Walsh-Kaiser
Providence RI
Most recent update: August 7, 2021.
Walsh-Kaiser Company, Inc., was an emergency yard, originally Rheem Manufacturing, built with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion, with $26mm from MARCOM. After Rheem had difficulty managing the yard, Kaiser was brought in to take over: this was Kaiser's only shipyard that was not on the West Coast. At its peak, the shipyard employed 21,000 people. The yard, which was at Field's Point in Providence, was closed after the war. See the site from the air on Google here.
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| Name | Model | MC # | Way | Keel Laid | Launch | Delivered | Days on Ways | Days in Water | Days | Notes | |
| 1 | William Coddington | freighter (C1) | 1457 | 1 | 27 Jun 1942 | 27 Nov 1942 | 13 Feb 1943 | 153 | 78 | 231 | scrapped 1967 |
| 2 | John Clarke | freighter (C1) | 1458 | 2 | 11 Jul 1942 | 25 Feb 1943 | 12 Apr 1943 | 229 | 46 | 275 | scrapped 1968 |
| 3 | Samuel Gorton | freighter (C1) | 1459 | 3 | 28 Jul 1942 | 6 Apr 1943 | 6 May 1943 | 252 | 30 | 282 | scrapped 1968 |
| 4 | James De Wolf | freighter (C1) | 1460 | 4 | 15 Aug 1942 | 29 Apr 1943 | 9 Jun 1943 | 257 | 41 | 298 | scrapped 1961 |
| 5 | Lyman Abbot | freighter (C1) | 1461 | 1 | 28 Nov 1942 | 22 Apr 1943 | 22 May 1943 | 145 | 30 | 175 | scrapped 1970 |
| 6 | Moses Brown | freighter (C1) | 1462 | 2 | 26 Feb 1943 | 10 May 1943 | 30 Jun 1943 | 73 | 51 | 124 | scrapped 1961 |
| 1654 | Hallowel | frigate | 1654 | 15 Oct 1943 | PF-72, to Britain 1944 as HMS Anguilla (K-500), returned 1946, scrapped 1949 | ||||||
| 1655 | Hammond | frigate | 1655 | 4 Nov 1943 | PF-73, to Britain 1944 as HMS Antigua (K-501), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1656 | Hargood | frigate | 1656 | 24 Nov 1943 | PF-74, to Britain 1944 as HMS Ascension (K-502), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1657 | Hotham | frigate | 1657 | 6 Dec 1943 | PF-75, to Britain 1944 as HMS Bahamas (K-503), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1658 | Halsted | frigate | 1658 | 18 Dec 1943 | PF-76, to Britain 1944 as HMS Barbados (K-504), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1659 | Hannam | frigate | 1659 | 31 Dec 1943 | PF-77, to Britain 1944 as HMS Caicos (K-505), to Argentina as Santisima Trinidad (P-34), scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 1660 | Harland | frigate | 1660 | 20 Jan 1944 | PF-78, to Britain 1944 as HMS Cayman (K-506), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1661 | Harnam | frigate | 1661 | 25 Jan 1944 | PF-79, to Britain 1944 as HMS Dominica (K-507), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1662 | Harvey | frigate | 1662 | 5 Feb 1944 | PF-80, to Britain 1944 as HMS Gold Coast (K-584), renamed HMS Labuan, returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1663 | Holmes | frigate | 1663 | 12 Aug 1944 | PF-81, to Britain 1944 as HMS Hong Kong (K-585), renamed HMS Tobago, to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | ||||||
| 1664 | Hornby | frigate | 1664 | 31 Aug 1944 | PF-82, to Britain 1944 as HMS Montserrat (K-586), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1665 | Hoste | frigate | 1665 | 31 Jul 1944 | PF-83, to Britain 1944 as HMS Nyasaland (K-587), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1666 | Howett | frigate | 1666 | 25 Jul 1944 | PF-84, to Britain 1944 as HMS Papua (K-588), to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | ||||||
| 1667 | Pilford | frigate | 1667 | 6 Jul 1944 | PF-85, to Britain 1944 as HMS Pitcairn (K-589), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1668 | Pasley | frigate | 1668 | 19 Feb 1944 | PF-86, to Britain 1944 as HMS St. Helena (K-590), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1669 | Patton | frigate | 1669 | 18 Jul 1944 | PF-87, to Britain 1944 as HMS Sarawak (K-591), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1670 | Pearl | frigate | 1670 | 27 Jun 1944 | PF-88, to Britain 1944 as HMS Seychelles (K-592), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1671 | Phillimore | frigate | 1671 | 16 Mar 1944 | PF-89, to Britain 1944 as HMS Sierra Leone (K-593), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1672 | Popham | frigate | 1672 | 24 Jun 1944 | PF-90, to Britain 1944 as HMS Somaliland (K-594), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1673 | Peyton | frigate | 1673 | 15 May 1944 | PF-91, to Britain 1944 as HMS Tortola (K-595), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1674 | Prowse | frigate | 1674 | 21 Jun 1944 | PF-92, to Britain 1944 as HMS Zanzibar (K-596), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | ||||||
| 1882 | Artemis | attack transport | 1882 | Aug 1944 | AKA-21, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1883 | Athene | attack transport | 1883 | Sep 1944 | AKA-22, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1884 | Aurelia | attack transport | 1884 | Oct 1944 | AKA-23, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1885 | Birgitt | attack transport | 1885 | Oct 1944 | AKA-24, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1886 | Circe | attack transport | 1886 | Nov 1944 | AKA-25, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1887 | Corvus | attack transport | 1887 | Nov 1944 | AKA-26, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1888 | Devosa | attack transport | 1888 | Nov 1944 | AKA-27, to USMMA 1946 as Kings Pointer, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1889 | Hydrus | attack transport | 1889 | Dec 1944 | AKA-28, to NYSMA 1946 as Empire State II, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1890 | Lacerta | attack transport | 1890 | Dec 1944 | AKA-29, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1891 | Lumen | attack transport | 1891 | Dec 1944 | AKA-30, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1892 | Medea | attack transport | 1892 | Jan 1945 | AKA-31, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1893 | Mellena | attack transport | 1893 | Jan 1945 | AKA-32, to Cal MA 1946 as Golden Bear, scrapped 1971 | ||||||
| 1894 | Ostara | attack transport | 1894 | Jan 1945 | AKA-33, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1895 | Pamina | attack transport | 1895 | Feb 1945 | AKA-34, Tanner (AGS-15), scrapped 1970 | ||||||
| 1896 | Polana | attack transport | 1896 | Feb 1945 | AKA-35, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1897 | Renate | attack transport | 1897 | Feb 1945 | AKA-36, Maury (AGS-16), scrapped 1974 | ||||||
| 1898 | Roxane | attack transport | 1898 | Mar 1945 | AKA-37, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1899 | Sappho | attack transport | 1899 | Mar 1945 | AKA-38, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1900 | Sarita | attack transport | 1900 | Mar 1945 | AKA-39, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1901 | Scania | attack transport | 1901 | Apr 1945 | AKA-40, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1902 | Selinur | attack transport | 1902 | Apr 1945 | AKA-41, to Penn MA 1946 as Keystone State, scrapped 1968 | ||||||
| 1903 | Sidonia | attack transport | 1903 | Apr 1945 | AKA-42, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1904 | Sirona | attack transport | 1904 | May 1945 | AKA-43, to Penn NS 1946 as Yankee States, scrapped 1966 | ||||||
| 1905 | Sylvania | attack transport | 1905 | May 1945 | AKA-44, scrapped 1964 | ||||||
| 1906 | Tabora | attack transport | 1906 | May 1945 | AKA-45, scrapped 1965 | ||||||
| 1907 | Troilus | attack transport | 1907 | June 1945 | AKA-46, scrapped 1967 | ||||||
| 1908 | Turandot | attack transport | 1908 | 20 May 1945 | 18 Jun 1945 | 29 | AKA-47, converted to Aeolus (ARC-3) 1954, scrapped 1987 | ||||
| 1909 | Valeria | attack transport | 1909 | June 1945 | AKA-48, scrapped 1967 | ||||||
| 1910 | Vandanis | attack transport | 1910 | July 1945 | AKA-49, converted to Thor (ARC-4) 1954, scrapped 1977 | ||||||
| 1911 | Veritas | attack transport | 1911 | July 1945 | AKA-50, scrapped 1969 | ||||||
| 1912 | Xenia | attack transport | 1912 | July 1945 | AKA-51, to Chile 1946 as Presidente Errazuriz (APA-40), scrapped 1962 | ||||||
| 1913 | Zenobia | attack transport | 1913 | Aug 1945 | AKA-52, to Chile 1946 as Presidente Pinto (APA-41), scrapped 1974 | ||||||
| 3119 | Melville Jacoby | freighter (C1) | 3119 | 3 | 27 Oct 1943 | 18 Jan 1944 | 31 Mar 1944 | 83 | 73 | 156 | sold private 1947, CTL-1961, scrapped |
| 3120 | Frank Gilbreth | freighter (C1) | 3120 | 1 | 4 Nov 1943 | 3 Feb 1944 | 22 Apr 1944 | 91 | 79 | 170 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| 3121 | Cornelius Ford | freighter (C1) | 3121 | 2 | 7 Nov 1943 | 19 Feb 1944 | 22 May 1944 | 104 | 93 | 197 | scrapped 1972 |
| 3122 | Jesse H Metcalf | freighter (C1) | 3122 | 6 | 13 Nov 1943 | 3 Mar 1944 | 31 May 1944 | 111 | 89 | 200 | scrapped 1971 |
| 3123 | Nelson Aldrich | freighter (C1) | 3123 | 5 | 18 Nov 1943 | 2 Apr 1944 | 30 Apr 1944 | 136 | 28 | 164 | scrapped 1968 |