ended Oregon Shipbuilding CorporationIndustryMaritime Ship ProductionFounded1941 82 years ago 1941 Defunct1945 1945 HeadquartersPortland Oregon United StatesProductsLiberty and Victory shipsVictory ships under construction at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in 1944Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation s SS Davidson Victory on waysOregon Shipbuilding Corporation s USS GlynnThe 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 Star of Oregon 5 which was launched on 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 See also editSwan Island Municipal AirportReferences edit 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 amp Oregon Shipyards Oregon History Project Oregon Historical Society Archived from the original on October 29 2005 a b Record Breakers Portland Oregon Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation 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 edit nbsp Media related to Kaiser Shipyards at Wikimedia Commons 45 36 29 N 122 46 48 W 45 607969 N 122 780127 W 45 607969 122 780127 nbsp This United States manufacturing company related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This World War II article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Oregon corporate or for profit organization related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation amp oldid 1090068431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
