# List of ship launches in 1943

The list of ship launches in 1943 includes a chronological list of some of the ships launched in 1943.

## January

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 2 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Calvin Coolidge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Edward Preble | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 January | United Kingdom | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Rancher | Severn type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Rogers Clark | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John A. Dix | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John W. Weeks | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 January | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Francis Preston Blair | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 3 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Harrison Gray Otis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Benjamin H. Bristow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 January | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 26 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| 5 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph H. Hollister | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Stephen B. Elkins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 January | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Chertsey | Cargo ship | For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd. |
| 6 January | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Joseph T. Robinson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Louis Joliet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Walter Raleigh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Daniel S. Lamont | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Leonidas Polk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Phoebe A. Hearst | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 January | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Darby | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 January | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Harmony | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 January | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Joan | Tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Windom | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Alexander J. Dallas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 January | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Coast | Empire Lad-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 9 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James Woodrow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Harvey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 January | United States | Kaiser Company | Vancouver, Washington | LST-465 | Landing Ship, Tank | For United States Navy. |
| 9 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Zane Grey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Robert M. La Folette | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Samuel de Champlain | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-429 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Pio Pico | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ready | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Richard Rush | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles J. Folger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Drake Sloat | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 January | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Stephen C. Foster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Robert Howe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Samuel D. Ingham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John A. Logan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | LST-423 | Landing Ship, Tank | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Pere Marquette | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Carlos Carillo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George W. Campbell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thomas R. Marshall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Walter Q. Gresham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles S. Fairchild | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 January | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Cowpens | Independence-class aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 17 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Lou Gehrig | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 January | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mark Hopkins | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 17 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Nathaniel Macon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William J. Duane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Andrew G. Curbin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Black Hawk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William S. Young | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | George E. Hale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John M. Palmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Wright Stanly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Ewing | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Capulet | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Firelight | Collier | For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. |
| 21 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Francis Nash | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 January | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | George Walton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thomas Nast | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 January | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William Eustis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William McKinley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 January | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Yorktown | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 22 January | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Kumasian | Cargo ship | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 22 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Richard Olney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Richard Yates | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Walter Forward | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Spitfire | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John G. Carlisle | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | TRV 3 | Torpedo recovery vessel | For the Admiralty. |
| 24 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Ephraim Brevard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Nancy Hanks | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Samuel P. Langley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Horace Gray | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | Southern Coast | Coaster | For Coast Lines Ltd. |
| 26 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | George E. Badger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James Robertson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Oxna | Isles-class trawler | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | William C. Gorgas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 January | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Andrew D. White | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 28 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Daniel Webster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edward P. Costigan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Henry B. Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 January | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John Armstrong | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William J. Worth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Frankli MacVeagh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Lyman J. Gage | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Benjamin Bonneville | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 January | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Cordova | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Khedive |
| 30 January | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Flora MacDonald | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Howard Stansbury | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 January | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Molly Pitcher | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 January | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Pierre Soule | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George M. Bibb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Lawton B. Evans | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Noah Webster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Richard Henderson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Robert Stuart | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 January | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Walter E. Ranger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| January | United Kingdom | Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. | Whitstable | MFV-22 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| January | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 16 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |

## February

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 2 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Robert J. Walker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William Dunbar | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | James Sprunt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | East Cowes | Talybont | Hunt-class destroyer | For Royal Navy |
| 4 February | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | British Respect | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 4 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | George C. Yount | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Sieur Duluth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William H. Aspinwall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George Shiras | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 February | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William H. Crawford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William M. Meredith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 February | United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Francisco, California | Eastwind | Wind-class icebreaker | For United States Navy |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons | Sunderland, County Durham | Empire Deed | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard | Grangemouth | Empire Harbour | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Prowess | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 February | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Lyman Hall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Matt W. Ransom | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samuel Blatchford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 February | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Sebastian Cermeno | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 6 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Solomon Juneau | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles Wilkes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Celia | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 7 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Whiteaker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Belfast | Narica | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 8 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edward Fanning | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Grenville M. Dodge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Phineas Banning | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Sam Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Furnifiel M. Simmons | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 February | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James Barbour | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Mahlon Pitney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Owen Summers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 February | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Pierce Frye | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edmund Randolph | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 February | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Peter Donahue | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 12 February | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Robert Bacon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Thomas Kearns | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William R. Day | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Arthur Riggs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Edward B. Dudley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edward Livingston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Justin S. Morrill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Rufus W. Peckham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 February | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Eliphalet Nott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 February | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Isaac Sharpless | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 February | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John H. Eatoon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Josiah Royce | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Julien Dubuque | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Lot Whitcomb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Willie Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 February | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Abbot | Fletcher-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
| 17 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Vitus Bering | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Daniel Drake | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Moreton M. McCarver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Nathan Clifford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Adoniram Judson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Friendship | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 19 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George Sharswood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | James Moore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 February | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Joel R. Poinsett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 February | Australia | Evans Deakin and Company | Brisbane | Ararat | Bathurst-class corvette | For Royal Australian Navy |
| 20 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Benjamin Lundy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Bowcombe | C-type coaster | For .Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. |
| 20 February | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | Tacoma, Washington | Delgada | Bogue-class escort carrier | For United States Navy |
| 20 February | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | Tacoma, Washington | Estero | Bogue-class escort carrier | For United States Navy |
| 20 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Hall J. Kelley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John R. Park | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Louis D. Branders | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 February | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | John Milledge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Alfred Moore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Valour | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Henry L. Benning | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 February | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Biloxi | Cleveland-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
| 22 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John W. Cullen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | British Purpose | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Clan Campbell | Cargo ship | For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | G. Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd. | Greenock | Empire Audrey | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Beatrice | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Theodore Dwight Weld | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Hiram S. Maxim | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 February | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John Bell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Nathaniel J. Wyeth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 February | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Philander C. Knox | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Theodore Parker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United States | Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard | Hingham, Massachusetts | Daniel T. Griffin | Buckley-class destroyer escort | For United States Navy |
| 25 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henderson Luelling | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United States | Walsh-Kaiser Company | Providence, Rhode Island | John Clarke | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John G. Nicolay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Trumbull | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Newton D. Baker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 February | United Kingdom | Harrow's | Scotstoun | Redpole | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Woodrow Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 February | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | E. J. Harriman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James G. Birney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 February | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James W. Denver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James B. Hickock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 February | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edward Bates | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 February | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Lydia M. Child | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 February | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Monterey | Independence-class aircraft carrier | For United States Navy |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 1 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 28 February | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | William D. Pender | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Govan, Renfrewshire | Powerful | Majestic-class aircraft carrier | For Royal Navy |

## March

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Cushing Bells | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Roger Griswold | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thomas Cresap | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Rachel Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William B. Ogden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James Harrod | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Gallup | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles P. Steinmetz | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | James McHenry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Josiah B. Grinnell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Maria Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Christopher Greenup | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John C. Spencer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Scottish Monarch | Cargo ship | For Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 5 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | William D. Moseley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 March | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia | Astoria | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 6 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Margaret Fuller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Rippingham Grange | Cargo ship | For Houlder Line Ltd. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 2 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 6 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William Osler | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William Wilkins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Amos Kendall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Ezra Cornell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Francis Amasa Walker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Timothy Dwight | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Alliance | Norwegian type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Cheer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Farmer | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Mascot | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 March | United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Pedro, California | Southwind | Wind-class icebreaker | |
| 6 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William B. Allison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Belva Lockwood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | David L. Swain | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Trumpet | Cargo ship | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
| 9 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Henry Gilbert Costin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Ninella | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 10 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Ansel Briggs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Perdita | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Johns Hopkins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William H. Welch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Arickaree | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Clifford D. Mallory | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. | Paisley | MOWT 9 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Nathaniel Currier | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Alice F. Palmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jacques Laramie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Jonathan Worth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Elias Boudinot | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry H. Richardson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Lucretia Mott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Lucy Stone | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 March | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | James M. Wayne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 March | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Ponce De Leon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Richard Hovey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James M. Goodhue | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Matthew T. Goldsboro | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Pierre Gibault | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Fitzhugh Lee | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frances E. Willard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry H. Sibley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 3 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 16 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William S. Haisted | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Benjamin H. Grierson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry H. Rice | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Timothy Bloodworth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Elisha Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Miranda | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Howard A. Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Ives | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Socotra | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Betsy Ross | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Elijah P. Lovejoy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Howland | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John S. Pillsbury | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Jubal A. Early | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 March | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Robert Toombs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rinaldo | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Abigail Adams | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Christopher Gale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 March | India | | | Godavari | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 21 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Graham Taylor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Nacella | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroelum Co. Ltd. |
| 21 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Thomas Corwin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 March | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Edisto | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Nabob |
| 22 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Knute Nelson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Stanridge | Cargo ship | For Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 23 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Albert B. Cummins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | British Patience | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Chinese Prince | Cargo ship | For Prince Line Ltd. |
| 23 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James B. Weaver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Samanco | Cargo ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Dudley Field | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd. | Troon | Empire Jessica | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James W. Grimes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John J. Abel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | William L. Davidson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Starr Jordan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Lafian | Cargo ship | For United Africa Co. Ltd. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 4 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 25 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William H. Wilmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Franklin P. Mall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George L. Baker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Guthrie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Simon Newcomb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 March | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Sun Yat Sen | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 27 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Aedanus Burke | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Amy Lowell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Chief Joseph | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd. | Glasgow | Empire Coppice | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 March | Italy | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | Trieste | Arturo | Ariete-class torpedo boat | Built for Regia Marina but taken over by Germany as TA24 |
| 27 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Banyard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 March | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | John Gorrie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Elizabeth Blackwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 March | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Sullivan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 March | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Robert M. T. Hunter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Walker Taylor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry W. Corbett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Richard S. Ewell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 March | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Samuel Dexter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William G. Fargo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Howell Cobb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Santiago Iglesias | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Birch Coolie | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edward N. Hurley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | George E. Pickett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George Flavel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | John Bascomb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Roger Moore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | S. Hall Young | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 March | United States | Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Pedro, California | Westwind | Wind-class icebreaker | |
| 31 March | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William James | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## April

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 April | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Cable | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 1 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John H. Couch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 April | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Preserver | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 1 April | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Shackle | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 5 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jacques Cartier | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | J. H. Kincaid | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 April | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Chain | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Mountain | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George H. Flanders | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rosario | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 April | Australia | HMA Naval Dockyard | Williamstown, Victoria | Stawell | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 4 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Alexander Baranof | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Bernard N. Baker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 April | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Cabot | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 5 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Benjamin N. Cardozo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Casablanca | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 5 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Emma Willard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Judy | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 5 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Francis W. Pettygrove | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Hugh McCulloch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Joseph Warren | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Stanford White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William N. Pendleton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Robert Rowan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 April | United States | Walsh-Kaiser Company | Providence, Rhode Island | Samuel Gorton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Thomas Fitzsimons | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles M. Schwab | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George D. Prentice | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry Failing | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Sheledon Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | William B. Woods | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William Carson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Winfred L. Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | British Restraint | Tanker | For British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| 8 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Chandler | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Beauty | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Falstaff | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | S P Austin & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Judy | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Manor | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow in Furness | Empire Viceory | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 April | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Huntington | Fargo-class light cruiser | |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Samson | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Falstaff | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Trevelyan | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 9 april | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | B. F. Shaw | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Luther Burbank | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Thomas W. Bickett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles H. Windham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles Piez | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Crawford W. Long | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Moses Austin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Tarleton Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 6 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George M. Pullman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Simon Bolivar | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Horace Williams | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Juan Flaco Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Bushrod Washington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Louis Agassiz | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thaddeus S. C. Lowe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William Strong | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Benito Juarez | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edward Bellamy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Jose Bonifacio | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Miguel Hidalgo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Wilbur Wright | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Charles Sumner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Levis Woodbury | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Phips | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Cass Gilbert | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Henry Groves Connor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Josiah D. Whitney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 7 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 16 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Thornton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | David G. Burnet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Francis Asbury | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Homer Lea | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joseph P. Bradley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Thomas L. Clingman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William M. Gwin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Glen Curtiss | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Gouverneur Morris | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Holmes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Mark Keppel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William A. Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 April | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, MA | Canberra | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser | |
| 19 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | David Caldwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 April | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Liscome Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Denewood | Cargo ship | For John I. Jacobs & Co. Ltd. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Empire Glory | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Eastman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 April; | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Gilbert Stuart | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Spanker | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Citizen | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd | Greenock | Empire Florizel | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire John | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 21 April | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, WA | Jamaica | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Shah |
| 21 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | James E. Howard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Wiley Post | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | DeWitt Clinton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Scott & Sons Ltd. | Bowling | Empire Griffin | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Inventor | Norwegian type tanker | For . |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Rock | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | George Gershwin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | John C. Breckinridge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Woolman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | India | | | Kistna | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 22 April | United States | Walsh-Kaiser Company | Providence, Rhode Island | Lyman Abbott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Waigstil Avery | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | William J. Bryan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | William M. Evarts | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Cyrus W. Field | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | General Vallejo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James S. Hogg | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 281 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Richard Harding Davis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 8 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 23 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Ward Hunt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Anson Burlingame | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 April | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Buffalo Wallow | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Cornelia P. Spencer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 April | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Curb | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship |
| 24 April | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Henry S. Foote | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William Pepper | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 April | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Escambier | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 25 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Isaac Babbitt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William H. McGuffey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Andrew Rowan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 April | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Emily Dickinson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, VA | Intrepid | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 26 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William W. Gerhard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles E. Duryea | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Cushman K. Davis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thomas Hill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Walter Hines Page | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edward W. Scripps | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George L. Shaup | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 April | United States | Walsh-Kaiser Company | Providence, Rhode Island | James De Wolf | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 April | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Joseph R. Lamar | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Louis Hennepin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Silas Weir Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Benjamin D. Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Benjamin Holt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Iceland | Cargo ship | For Currie Line Ltd. |
| 30 April | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ignatius Donnelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Jane Long | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Joseph A. Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joseph Leidy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Josiah Snelling | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 April | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Sea Scamp | Type C3 troop transport | For U.S. Navy |

## May

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Charles Henderson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Coral Sea | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 1 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | F. T. Frelinghuysen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 May | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Button Gwinnett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James R. Randall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Sepulveda | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Oliver Evans | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Paparoa | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 2 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Robert Newell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Asa Gray | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Cormarsh | Collier | For Wm. Cory & Son Ltd. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros. Ltd. | Dumbarton | Empire MacAndrew | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Henry Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 May | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Joseph M. Medill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Mary Lyon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Industry | Ocean type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Peak | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Ignace Paderewski | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James B. Bonham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Morgan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Robert F. Hoke | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Stanford Newel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 9 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Trevince | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Vindex | Escort carrier | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles Lummis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Elisha Graves Otis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Thomas W. Hyde | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William T. G. Vault | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Buttress | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Jester | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Sara | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Richards Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Sportsman | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Keweenaw | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Patroller |
| 6 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Knute Rockne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | | | Amethyst | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Sybil | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 7 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Washington Carver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jedediah S. Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | John J. Crittenden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Kelmscott | Cargo ship | For Pachesham Steamship Co. |
| 7 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Sallie S. Cotton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William H. Gray | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William H. Webb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James J. Corbett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Josiah Nelson Cushing | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edward Eggleston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Kennebago | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 10 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James A. Bayard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Burroughs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Owen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 May | United States | Walsh-Kaiser Company | Providence, Rhode Island | Moses Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Robert Lowry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas A. Hendricks | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 may | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 10 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 10 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Walter Camp | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Camas Meadows | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles Crocker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 May | Sweden | Öresunds Varve A/B | Landskrona | Eberhart Essberger | Cargo ship | For J T Essberger, Hamburg |
| 11 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Stevenson Taylor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles A. McAllister | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Corregidor | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 12 May | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Felix Grundy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Hobart Baker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James W. Fannin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Jonathan Jennings | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Elbert Hubbard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Eugene Field | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John S. Casement | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Philip Doddridge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Anson Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Christy Mathewson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George W. Julian | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | P. T. Barnum | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samuel Bowles | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Grier Hibben | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Gipp | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry S. Lane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John E. Schmeltzer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary Cassatt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thomas Oliver Larkin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Frederick L. Dau | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Haym Salomon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Julien Poydras | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 11 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Avonmoor | Cargo ship | For Moor Line Ltd. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire MacCabe | MAC tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | George Poindexter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Hughli | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd. |
| 18 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James Oliver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John L. Motley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Juan Bautistade Anza | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Kemp P. Battle | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Matthew B. Brady | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. | Paisley | MOWT 10 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 May | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Prince | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Rajah |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Telemachus | Cargo ship | For Ocean Steamship Co. |
| 19 May | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Elihu Root | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Eric V. Hauser | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 May | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Lackawapan | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 19 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Michael Pupin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 May | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Thomas Todd | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Co. Ltd. | Southwick | Chiswick | Cargo ship | For Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd. |
| 20 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edward A. MacDowell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Chieftain | Standard Fast type cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Service | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Lyman Stewart | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson Ltd. | Clydebank | Nairana | Nairana-class escort carrier | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 May | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Valve | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 21 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Conrad Weiser | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John M. T. Finney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | R. C. Brennan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Robert Dale Owen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 May | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Sidney Lanier | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 30 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | George F. Patten | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Alden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 May | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Langdon Cheves | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 May | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Langley | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Wrestler | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 22 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Frederick Douglass | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joseph Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Clarence Darrow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Maisie | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Francis E. Warren | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John P. Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Behar | Cargo ship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Charles W. Eliot | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Cyrus Hamlin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | James E. Haviland | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Joseph N. Nicollet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thomas F. Bayard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. | Troon | Zealand | C-type coaster | For Currie Line Ltd. |
| 25 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles D. Poston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George Davidson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Tecumseh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Townsman | Severn type collier, coaster | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
| 26 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John L. Sullivan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 May | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Mission Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 27 May | Australia | Poole & Steel Limited | Balmain, New South Wales | Cowra | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 27 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Edward Burleson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joseph C. Avery | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Josiah Earl | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Franklin K. Lane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry Bergh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Minto | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Louisa M. Alcott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 12 | TID-class tug | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 May | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Canyon Creek | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Lewis | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Geronimo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John M. Morehead | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 May | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Lorenzo De Zavala | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 May | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Robert Y. Hayne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 May | United States | Philadelphia Naval Yard | Philadelphia | Solar | Buckley-class destroyer escort | |
| 30 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Irving M. Scott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James H. McClintock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joseph H. Nicholson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 May | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Pleasant Armstrong | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | David E. Hughes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Outpost | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 May | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Hannis Taylor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jacob S. Mansfield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Carroll | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | John Hay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joseph S. Emery | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 May | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mascoma | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 31 May | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William Tyler Page | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## June

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Frome | River-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thomas Nelson Page | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Wilson P. Hunt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Ability | Coaster | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. |
| 2 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Billy Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 June | Germany | Jos. L. Meyer | Papenburg | Bürgermeister O’Swald II | lightvessel | |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Caxton | Cargo ship | For Barberrys Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | J. S. Watson Ltd. | Gainsborough | Empire Mustang | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Flag | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 2 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Berkeley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James McCosh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 June | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | John A. Quitman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 June | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Niantic | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Ranee |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 14 | TID-class tug | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 31 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Wrenwood | C-type coaster | For Wm France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. |
| 3 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ben Holladay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Benjamin R. Milam | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jonathan P. Dolliver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Pepperell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Adolph Sutro | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Edward Richardson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 June | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Guadalcanal | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Helmsdale | River-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James Shields | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joel Palmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 June | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Richard M. Johnson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 June | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Edward Sparrow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Eugene B. Daskam | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John W. Mackay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Eugene Hale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Harlan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Robert Treat | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Nuttall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Andrew T. Huntington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Guliver | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James W. Nye | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John A. Johnson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | John Sharp Williams | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Nicholas Herkimer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Sidney Sherman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | William T. Barry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George W. Woodward | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 June | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Ocklawaha | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 9 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Thomas B. Reed | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles Bullfinch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | D. W. Harrington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ephraim W. Baughman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Robert Lucas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 15 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 10 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William W. Mayo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Lind | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Lee S. Overman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Pierre L'Enfant | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edward Canby | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edward L. Grant | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William F. MacLennan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ole E. Rolvag | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Robert J. Collier | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Joshua L. Chamberlin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Samuel A. Worcester | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Thomas J. Jarvis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Wilfred Grenfell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | India | | | Cauvery | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 15 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edwin T. Meredith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Florence Crittenton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | Italy | CRDA | Trieste | Gladio | Ariete-class torpedo boat | Built for Regia Marina but taken over by Germany as TA37 |
| 15 June | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Henry Durant | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 15 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John A. Donald | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John F. Steffen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John Mary Odin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John T. McMillan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 June | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Richard Montgomery | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 June | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | John McDonogh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Brighton | Cargo ship | For R. Chapman & Son. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Campania | Nairana-class escort carrier | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Gain | Intermediate type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Empire MacKay | MAC tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Fremont Older | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Joseph Le Conte | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Priestley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 June | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Perdido | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Trouncer |
| 17 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Condon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 32 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 18 June | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Little Big Horn | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samuel McIntyre | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Stephen T. Mather | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Conrad Kohrs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Rival | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 19 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Frank Springer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, VA | Houston | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 19 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Jeremiah O'Brien | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joshua W. Alexander | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Mary Austin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Simon Benson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 16 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Vestal | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Arthur Dobbs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Percy | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Maria Stanford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Stephen Crane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Macrae | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 21 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Finley Peter Dunne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Irving W. Platt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 June | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Robert Trimble | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 June | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Islander | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | George Cleeve | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Jacob H. Gallinger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John A. Poor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Nicholas J. Sinnott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, MA | Quincy | Baltimore-class heavy cruiser | |
| 23 June | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Sylvester Gardiner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 33 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Beaumont | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William H. Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Christopher C. Andrews | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | E. A. Peden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry L. Pittock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John H. Rosseter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Lawson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Marina Raskova | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 June | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Casimir Pulaski | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles A. Warfield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry Dodge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 June | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Pamanset | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 26 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Felix Hathaway | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Janet Lord Ropner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 17 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Hilary A. Herbert | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John S. Sargent | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles Robinson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Dwight D. Moody | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Floyd B. Olson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James Withycombe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Nathan Towson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Stephen Vincent Benet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire Daring | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Empire Traveller | Ocean typetanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Increase A. Lapham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Robert Erskine | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Stephen H. Long | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Anson P. K. Safford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Binger Hermann | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Clan Urquhart | Cargo ship | For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd. |
| 30 June | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Hutchison I. Cone | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Stevenson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Leonidas Merritt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Mahadevi | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Manchester Shipper | Cargo ship | For Manchester Liners Ltd. |
| 30 June | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Sam Houston II | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 June | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Vent | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 30 June | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William R. Nelson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## July

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Clarence King | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Donald MacLeay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Greenwich | Cargo ship | For Britain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 17 | VIC lighter | For the War Department. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire MacMahon | MAC tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | McLellan Creek | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 34 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry L. Hoyt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jacob Riis | Liberty ship | Completed as Samholt for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 July | Australia | Evans Deakin & Co | Brisbane | Kiama | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 3 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Lawrence D. Tyson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 32 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| 4 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George M. Cohan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 July | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | John Philip Sousa | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Watt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 July | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Peter Zenger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Prouse | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Dolly | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Path | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 5 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | George C. Childress | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Francis G. Newlands | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 July | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Hamlin Garland | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | J. Pinckney Henderson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | M. H. De Young | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Delazon Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | | | Hart | Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 7 July | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | John Stagg | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 35 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | David F. Houston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John E. Wilkie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John J. Ingalls | Liberty ship | Completed as Samson for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 9 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ambrose Bierce | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Samuel K. Barlow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Andrew Pickens | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Billy Sunday | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George H. Pendleton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | George W. Kendall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Ross | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 July | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Manila Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 10 July | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Ponganset | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 10 July | Germany | Lübecker Flenderwerke AG | Lübeck | Tiefland | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft A/S & Co K |
| 11 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Granville Stuart | Liberty ship | Completed as Samaritan for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 July | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John Catron | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Merrick | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John P. Gaines | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Wanamaker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joseph A. Holmes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | George P. Garrison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James A. Farrell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 July | Australia | State Dockyard | Newcastle, New South Wales | Strahan | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 12 July | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Cape Berkeley | Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry | To Ministry of War Transport on completion under Lend-Lease |
| 12 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Zona Gale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Brand Whitlock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Fergus | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William C. Lane | Liberty ship | Completed as Sampler for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 July | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Cuxhaven | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft |
| 14 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | David Douglas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Luther S. Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 July | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Tobias E. Stansbury | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Cedar Mills | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Charles A. Dana | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles N. McGroarty | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Crosby S. Noyes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Edenwood | Cargo ship | For Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Empire City | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 15 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Oran M. Roberts | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 July | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Sunset | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Thane |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 36 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 15 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Vernon L. Kellog | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltdd | Sunderland | Empire Copperfield | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 16 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George H. Himes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George W. Childs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 July | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Jack London | Liberty ship | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 16 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Jose Marti | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | | | Lapwing | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Thamesfield | Tanker | For Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Regent | Standard Fast type cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Seaman | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Tourist | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Howard T. Ricketts | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Richard P. Hobson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 July | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Robert Lansing | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Robert T. Hill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Thomas M. Cooley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 27 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| 17 July | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, MA | Vincennes | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 17 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William N. Byers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | J. D. Ross | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Evans | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Robert Eden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Robert G. Ingersoll | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Robert Jordan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Robert Rogers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Ina Coolbrith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 20 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Duke | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Nigel | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James K. Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. | Birkenhead | Johnathan Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. |
| 20 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joshua Hendy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 282 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 July | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Natoma Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 20 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Nelson Dingley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 18 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 21 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Clement Clay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Cammel Laird & Co Ltd. | Birkenhead | Empire MacColl | MAC tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 21 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank D. Phinney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 July | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Henry Watterson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Cornelius Cole | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsurf for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George Vickers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas W. Symons | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William H. Allen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Arthur P. Davis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Harry A. Garfield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Louis Marshall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Willis C. Hawley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Augustus H. Garland | Liberty ship | Completed as Samblade for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 24 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Marcus Daly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Melville E. Stone | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Thomas W. Owen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 21 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 24 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Townsend Harris | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 July | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Mary Ashley Townsend | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thomas U. Walter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 July | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | William L. Yancey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Wyatt Earp | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 July | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Frederick H. Newell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George L. Curry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry V. Aldorado | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Chatham C. Lyon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William Hume | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Ezra Weston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Innes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Constantine | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John W. Powell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Josiah Quincy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Thorstein Veblen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Anton M. Holter | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambay for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edwin Joseph O'Hara | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambo for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John T. Holt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ontario | Minotaur-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Sebec | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Symbol | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 30 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | H. G. Blasdel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Clinton Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edwin L. Drake | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | J L Thompson & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Duke | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 31 July | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Grasp | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 31 July | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Hat Creek | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James H. Robinson | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsteel for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 July | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | James I. McKay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John McKinley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Lafacadio Hearn | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Thomas C. Power | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 19 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 31 July | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William F. Vilas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## August

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 August | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Bataan | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 1 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edward D. Baker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | James Bowdoin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Riverton | Cargo ship | For R. Chapman & Son. |
| 2 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | St. Andrews | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Queen |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Harlequin | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Matson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Arunah S. Abell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pickle | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Samuel Lancaster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Brander Matthews | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John N. Maffitt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Meon | River-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Myron T. Herrick | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 22 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 37 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William I. Kip | Liberty ship | Completed as Sampan for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 5 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edwin Abbey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 August | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | George Dewey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 August | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Jacob Thompson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Jacob Astor | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joshua Thomas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 August | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | George Whitefield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John H. Reagan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Keith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 August | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Andrew Marschalk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Charles M. Russell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | George Durant | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ring Lardner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Arthur L. Perry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry M. Robinson | Liberty ship | Completed as Samarovsk for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Joseph K. Toole | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Simon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | David De Vries | Liberty ship | Completed as Samwater for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 9 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | George Kenny | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jeremiah M. Daly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 August | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Duncan U. Fletcher | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James M. Gillis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | R. M. Williamson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | R. P. Warner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Augustus S. Merrimon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | David R. Francis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary Patten | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William S. Thayner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Ferdinando Gorges | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry L. Abott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Horace Wells | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Mason | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Lionel Copley | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambrake for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 12 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Thomas G. Masaryk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Sturgis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Pierrot | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Henry Van Dyke | Liberty ship | Completed as Samhain for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Hiram Bingham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 August | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Santander | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei |
| 14 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | C. J. Jones | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambut for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 August | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | David Holmes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Duchess | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 14 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Gutzon Borlum | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Jesse Billingsley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 August | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John A. Campbell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Matthew Brush | Liberty ship | Completed as Samoa for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Montford Stokes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 23 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 14 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William D. Burnham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 August | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Alaska | Alaska-class large cruiser | |
| 15 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Antoine Saugrain | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | David Thompson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Henry Jocelyn | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Winifred S. Stratton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 August | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Cape Marshall | Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship | For War Shipping Administration |
| 16 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Reynolds | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 38 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Torridge | River-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Condesa | Cargo ship | For Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd. |
| 17 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Dunham Wright | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 August | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Midway | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Sarmiento | Cargo ship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 17 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Victor F. Lawson | Liberty ship | Completed as Sampep for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 August | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | Quincy, MA | Wasp | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 18 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Holland Thompson | Liberty ship | Completed as Samite for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | Thomas Pollock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Berkeley Castle | Castle-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | B. F. Irvine | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Edwin W. Moore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Trail | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 19 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Lick | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John W. Garrett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Joseph E. Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Mahanada | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pincher | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Wallsend | Port MacQuarie | Cargo ship | For Port Line Ltd. |
| 19 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Stephen W. Kearny | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 24 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 20 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Rowan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 39 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 20 August | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | William Byrd | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | David F. Barry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Frank Wiggins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | George Bellows | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 August | United States | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | Wilmington, North Carolina | John Branch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 August | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | St. Joseph | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Ruler |
| 21 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Tench Tilghman | Liberty ship | Completed as Samos for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Bartholomew Gosnold | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Emma Lazarus | Liberty ship | Completed as Samara for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Floyd Bennett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Richard Moczkowski | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas J. Walsh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 August | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Victor Herbert | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Don Marquis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Runner | Severn type collier, collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Skipper | Severn type collier, coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Malika | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 24 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles C. Long | Liberty ship | Completed as Samur for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 24 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Colter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 August | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Julesburg | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Peter De Smet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary M. Dodge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 August | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission Purisima | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 25 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Peter Cooper | Liberty ship | Completed as Samarkand for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 25 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 25 August | Belgium | J Cockerill SA | Antwerp | Weserstrom | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 26 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Belasco | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | David Wilmot | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James Blair | Liberty ship | Completed as Samarina for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 26 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James M. Clements | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 August | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Reginald A. Fessenden | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 August | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Dudley M. Hughes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edward N. Westcott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Francis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Dwight B. Heard | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambur for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 28 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Emile Berliner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 August | United Kingdom | | | Lark | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 28 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William Smallwood | Liberty ship | Completed as Sampa for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 August | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Charles A. Broadwater | Liberty ship | Completed as Samthar for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles G. Coutant | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 August | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John M. Harlan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John S. Bassett | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Albert P. Ryder | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, VA | Hornet | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 30 August | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Pine Ridge | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 August | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Dundee | Tarkwa | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster Lines. |
| 30 August | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 40 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Anna Howard Shaw | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Cormead | C-type coaster | For Wm. Cory & Sons Ltd. |
| 31 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Cyrus H. K. Curtis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Troon | Empire Dirk | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Housman | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Empire Pickwick | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Ransom | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Villager | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James T. Earle | Liberty ship | Completed as Samaye for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Reed | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 August | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John W. Hoyt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | Neritina | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 31 August | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Samson Occum | Liberty ship | Completed as Samarinda for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 August | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Samuel H. Walker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 August | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William De Witt Hyde | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## September

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James L. Breck | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Jospeh W. Folk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Umtata | Cargo ship | For Bullard, King & Co. |
| 1 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | William E. Pendleton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Willington Quay-on-Tyne | Empire Winnie | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 2 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Henry L. Ellsworth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Sidney Edgerton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 September | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Tripoli | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 2 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Wayne MacVeagh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd. | Selby | Empire Vincent | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Orville P. Taylor | Liberty ship | Completed as Samothrace for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 26 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 41 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 4 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Albino Perez | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Harmon Judson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Marie M. Meloney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Robert S. Bean | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 September | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Rufus C. Dawes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Nathaniel Crosby | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Erastus Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry M. Teller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Heywood Broun | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Howell E. Jackson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Jerome K. Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John I. Nolan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Vachel Lindsay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Philip F. Thomas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ben T. Osborne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jeremiah M. Rusk | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Joseph Tipton | Liberty ship | Completed as Samtredy for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 September | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission Santa Cruz | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 9 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Benjamin H. Brewster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Caleb C. Wheeler | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James S. Lawson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Michael Casey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Powder River | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | St. Simon | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Arbiter |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 27 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 10 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Lorrin A. Thurston | Liberty ship | Completed as Samcella for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Midwest Farmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles E. Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 September | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd . | Selby | Empire Humphrey | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Hawkins Fudske | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 September | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Thomas Sully | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 September | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Tobias Lear | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 September | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Wake Island | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 12 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Annie Oakley | Liberty ship | Completed as Samida for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 12 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Arthur P. Gorman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Victor C. Vaughan | Liberty ship | Completed as Samzona for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Charles Devens | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Henry Lomb | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 September | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Jose Navarro | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 September | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Julius Rosenwald | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Murat Halstead | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William S. Ladd | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Amenity | Coaster | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Ploughman | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Stronghold | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry M. Stanley | Liberty ship | Completed as Samneva for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Joseph Goldberger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Louis A. Sengteller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 September | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Park Holland | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 September | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Peregrine White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 42 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | J Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Empire Rider | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd.` | Sunderland | Empire Beresford | Norwegian type Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 15 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Frederick Billings | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Patrick C. Boyle | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Vickers Armstrong | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Vivid | V-class submarine | |
| 16 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Anthony Ravalli | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Donald M. Dickinson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Sceptre | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 16 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George Uhler | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 September | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Hoke Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Irwin Russell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Augustus Thomas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edmund F. Dickens | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry Wells | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 28 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 43 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 18 September | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | Empire Cricketer | Empire Lad-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Margaret Brent | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | E. H. Sothern | Liberty ship | Completed as Sammont for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 19 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Francis Vigo | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Sterling | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James J. O'Kelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John F. Myers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 September | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William H. Todd | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 september | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | David B. Henderson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 September | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Edward D. White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Quemado Lake | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waiwera | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line. |
| 20 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William H. Moody | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Ben F. Dixon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 September | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Dwight W. Morrow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John M. Bozeman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry C. Payne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John J. McGraw | Liberty ship | Completed as Samariz for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 22 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Howell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 29 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 23 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Adolph S. Ochs | Liberty ship | Completed as Samwyo for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Von L. Meyer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Reinhold Richter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | William Crompton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James D. Doty | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 September | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Joshua A. Leach | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission Soledad | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 24 September | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Paul Chandler | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 September | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Andrew A. Humphreys | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 September | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Current | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship |
| 25 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Phelan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Nikola Tesla | Liberty ship | Completed as Samkansa for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pampas | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 25 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Prince L. Campbell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Sharon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Franz Boas | Liberty ship | Completed as Sammex for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 26 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Otto Mears | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 September | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | San Jacinto | Independence-class light aircraft carrier | Converted cruiser hull |
| 27 September | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Dolly Madison | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John Russell Pope | Liberty ship | Completed as Samdak for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Manasseh Culter | Liberty ship | Completed as Samouri for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 September | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Vermillion | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Smiter |
| 27 September | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | White Plains | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 27 September | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | William Black Yates | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 September | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Harvey C. Miller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 September | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Horace Bushnell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John G. Brady | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Knaresborough Castle | Castle-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Govan | Long Branch | Flower-class corvette | For Royal Canadian Navy. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Burntisland | Empire Mackendrick | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank Norris | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Jean Nicolet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Plucky | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 44 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 47 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Bounty | Wave-class oiler | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 30 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Francis M. Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 September | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Harriet Hosmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | | | Hind | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 30 September | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John G. North | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 September | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John N. Robins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 September | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Rosebud | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 45 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 30 September | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | W. G. Ayer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## October

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Blessing | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Herefordshire | Cargo ship | For Bibby Line. |
| 1 October | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | James H. Couper | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joyce Kilmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Charles Nordhoff | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Beaconsfield | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 2 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank A. Munsey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frederick A. Eilers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Jesse De Forest | Liberty ship | Completed as Samuta for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 October | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | John S. Mosby | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Simon Bamberger | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | George W. Lively | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Oscar S. Straus | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William I. Sublette | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | W. R. Grace | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Cyrus T. Brady | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Thomas Clyde | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William S. Clark | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Adolph Lewisohn | Liberty ship | Completed as Samota for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 October | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Nassuk Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull; Transferred to USN before commissioning as USS Solomons |
| 6 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Samuel S. Williston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | | | Spiteful | S3-class submarine | |
| 6 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Thomas W. Gregory | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 48 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 6 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William H. Ashley | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Horace H. Lurton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 October | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission San Jose | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 8 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edgar W. Nye | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edward Cook | Liberty ship | Completed as Samwis for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | W. W. McCrackin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Eliza Jane Nicholson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Francis N. Blanchet | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank C. Emerson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 October | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Geologist | Cargo ship | For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 9 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Samuel Brannon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Simon B. Elliott | Liberty ship | Completed as Samnesse for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 October | United States | Kaiser Co., Inc. | Richmond, California | General Hoyt S. Vandenberg | General G. O. Squier-class transport ship | For United States Navy |
| 10 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | John Fairfield | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Lyon G. Tyler | Liberty ship | Completed as Samnebra for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Robert L. Vann | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Sumner J. Kimball | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 October | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Tomahawk | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 11 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Charles F. Amidon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire Lord | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Settler | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | George M. Shriver | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John W. Foster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Will R. Wood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Chief Charlot | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Empire MacCallum | MAC ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 12 Octobet | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Enoch Train | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Joseph Habersham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Red Canyon | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Stage Door Canteen | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 49 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 13 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Joseph M. Carey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Norman Hapgood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Bernard O'Higgins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 October | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, CA | Cape Argos | Type C1 ship | For United States Maritime Commission |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd | Rowhedge | Empire Boxer | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Richardsons Ironworks Ltd. | Lowestoft | Empire Chuzzlewit | Coaster | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as RFA Chattenden for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
| 14 October | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, VA | Franklin | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 14 October | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Grant Wood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 October | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission San Juan | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Belfast | Norrisia | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Prospector | Cargo ship | For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Silveroak | Cargo ship | For Silver Line Ltd. |
| 15 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Casper S. Yost | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 October | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Kalinin Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 15 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Lewis Emery Jr. | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Thomas F. Cunningham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Watson C. Squire | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William M. Rayburn | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Cerium | Coaster | For ICI (Alkali) Ltd. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | Sunderland | Empire Crown | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 16 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Harold L. Winslow | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Norman E. Mack | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Stephen G. Porter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edith Wharton | Liberty ship | Completed as Samvern for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry H. Blood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | J. Whitridge Williams | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsylvan for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Mary Ball | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Abbot L. Mills | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Albert G. Brown | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Francis P. Duffey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 October | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Joseph H. Martin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 October | United Kingdom | Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Neocardia | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 18 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 50 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 18 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William J. Palmer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Swatt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | L. H. McNelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Blackstone | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | W. Walter Husband | Liberty ship | Completed as Samyork for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Albert A. Michelson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 October | Netherlands | C. Van der Giessen & Zonen's Scheepswerfen NV | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Brünhilde | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft |
| 21 October | Belgium | J Cockerill SA | Hoboken | Äolus | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Dampfschifffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun |
| 21 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | George Popham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Omar E. Chapman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | U. S. O. | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Vernon L. Parrington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Edmund G. Ross | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George K. Fitch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Henry W. Grady | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Peter Cooper Hewitt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 October | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Edward M. House | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | John Barton Payne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Jose Artigas | Liberty ship | Completed as Samokla for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 23 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Lucien B. Maxwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Peter White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Francis A. Wardwell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 October | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Kasaan Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 25 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ethan A. Hitchcock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | J. Warren Keifer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Kate Douglas Wiggin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Priscilla Alden | Liberty ship | Completed as Samlouis for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 51 | TID-class tug | For the Ministry of War Transport. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Recruit | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Hewes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary Bickerdyke | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William H. Dall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 October | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Albert S. Burleson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Russell | Intermediate type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 28 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ferdinand A. Silcox | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 October | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Robert Fechner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Stuart | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Unicorn | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James H. Lane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Sappa Creek | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Theodore Roosevelt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William W. Campbell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Charles A. Wickliffe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Harcourt | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 30 October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Fort Laramie | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Frederic C. Howe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | Japan | Mitsubishi Shipyard | Shimonoseki | Hishi Maru No 3 | Tanker | For Mitsubishi Kisen KK |
| 30 October | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | James A. Whetmore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Michael C. Kerr | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | Australia | Evans Deakin & Co | Brisbane | Parkes | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 30 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Sara Teasdale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 46 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 30 October | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William D. Hoard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Abiqua | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | John Crown & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Belle | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 October | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Harvey Cushing | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James King | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Jean Baptiste Le Moyne | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Jeremiah L. Chaplin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 October | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission San Miguel | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 31 October | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samuel M. Ralston | Liberty ship | Completed as Samois for Ministry of War Transport. |
| October | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Sesame | Assurance-class tug | For the Admiralty. |

## November

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edwin A. Robinson | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsip for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Charles | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 1 November | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Fanshaw Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 1 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Francis W. Parker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 1 November | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission San Fernando | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 2 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | R. F. Peckham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | San Vito | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 3 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Horace V. White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Peter Trumble Rowe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Augustine Herman | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsette for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 5 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Barrett Wendell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 November | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Charles C. Jones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Elisha P. Ferry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Keith Vawter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | William Pitt Preble | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Charles Scribner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Joseph H. Kibbey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Lucius Fairchild | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 November | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Paul Tulane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | William B. Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 November | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Cape Girardeau | Type C1-S-Ay-1 cargo ship | For War Shipping Administration |
| 7 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Elias H. Derby | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James G. Maguire | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Edward Bruce | Liberty ship | Completed as Samoine for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 8 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Jane G. Swissheim | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 November | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Kitkun Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 8 November | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Company | Tacoma, Washington | Willapa | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Puncher |
| 8 November | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | William G. Sumner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Frederick Bartholdi | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Israel J. Merritt | Liberty ship | Completed as Samflora for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 9 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Robert Louis Stevenson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 52 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | Clan MacDougall | Cargo ship | For the Clan Line Steamers Ltd. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Duddon | River-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Empire Harvest | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Lilliput | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Francisco M. Quinones | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Henry T. Rainey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 November | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Horace H. Harvey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Oscar Chappell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. | Newcastle on Tyne | San Velino | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Derrycunihy | Cargo ship | For McCowan & Gross Ltd. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd | Dundee | Empire Canyon | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Empire General | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Welfare | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 November | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Florence Martus | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Harry Leon Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | | | Mermaid | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 11 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Ralph A. Cram | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | Trevanion | Cargo ship | For Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 12 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Ferdinand Westdahl | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 November | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Guam | Alaska-class large cruiser | |
| 12 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John La Farge | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Thomas Crawford | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. | Barrow in Furness | Empire Noble | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Frank A. Vanderlip | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambuff for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | George P. McKay | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John A. Roebling | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John W. Meldrum | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | J. S. Cullinan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Mary Wilkins Freeman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Nathan B. Forrest | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Sweetwater | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William F. Empey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Jacob H. Schiff | Liberty ship | Completed as Samburgh for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Belfast | Nassarius | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 15 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John T. Clark | Liberty ship | Completed as Samcleve for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 15 November | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Tulagi | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 15 November | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Cape St. Vincent | Infantry Landing Ship | |
| 15 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John L. Stoddard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Richard J. Oglesby | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 November | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | William B. Bankhead | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Clyde L. Seavey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank H. Dodd | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James Carroll | Liberty ship | Completed as Samgara for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 16 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John B. Gordon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | Australia | Poole & Steel Limited | Balmain, New South Wales | Junee | Bathurst-class corvette | |
| 16 Nov3mber | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Orland Loomis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Peter Stuyvesant | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 53 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 17 November | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Charles H. Herty | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 November | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Empire Camp | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 17 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Ball | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Francis C. Harrington | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Hugh Young | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary Walker | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Barbara Frietchie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | J. Maurice Thompson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Segundo Ruiz Belvis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William A. Coulter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Daniel Appleton | Liberty ship | Completed as Samfield for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 20 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Frank B. Lindermman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Matthew J. O'Brien | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 November | United States | Basalt Rock Company | Napa, California | Safeguard | Diver-class rescue and salvage ship | |
| 20 November | Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Weserwald | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| 21 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | J. Willard Gibbs | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Leo J. Duster | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Walter Williams | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edward Paine | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 November | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Gambier Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 22 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John B. Kendrick | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Mary A. Livermore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 November | United States | Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard | Tacoma, Washington | Winjah | Bogue-class escort carrier | Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease as HMS Reaper |
| 23 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Edward P. Alexander | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 November | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | James Screven | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | John F. Goucher | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Louis Pasteur | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Sylester Pattie | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 54 | TID-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 24 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Mercy Warren | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Percy D. Haughton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Robert R. Randall | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Simeon G. Reed | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Sarah J. Hale | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Seaman A. Knapp | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Willis J. Abbott | Liberty ship | Completed as Samboston for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 25 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | James C. Cameron | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 November | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | John E. Ward | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Leopold Damrosch | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rifleman | Algerine-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Henry Austin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Hugh M. Smith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Rolph | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Lewis L. Dyche | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Touchet | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 26 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William C. Ralston | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Antonin Dvorak | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Clelands (Successors) Ltd. | Wallsend | Empire Aid | Larch-class tug | For the Admiralty. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | Empire Andrew | Maple-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. Ltd. | Aberdeen | Empire Ann | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Empire Law | Wave-class oiler | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Grangemouth | Empire Pym | Empire Pym type tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glory | Colossus-class aircraft carrier | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry Miller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John Straub | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Launceston Castle | Castle-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Stephen R. Mallory | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 55 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 28 Novem ber | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | James Manning | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 November | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Davey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 November | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Nehenta Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 29 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Albert A. Robinson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Lawrence Gianella | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Loch Killin | Loch-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Ross G. Marvin | Liberty ship | Completed as Samtroy for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 November | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Wilbur O. Atwater | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | A. J. Cermak | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Consolidated Steel Corporation | Wilmington, California | Cape Washington | Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship | For United States Maritime Commission |
| 30 November | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Charles Morgan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Edwin L. Godkin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Evans Creek | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | J. Fred Essary | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Napoleon B. Broward | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Richard B. Moore | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 November | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Robert Battey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |

## December

| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Isaac McCoy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Alexander Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 2 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John W. Searles | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Ammla | Liberty ship | Completed as Samvard for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 3 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Charles A. Young | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | John W. Davis | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 3 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Opie Reed | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Enos A. Mills | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George H. Powell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 December | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Hoggatt Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 4 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Louis Kossuth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 4 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Meyer Lissner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jose C. Barbosa | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Joshua B. Lippincott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 5 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Judah Touro | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Alexander Mitchell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Franklin H. King | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Grace R. Hebard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 6 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Israel Wheelen | Liberty ship | Completed as Samport for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 56 | TID-class tug | For the United States Army. |
| 7 December | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | A. Frank Lever | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Arthur M. Huddell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | George S. Wasson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Hugh L. Kerwin | Liberty ship | Completed as Samyale for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 7 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | J. C. Osgood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Walter L. Fleming | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Webb Miller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 7 December | United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Wisconsin | Iowa-class battleship | |
| 8 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Ben B. Lindsey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Empire Earl | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 8 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank H. Evers | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 8 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | James B. Miller | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Patrick H. Morrissey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 9 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Robert Wickliffe | Liberty ship | Completed as Sambalt for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 10 December | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | Baltimore, Maryland | Ben H. Miller | Liberty Ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empire Abbey | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 10 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | James Oliver Curwood | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jose J. Acosta | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Ralph Barnes | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Sherwood Anderson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 57 | TID-class tug | For the United States Army. |
| 11 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Charles Morgan | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Edgar E. Clark | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Edward G. Acheson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Empire Sedley | Scandinavian type cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 December | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Kadashan Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | | | Peacock | Black Swan-class sloop | |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | J. Harker Ltd. | Knottingley | Empire Alderney | Isles-class coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Oxford Castle | Castle-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Philip C. Shera | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 11 December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Wagon Box | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Anthony F. Lucas | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Frank R. Stockton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Gabriel Franchere | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | James W. Johnson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 12 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Peleg Wadsworth | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Silas | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. | Goole | Empire Sophy | Modified Warrior-type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 13 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Heber M. Creel | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John H. Quick | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 304 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | Empire Betsy | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Francis Wilson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Martha C. Thomas | Liberty ship | Completed as Samharle for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 14 December | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Owen Wister | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 14 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, VA | Vicksburg | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 14 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William A. Henry | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Claud Spreckles | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Eugene W. Hilgard | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | Joe C. S. Blackburn | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Salvador Brau | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 15 December | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Thomas Wolfe | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Byron Darnton | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | David Lubin | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Grant P. Marsh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 16 December | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Marcus Island | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 17 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Carl Thusgaard | Liberty ship | Completed as Samkey for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles Fort | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | John W. Gates | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | Mason L. Weems | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 58 | TID-class tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | VIC 36 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| 17 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | William Becknell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Bronson Alcott | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Frank J. Sprague | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Harry Percy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Melvil Dewey | Liberty ship | Completed as Samsacola for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 18 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Millen Griffith | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 18 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Narcissa Whitman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Jean P. Chouteau | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | John Drew | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 19 December | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission Santa Ynez | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 19 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Otis Skinner | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Eugene E. O'Donnell | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Frederick Bunting | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Isaac I. Stevens | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Julia L. Dumont | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Louis A. Godey | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 20 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Samdon | Liberty ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 21 December | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Elizabeth C. Bellamy | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Cromer | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 21 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Martin Van Buren | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 December | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Rebecca Boone | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 21 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | William R. Cox | Liberty ship | Completed as Samtweed for Ministry of War Transport. |
| 21 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | William Wolfskill | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 December | Netherlands | Van Vliet & Co | Hardinxveld | Elmenhorst | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Godeffroy & Co |
| 22 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Hart Crane | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Co. | Brunswick, Georgia | John B. Lennon | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 22 December | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Savo Island | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 22 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | William I. Chamberlain | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Jack Singer | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 December | United States | Delta Shipbuilding | New Orleans, Louisiana | J. C. W. Beckham | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | John Sherman | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Robert G. Cousins | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Richard Dunston Ltd. | Thorne | TID 59 | TID-class tug | For the War Department. |
| 24 December | United States | New England Shipbuilding Corporation | South Portland, Maine | Edward Kavanagh | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George B. Porter | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 24 December | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, NJ | Wilkes-Barre | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | Sunderland, Co Durham | Empire Curzon | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 26 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Charles Paddock | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 27 December | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd | Grangemouth | Empire Daughter | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 27 December | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd | Glasgow | Megna | Cargo ship | For J. Nourse Ltd. |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. | Sunderland | Bela | Intermediate type tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. |
| 28 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Edward J. O'Brien | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 December | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Harold T. Andrews | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 28 December | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, MA | Pasadena | Cleveland-class light cruiser | |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | Pipiriki | Refrigerated cargo liner | For New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 28 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | William Ford Nichols | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | CHANT 52 | CHANT | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Dallas City | Cargo ship | For Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 29 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Mary E. Kinnney | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 29 December | United States | Kaiser Shipyards | Vancouver, Washington | Ommaney Bay | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Converted S4 merchant hull |
| 30 December | United Kingdom | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | City of Chester | Cargo ship | For Ellerman Limes. |
| 30 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Drina | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 30 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Henry R. Schoolcraft | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | Lillian Wald | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 30 December | United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | Hingham, Massachusetts | Robert I. Paine | Buckley-class destroyer escort | |
| 30 December | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Venerable | Colossus-class light carrier | |
| 30 December | United Kingdom | Henry Scarr Ltd. | Hessle | Empire Walter | Near-Warrior type tug | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 December | United States | Permamente Metals Corporation | Richmond, California | George Luks | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 December | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | Harrington Emerson | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 December | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles, California | Henry L. Gantt | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 December | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | John White | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 December | United States | Marinship Corporation | Sausalito, California | Mission San Rafael | T2 tanker | For United States Maritime Commission. |
| 31 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samcree | Liberty ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 December | United States | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard | Baltimore, Maryland | Samettrick | Liberty ship | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| 31 December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Skull Bar | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| 31 December | United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Washita | T2 Tanker | For War Shipping Administration. |
| December | United Kingdom | Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | Hull | VIC 39 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |

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| | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB | Gävle | Aletta Noot | Cargo ship | For Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH |
| Unknown date | Germany | Gutehoffnungschutte AG | Walsum | Binz | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine |
| Unknown date | Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft | Lübeck | Celia | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For A. Kirsten |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. J. Yarwood & Sons | Northwich | Empire Billow | Water carrier | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth | Empire Citizen | Collier | For Ministry of War Transport |
| Unknown date | Germany | Greifenwerft AG | Stettin | Georg | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Lidingö Nya Varv & Vaerkstaeder AB | Lidingö | Glücksburg | Coaster | For H C Horn, requisition by Kriegsmarine on completion |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Helsingørs Maskinbyggeri. | Helsingør | Halsnaes | Cargo ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bathurst & Co | Tewkesbury | HDML 1246 | Harbour Defence Motor Launch | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Helsingborgs Varfs AB | Helsingborg | Heidberg | Cargo ship | For August Bolten Wm Müllers Nachtfolger |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | NV Werft Gusto | Schiedam | Hendrik Fisser VI | Hansa A Type cargo ship | For Fisser & Van Doornum |
| Unknown date | Japan | | | Leng Maru No.3 | Tanker | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Houston Shipbuilding Corp | Houston, Texas | L. H. McNelly | Liberty ship | For War Shipping Administration |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MFV-35 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MFV-36 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MFV-37 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MFV-38 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. | Whitstable | MFV-57 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. | Whitstable | MFV-58 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Anderson, Rigden & Perkins Ltd. | Whitstable | MFV-101 | Naval Motor Fishing Vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Nakskov Skibs Akt. | Nakskov | Millerntor | Hansa B type cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bolson & Son Ltd. | Poole | MMS 234 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 4 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Chepstow | MOWT 6 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 11 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 12 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 13 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmers (Hebburn) Co. Ltd. | Hebburn | MOWT 14 | Crane barge | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barry Graving Dock & Engineering Company | Barry | MOWT 28 | Floating crane | For Ministry of War Transport. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brooke Marine Ltd. | Lowestoft | MTB 681 | Motor Torpedo Boat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Anne | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Asaph | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. & C. French Ltd. | Grays Thurrock | St. Austell | Concrete barge | For F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. | Northwich | VIC 28 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brown's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | Hull | VIC 38 | VIC lighter | For the Admiralty. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | Duivendijks Scheepwerke | Lekkerkerk | Wilhelmshaven | Cargo ship | For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG |
| Unknown date | Germany | Gutehoffnungschutte AG. | Walsum | Unnamed | Tanker | For Kriegsmarine. Completed in 1946 as Kapitan Plaushevski for the Soviet Union. |