Kaiser Company, Inc., Swan Island Shipyard, Portland OR

Record of WWII Shipbuilding

 

Kaiser Swan Island was an emergency yard, built with 8 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $23mm from the USMC.  The yard was one of the four specifically designed to build T-2 tankers.  It was built on land belonging to the Port of Portland, which bought the yard after the war and operated it as a common-user ship repair facility until 1999, when it sold it to its principal tenant, Cascade General, Inc.  Cascade continues to operate it as a ship repair facility today.

Hull # Original Name Type MC # Delivered

Disposition

1 Schenectady T2-SE-A1 793 Dec-42 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1962
2 Quebec T2-SE-A1 794 Feb-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1966
3 Fort Moultrie T2-SE-A1 795 Mar-43 Sold private 1948, wrecked and scrapped 1963
4 Fort Washington T2-SE-A1 796 Mar-43 Sold private 1948, jumboized 1961, scrapped
5 Egg Harbor T2-SE-A1 797 Apr-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1962, scrapped
6 Stony Point T2-SE-A1 798 Apr-43 Sold private 1948, in collision 1957, burnt and scrapped
7 New London T2-SE-A1 799 May-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1963
8 Brookfield T2-SE-A1 800 May-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1966
9 Northfield T2-SE-A1 801 May-43 Sold private 1948, jumboized 1961, scrapped
10 Hadley T2-SE-A1 802 May-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped
11 Fallen Timbers T2-SE-A1 803 May-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1966
12 Pequot Hill T2-SE-A1 804 Jun-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1971
13 Fort Dearborn T2-SE-A1 805 Jun-43 Damaged by Japanese aircraft off Guam 1944, salvaged and converted to power plant, scrapped 1952
14 Queenstown Heights T2-SE-A1 806 Jun-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1960
15 River Raisin T2-SE-A1 807 Jun-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1963
16 Fort Meigs T2-SE-A1 808 Jul-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1960
17 Fort Stephenson T2-SE-A1 809 Jul-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1962
18 York T2-SE-A1 810 Jul-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1963
19 Fort George T2-SE-A1 811 Jul-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1961, scrapped
20 Sackett's Harbor T2-SE-A1 812 Aug-43 Broke in two in the Aleutians 1946, forebody scuutled, afterbody used as power plant, sold private and jumboized as wine carrier 1956, wrecked 1960, but repaired, scrapped
21 Stony Creek T2-SE-A1 813 Aug-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1960
22 Lundy's Lane T2-SE-A1 814 Aug-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1964
23 Fort Erie T2-SE-A1 815 Aug-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1961
24 Plattsburg T2-SE-A1 816 Aug-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1965
25 Lack Champlain T2-SE-A1 817 Sep-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1962, scrapped
26 Bladensburg T2-SE-A1 818 Oct-43 Sold private 1948, jumboized 1967, scrapped
27 Fort McHenry T2-SE-A1 819 Sep-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1964
28 Fort Sumter T2-SE-A1 820 Oct-43 Broke in two south of Attu 1946 and scuttled
29 Fort Henry T2-SE-A1 821 Oct-43 Sold private 1948, jumboized 1967, scrapped
30 Fort Donelson T2-SE-A1 822 Oct-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped
31 White Oak T2-SE-A1 823 Oct-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1966
32 Mechanicsville T2-SE-A1 824 Oct-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1961, scrapped
33 Champoeg T2-SE-A1 825 Nov-43 Sold private 1948, jumboized 1963, wrecked 1964 and converted to barge
34 Oregon Trail T2-SE-A1 826 Nov-43 Sold private 1948, converted to whale oil carrier 1954, scrapped
35 Corvallis T2-SE-A1 827 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, scrapped 1964
36 Gervais T2-SE-A1 828 Nov-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1962, scrapped
37 Umatilla T2-SE-A1 829 Nov-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1960, scrapped
38 Klamath Falls T2-SE-A1 830 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1956, wrecked and abandoned 1962 but salvaged and scrapped
39 Yamhill T2-SE-A1 831 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1962, scrapped
40 Owyhee T2-SE-A1 832 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1961, scrapped
41 Table Rock T2-SE-A1 833 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1962, scrapped
42 Wallowa T2-SE-A1 834 Dec-43 Sold private 1948, converted to bulker 1959, scrapped
43 Grande Ronde T2-SE-A1 835