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Richmond Public LIbrary. Fair use may apply.
Richmond (122.346W 37.915N) in 1940 was a rural community near Oakland with a population of just 23,000 persons. It became the site of a giant Kaiser shipyard complex producing ships for the Maritime Commission. This resulted in explosive growth, and the Maritime Commission was compelled to fund road improvements and the construction of 10,000 apartment units. Another 20,000 units were constructed by other government agencies and by private industry
Richmond Shipyard was run by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company for the Maritime Commission and had ten ways by late 1941. By the end of the war there were four separate shipyards at Richmond with a total of 27 ways, and the yards produced 35% of all cargo ships launched from the West Coast
| AK Crater | Completed 1942-10-31 |
| AK Adhara | completed 1942-11-11 |
| AK Carina | completed 1942-12-1 Victory Ships |
| AK Aludra | completed 1942-12-4 |
| AK Cassiopeia |
completed 1942-12-8 |
| AK Celeno | Completed 1943-1-2 |
| AK Cetus | Completed 1943-1-17 |
| AK Deimos | Completed 1943-1-23 |
| AK Draco | Completed 1943-2-16 |
| AK Albireo | Completed 1943-3-29 |
| AK Cor Caroli | Completed 1943-4-16 |
| AK Lyra | Completed 1943-7-22 |
| ARL Amycus | converted 1943-7-30 |
| AK Ganymede | Completed 1943-7-31 |
| AP General
G.A.Squier |
Completed 1943-10-2 |
| AK Alioth | Completed 1943-10-25 |
| AK Alkes | Completed 1943-10-28 |
| AK Azimech | Completed 1943-10-29 |
| PF Tacoma | Completed 1943-11-6 |
| AP Prince
Georges |
completed 1943-11-10 |
| AK Arided | Completed 1943-11-23 |
| AK Alnitah | Completed 1943-11-27 |
| PF Albuquerque | Completed 1943-12-20 |
| AK Cheleb | Completed 1944-1-1 |
| PF Everett | Completed 1944-1-22 |
| PF Pocatello | Completed 1944-2-18 |
| AP General T.H.Bliss | Completed 1944-2-24 |
| PF Sausalito | Completed 1944-3-4 |
| PF Grand Forks | Completed 1944-3-18 |
| PF Casper | Completed 1944-3-31 |
| AP General H.L.Scott | Completed 1944-4-3 |
| PF Pasco | Completed 1944-4-15 |
| PF Hoquiam | Completed 1944-5-8 |
| AP General
Harry Taylor |
Completed 1944-5-8 |
| PF Grand Island | Completed 1944-5-27 |
| PF Pueblo | Completed 1944-5-27 |
| AP General W.F.Hase | Completed 1944-6-6 |
| AP General C.G.Morton | Completed 1944-7-7 |
| AP General R.E. Callen | Completed 1944-7-7 |
| AP General O.H.Ernst | Completed 1944-7-15 |
| AP General E.T.Collins | Completed 1944-7-20 |
| AP General M.L.Hersey | Completed 1944-7-29 |
| AP General J.H.McRae | Completed 1944-8-8 |
| APA Sarasota | 1944-8-16 |
| AK Alamosa | Completed 1944-9 |
| AK Alcona | Completed 1944-9-15 |
| APA Sherburne | Completed 1944-9-20 |
| AP General W.C. Langfitt | Completed 1944-9-30 |
| APA Sibley | Completed 1944-10-2 |
| APA Mifflin | Completed 1944-10-11 |
| APA Tazewell | Completed 1944-10-25 |
| APA Missoula | Completed 1944-10-27 |
| AK Antrim | Completed 1944-10-31 |
| APA Talladega | Completed 1944-10-31 |
| APA Telfair | Completed 1944-10-31 |
| APA Montrose | Completed 1944-11-2 |
| APA Natrona | Completed 1944-11-8 |
| APA Navarro | Completed 1944-11-15 |
| APA Mountrail | Completed 1944-11-16 |
| APA Neshoba | Completed 1944-11-16 |
| APA New Kent | Completed 1944-11-22 |
| AK Autaga | Completed 1944-11-24 |
| APA Noble | Completed 1944-11-27 |
| APA Okaloosa | Completed 1944-11-28 |
| APA Okanogan | Completed 1944-12-3 |
| APA Oneida | Completed 1944-12-4 |
| APA Pitt | Completed 1944-12-11 |
| APA Randall | Completed 1944-12-16 |
| APA Lanier | Completed 1944-12-22 |
| APA Bingham | Completed 1944-12-23 |
| AK Beltrami | Completed 1945-1-4 |
| AP General Omar Bundy | Completed 1945-1-6 |
| AK Blount | Completed 1945-1-26 |
| AP General
R.M.Blatchford |
Completed 1945-1-26 |
| AK Brevard | Completed 1945-2-19 |
| AP General LeRoy Eltinge | Completed 1945-2-21 |
| AK Bullock | Completed 1945-3-2 |
| AP General M.B.Stewart | Completed 1945-3-3 |
| AK Caledonia | Completed 1945-3-13 , |
| AP General A.W.Greely | \Completed 1945-3-22 |
| AK Fairfield | Completed 1945-3-28 |
| AP General H.F.Hodges | Completed 1945-4-6 |
| AK Gadsden | Completed 1945-4-7 |
| AK Cabell | Completed 1945-4-11 |
| AP General C.H.Muir | Completed 1945-4-12 |
| AK Flagler | Completed 1945-5-18 |
In addition to the warships listed above, Richmond completed over 661 ships (mostly Liberty Ships and Victory Ships, but also LSTs and C1 cargo ships) for the Maritime Commission.
References
"Building the Navy's Bases in World War II" (1947; accessed 2012-6-30)
GlobalSecurity.org (accessed 2012-6-30)
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