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Jones Panama City

Panama City FL

J. A. Jones Construction Company's Panama City operation was an emergency yard, built with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion with $13mm invested by MARCOM. At its peak Jones Panama City employed 15,000 people. The shipyard was known as the Wainwright Shipyard, after General Jonathan Wainwright. It was located at 5321 West Highway 98, closed after the war, was used for ship scrapping for several years and is now part of the Port of Panama City.

Name Type MC # Way # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Days Notes
1 E Kirby Smith freighter (C1) 1519 1 9 Jul 1942 30 Dec 1942 3 Mar 1943 174 63 237 scrapped 1956
2 Newton D Baker freighter (C1) 1520 2 3 Sep 1942 25 Feb 1943 6 Apr 1943 175 40 215 scrapped 1968
3 John Bascom freighter (C1) 1521 3 7 Sep 1942 31 Mar 1943 30 Apr 1943 205 30 235 bombed and lost in Bari, 1943
4 William J Bryan freighter (C1) 1522 4 21 Sep 1942 22 Apr 1943 20 May 1943 213 28 243 scrapped 1965
5 Joseph M Medill freighter (C1) 1523 5 28 Sep 1942 3 May 1943 31 May 1943 217 28 245 scrapped 1960
6 Elihu Root freighter (C1) 1524 6 5 Oct 1942 19 May 1943 18 Jun 1943 226 30 256 scrapped 1970
7 John Hay freighter (C1) 1525 1 5 Jan 1943 31 May 1943 30 Jun 1943 146 30 176 scrapped 1961
8 Dwight L Moody freighter (C1) 1526 2 4 Mar 1943 28 Jun 1943 24 Jul 1943 116 26 142 reefed off Port Mansfield TX, 1976
9 Peter Zenger freighter (C1) 1527 3 31 Mar 1943 4 Jul 1943 31 Jul 1943 95 27 122 scrapped 1966
10 Harriet Hosmer freighter (C1) 1528 4 23 Apr 1943 30 Sep 1943 25 Oct 1943 160 25 185 to US Navy as Luna (AKS-7), scrapped 1965
11 Duncan U Fletcher freighter (C1) 1529 5 3 May 1943 10 Aug 1943 27 Aug 1943 99 17 116 sold private 1947, wrecked 1966, scrapped
12 Dolly Madison freighter (C1) 1530 6 20 May 1943 27 Sep 1943 14 Oct 1943 130 17 147 sold private 1947, sunk 1964
13 Robert Lansing freighter (C1) 1531 1 3 Jun 1943 17 Jul 1943 6 Aug 1943 44 20 64 scrapped 1968
14 Victor Herbert freighter (C1) 1532 2 30 Jun 1943 22 Aug 1943 15 Sep 1943 53 24 77 sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
15 Julius Rosenwald freighter (C1) 1533 3 7 Jul 1943 13 Sep 1943 29 Sep 1943 68 16 84 sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
16 Mary Ball Z-EC2-S-C2 1534 1 20 Jul 1943 17 Oct 1943 23 Nov 1943 89 37 126 scrapped 1972
17 John Barton Payne Z-EC2-S-C2 1535 5 11 Aug 1943 23 Oct 1943 30 Nov 1943 73 38 111 scrapped 1972
18 Frederic C Howe Z-EC2-S-C2 1536 2 24 Aug 1943 30 Oct 1943 6 Dec 1943 67 37 104 scrapped 1972
19 William B Wilson Z-EC2-S-C2 1537 3 14 Sep 1943 6 Nov 1943 16 Dec 1943 53 40 93 scrapped 1972
20 Sarah J Hale Z-EC2-S-C2 1538 6 29 Sep 1943 24 Nov 1943 31 Dec 1943 56 37 83 scrapped 1972
21 Nathan B Forrest Z-EC2-S-C2 1539 4 2 Oct 1943 13 Nov 1943 29 Dec 1943 42 46 88 scrapped 1973
22 Stephen R Mallory Z-EC2-S-C2 1540 1 19 Oct 1943 27 Nov 1943 20 Jan 1944 39 54 93 scrapped 1971
23 Edgar E Clark Z-EC2-S-C2 1541 5 25 Oct 1943 11 Dec 1943 7 Feb 1944 47 58 105 reefed off the Virginia Capes, 1977
24 Walter L Fleming freighter (C1) 1542 2 31 Oct 1943 7 Dec 1943 30 Jan 1944 37 54 91 scrapped 1961
25 Salvador Brau freighter (C1) 1543 3 8 Nov 1943 15 Dec 1943 31 Jan 1944 37 47 84 scrapped 1967
26 Harold T Andrews freighter (C1) 1544 4 15 Nov 1943 28 Dec 1943 19 Feb 1944 43 53 96 sold private 1947, scuttled 1967
27 Russell Sage freighter (C1) 1545 6 25 Nov 1943 5 Jan 1944 29 Feb 1944 41 55 96 sold private 1947, wrecked 1967, scrapped
28 William W Loring freighter (C1) 1546 1 29 Nov 1943 17 Jan 1944 7 Mar 1944 49 50 99 scrapped 1962
29 Minnie M Fiske freighter (C1) 1547 2 8 Dec 1943 29 Jan 1944 15 Mar 1944 52 46 98 scrapped 1966
30 John W Griffiths freighter (C1) 1548 5 13 Dec 1943 9 Feb 1944 25 Mar 1944 58 45 103 sold private 1947, scrapped 1965
31 Augustus Saint Gaudens freighter (C1) 1549 3 20 Dec 1943 17 Feb 1944 30 Mar 1944 59 42 101 sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
32 John M Brooke freighter (C1) 1550 4 30 Dec 1943 24 Feb 1944 31 Mar 1944 56 36 92 sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
33 Rebecca Lukens freighter (C1) 1551 6 7 Jan 1944 4 Mar 1944 10 Apr 1944 57 37 94 to USA as Gen Herbert A. Dargue 1944, scrapped 1970
34 Alanson B Houghton freighter (C1) 2293 1 19 Jan 1944 14 Mar 1944 15 Apr 1944 55 32 87 scrapped 1972
35 Samuel G French freighter (C1) 2294 2 31 Jan 1944 21 Mar 1944 22 Apr 1944 50 32 82 sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
36 Thomas LeValley freighter (C1) 2295 5 11 Feb 1944 28 Mar 1944 29 Apr 1944 46 32 78 to USA as MG Walter R. Weaver 1944, scrapped 1970
37 Josephine Shaw Lowell freighter (C1) 2296 3 19 Feb 1944 4 Apr 1944 3 May 1944 45 29 74 sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
38 Richard V Oulahan freighter (C1) 2297 4 26 Feb 1944 11 Apr 1944 11 May 1944 45 30 75 wrecked Okinawa 1945, scrapped
39 James H Kimball freighter (C1) 2298 6 7 Mar 1944 22 Apr 1944 16 May 1944 46 24 70 sold private 1947, sunk 1968
40 Stephen Furdek freighter (C1) 2299 1 16 Mar 1944 28 Apr 1944 23 May 1944 43 25 68 scrapped 1970
41 Jean Ribaut freighter (C1) 2300 2 23 Mar 1944 5 May 1944 29 May 1944 43 24 77 scrapped 1970
42 LeBaron Russell Briggs freighter (C1) 2301 5 29 Mar 1944 12 May 1944 31 May 1944 44 19 63 scuttled off Cape Canaveral FL 1970
43 Howard Gray freighter (C1) 2302 3 6 Apr 1944 18 May 1944 7 Jun 1944 42 20 62 sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
44 H H Raymond freighter (C1) 2303 4 13 Apr 1944 24 May 1944 14 Jun 1944 41 21 62 scrapped 1971
45 T-A Johnston freighter (C1) 2304 2 14 Nov 1944 13 Dec 1944 27 Dec 1944 29 14 43 scrapped 1970
46 M Michael Edelstein freighter (C1) 2305 1 28 Apr 1944 5 Jun 1944 22 Jun 1944 38 17 55 sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
47 William D Bloxham freighter (C1) 2306 2 5 May 1944 13 Jun 1944 28 Jun 1944 39 15 54 sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
48 Nick Stoner freighter (C1) 2307 5 12 May 1944 17 Jun 1944 30 Jun 1944 36 13 49 scrapped 1964
49 William E Dodd freighter (C1) 2308 3 19 May 1944 22 Jun 1944 15 Jul 1944 34 23 57 sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
50 J-H Drummond freighter (C1) 2309 4 25 May 1944 30 Jun 1944 20 Jul 1944 36 20 56 sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966
51 William L Watson freighter (C1) 2310 1 6 Jun 1944 13 Jul 1944 26 Jul 1944 37 13 50 sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
52 John R McQuigg freighter (C1) 2311 2 14 Jun 1944 19 Jul 1944 31 Jul 1944 35 12 47 sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
53 Carl E Ladd freighter (C1) 2312 5 19 Jun 1944 26 Jul 1944 11 Aug 1944 37 16 53 scrapped 1967
54 Pedro Menendez freighter (C1) 2313 3 24 Jun 1944 31 Jul 1944 18 Aug 1944 37 18 55 scrapped 1966
55 George Ade freighter (C1) 2314 4 30 Jun 1944 9 Aug 1944 25 Aug 1944 40 16 56 torpedoed off North Carolina 1944, repaired, scrapped 1968
56 Edward K Collins freighter (C1) 2315 1 14 Jul 1944 17 Aug 1944 31 Aug 1944 34 14 58 sold private 1947, sunk 1968
57 C-Francis Jenkins freighter (C1) 2316 2 20 Jul 1944 26 Aug 1944 9 Sep 1944 37 14 51 sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
58 Raymond V Ingersoll freighter (C1) 2317 5 27 Jul 1944 31 Aug 1944 18 Sep 1944 35 18 53 sold private 1947, converted to a floating warehouse in Poland 1976
59 Benjamin F Coston freighter (C1) 2318 3 31 Jul 1944 6 Sep 1944 23 Sep 1944 37 17 54 scrapped 1964
60 William P Duval freighter (C1) 2319 4 10 Aug 1944 15 Sep 1944 29 Sep 1944 36 14 50 sold private 1947, scrapped 1973
61 Stepas Darius freighter (C1) 2320 6 14 Aug 1944 25 Sep 1944 9 Oct 1944 42 14 56 sold private 1947, wrecked 1955
62 Alexander E Brown freighter (C1) 2321 1 18 Aug 1944 28 Sep 1944 13 Oct 1944 41 15 56 sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
63 Chief Osceola freighter (C1) 2322 2 28 Aug 1944 4 Oct 1944 19 Oct 1944 37 15 52 sold private 1947, wrecked 1965, scrapped 1967
64 Richard Halliburton freighter (C1) 2323 5 31 Aug 1944 10 Oct 1944 25 Oct 1944 40 15 55 scrapped 1961
65 Samuel G Howe freighter (C1) 2324 3 7 Sep 1944 17 Oct 1944 30 Oct 1944 40 13 53 scrapped 1970
66 Granville S Hall freighter (C1) 2325 4 16 Sep 1944 24 Oct 1944 7 Nov 1944 38 14 52 to US Navy as YAG-40 1953, scrapped 1972
67 Stephen Smith freighter (C1) 2326 6 26 Sep 1944 31 Oct 1944 13 Nov 1944 35 13 48 scrapped 1960
68 Charles D Walcott freighter (C1) 2327 1 29 Sep 1944 7 Nov 1944 18 Nov 1944 39 11 50 scrapped 1961
69 Art Young freighter (C1) 2328 2 5 Oct 1944 13 Nov 1944 22 Nov 1944 39 9 48 scrapped 1972
70 Charles H Marshall freighter (C1) 2329 5 11 Oct 1944 17 Nov 1944 27 Nov 1944 37 10 47 sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
71 Ransom A Moore freighter (C1) 2330 3 18 Oct 1944 21 Nov 1944 30 Nov 1944 34 9 43 scrapped 1970
72 Soter Ortynsky freighter (C1) 2331 4 25 Oct 1944 27 Nov 1944 8 Dec 1944 33 11 44 scrapped 1960
73 Bjarne A Lia freighter (C1) 2332 6 31 Oct 1944 30 Nov 1944 14 Dec 1944 30 14 44 sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
74 Wendell L Willkie freighter (C1) 2333 1 8 Nov 1944 9 Dec 1944 21 Dec 1944 31 12 43 scrapped 1970
75 Frederick E Williamson Z-EC2-S-C5 2334 5 18 Nov 1944 23 Dec 1944 12 Jan 1945 35 20 55 to US Navy 1970, scuttled off Tatoosh Island with obsolete ammo
76 Michael James Monohan Z-EC2-S-C5 2335 3 22 Nov 1944 4 Jan 1945 17 Jan 1945 43 13 56 to US Navy 1967 scuttled in the Atlantic with obsolete Polaris motors
77 Charles A Draper Z-EC2-S-C5 2336 4 28 Nov 1944 9 Jan 1945 24 Jan 1945 42 15 57 to US Navy 1956 as Investigator (YAGR-9), scrapped 1971
78 Rafael R Rivera Z-EC2-S-C5 2337 6 30 Nov 1944 16 Jan 1945 30 Jan 1945 47 14 61 to US Navy 1954 as Skywatcher (YAGR-3), scrapped 1971
79 James W Wheeler Z-EC2-S-C5 2338 1 11 Dec 1944 23 Jan 1945 5 Feb 1945 43 13 56 to US Navy 1954 as Searcher (YAGR-4), scrapped 1970
80 Raymond Van Brogan Z-EC2-S-C5 2339 2 14 Dec 1944 27 Jan 1945 10 Feb 1945 44 14 58 to US Navy 1954 as Vigil (YAGR-12), scrapped 1971
81 William J Riddle Z-EC2-S-C5 2340 5 24 Dec 1944 31 Jan 1945 15 Feb 1945 38 15 53 to US Navy 1954 as Interrupter (YAGR-15), sold 1973, fish plant in Alaska
82 Dudley H Thomas Z-EC2-S-C5 2341 3 5 Jan 1945 8 Feb 1945 21 Feb 1945 34 13 47 to US Navy 1954 as Interpreter (YAGR-14), scrapped 1974
83 John L McCarley Z-EC2-S-C5 2342 4 10 Jan 1945 14 Feb 1945 27 Feb 1945 35 13 48 scrapped 1972
84 Vernon S Hood Z-EC2-S-C5 2343 6 17 Jan 1945 20 Feb 1945 7 Mar 1945 34 15 49 to US Navy 1954 as Watchman (YAGR-16), scrapped 1974
85 Edwin D Howard Z-EC2-S-C5 2344 1 24 Jan 1945 27 Feb 1945 14 Mar 1945 34 15 49 to US Navy 1954 as Scanner (YAGR-5), sold private1974
86 Wesley W Barrett Z-EC2-S-C5 2345 2 29 Jan 1945 7 Mar 1945 21 Mar 1945 37 14 51 scrapped 1965
87 Warren P Marks Z-EC2-S-C5 2346 5 31 Jan 1945 15 Mar 1945 29 Mar 1945 43 14 57 to US Navy 1954 as Protector (YAGR-11), reefed 1984
88 Frank O Peterson Z-EC2-S-C5 2347 3 9 Feb 1945 23 Mar 1945 6 Apr 1945 42 14 56 to US Navy 1954 as Locator (YAGR-6), scrapped 1974
89 Barney Kirschbaum Z-EC2-S-C5 2348 4 15 Feb 1945 30 Mar 1945 13 Apr 1945 43 14 57 scrapped 1975
90 Mary Cullom Kimbro Z-EC2-S-C5 2349 6 21 Feb 1945 6 Apr 1945 24 Apr 1945 44 18 62 to US Army 1945 as CPL Eric G. Gibson, scuttled 1967 in the Atlantic
91 Tancred tanker (T1) 2650 July 1945 sold 1948 as San Sebastian, Milagro, Don Gregorio (Paraguay)
92 Tandora tanker (T1) 2651 Sep 1945 sold 1948 as Cristobal, Texaco Cristobal, Cristobal, foundered 1967
93 Tannadice tanker (T1) 2652 Oct 1945 sold 1948 as Tankhaven I, Stanvac Alor, LSCO Cantho, PNOC Cantho, scrapped 2002
94 Tantallon tanker (T1) 2653 Dec 1945 sold 1948 as Tankhaven II, Stanvac Sunda, LSCO Amihan, PNOC Amihan, scrapped 1988
95 Tanova tanker (T1) 2654 Nov 1945 sold 1948 as Sivas, Aksoy, scrapped 1988
96 Tannaquil tanker (T1) 2655 Nov 1945 sold 1948 as Tankhaven III, Stanvac Sumba, LSCO Camranh, PNOC Camranh, scrapped 1994
97 James G Squires Z-EC2-S-C5 3137 5 20 Mar 1945 8 May 1945 31 May 1945 49 23 72 to US Navy 1954 as Guardian (YAGR-1), scrapped 1971
98 James F Harrell Z-EC2-S-C5 3138 3 28 Mar 1945 17 May 1945 11 Jun 1945 50 25 75 to US Navy 1954 as Picket (YAGR-7), scrapped 1978
99 Claude Kitchin Z-EC2-S-C5 3139 4 5 Apr 1945 24 May 1945 25 Jun 1945 49 32 81 to US Navy 1954 as Lookout (YAGR-2), scrapped 1970
100 Francis J O'Gara Z-EC2-S-C5 3140 6 14 Apr 1945 8 Jun 1945 30 Jun 1945 55 22 77 to US Navy 1954 as Outpost (YAGR-10), scrapped 1970
101 Frank Flowers Z-EC2-S-C5 3141 5 9 May 1945 22 Jun 1945 16 Jul 1945 44 24 68 scrapped 1974
102 Edwin H Duff Z-EC2-S-C5 3142 3 18 May 1945 29 Jun 1945 27 Jul 1945 42 28 70 to US Navy 1954 as Interdictor (YAGR-13), sold private 1974
103 Joseph V Connolly Z-EC2-S-C5 3143 4 25 May 1945 9 Jul 1945 8 Aug 1945 45 30 75 burned and sank in the North Atlantic 1948
104 Walter W Schwenk Z-EC2-S-C5 3144 6 9 Jun 1945 21 Jul 1945 22 Aug 1945 42 32 74 scrapped 1972
105 Charles H Cugle Z-EC2-S-C5 3145 5 23 Jun 1945 13 Aug 1945 31 Aug 1945 51 18 69 to US Army as Sturgis 1964, a floating nuclear plant, scrapped 2019
106 Robert F Burns Z-EC2-S-C5 3146 3 30 Jun 1945 28 Aug 1945 19 Sep 1945 59 22 81 scrapped 1968
107 Edward Burton Z-EC2-S-C5 3147 4 10 Jul 1945 12 Sep 1945 28 Sep 1945 64 16 80 to US Navy 1954 as Interceptor (YAGR-8), scrapped
108 Ora Ellis Z-EC2-S-C5 3148 6 23 Jul 1945 26 Sep 1945 16 Oct 1945 65 20 85 sold private 1947, sunk 1960

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