St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company

St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
IndustryShipbuilding
FoundedApril 1942
DefunctAugust 1945
Headquarters
Jacksonville, Florida
,
United States
ProductsLiberty ships
Number of employees
20,000 (1944)
ParentMerrill-Stevens

The St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company was created in Jacksonville, Florida during World War II to build Liberty ships.[1]

Company history

The company was established by local shipbuilder and repairer Merrill-Stevens with $17 million invested by the United States Maritime Commission.[2] The company began operations in April 1942. Between then and August 1945 it produced 82 ships. The workforce grew from an initial 258 to 7,000 by August 1942, and to 20,000 by 1944. The yard was closed in August 1945.[3]

Ships built

Contract No. Description Price 1[4] Price 2[5]
MCc 2427 30 EC2-S-C1 $53,824,850.87 $30,000,000
MCc 16555 52 EC2-S-C1 $54,973,286.20 $52,000,000
MCc 30837 12 T1-M-BT1 (tanker), 12 launched, 4 delivered $12,361,347.47 $6,000,000

The yard was one of those "owned outright" by the Maritime Commission, with total investment estimated at $16,145,471 plus $1,375,010 for land.[6]

List of ships built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company:

Full list: shipbuildinghistory.com[7]

References

  1. ^ "St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company". museumoffloridahistory.com. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ "St. Johns River Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Project Liberty Ship". liberty-ship.com. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. ^ Investigation of Shipyard Profits. pp. 532–541.
  5. ^ Alphabetical listing of major war supply contracts, cumulative, June 1940 through September 1945, Vol3.
  6. ^ Shipyards and Facilities, Report of the Surplus Property Administration to The Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1945. p. 32.
  7. ^ "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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