Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington

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World War II industrial facility shipyard

Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility operated by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, known for rapidly constructing escort carriers, Liberty ships, and other naval vessels for the U.S. Navy.

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Label Occurrences
Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington 1
Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II industrial facility ⓘ
shipyard ⓘ
associatedWith Kaiser Shipyards, Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swan Island shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtTypeOfVessel cargo ship ⓘ
escort carrier ⓘ
naval auxiliary ship ⓘ
category Industrial history of Washington (state) ⓘ
United States Navy shipyards NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II shipyards of the United States ⓘ
constructionMethod assembly-line shipbuilding ⓘ
prefabrication ⓘ
contributedTo Allied naval expansion in World War II ⓘ
rapid delivery of cargo ships ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employedDuringPeak tens of thousands of workers ⓘ
employedGroup migrant workers ⓘ
skilled tradespeople ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
endOfOperation 1945 ⓘ
historicalRole part of U.S. emergency shipbuilding program ⓘ
impact accelerated industrialization of the Portland–Vancouver region ⓘ
stimulated population growth in Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
industry shipbuilding ⓘ
locatedIn Clark County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vancouver, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington (state)
locatedOn Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor mass production techniques ⓘ
rapid ship construction ⓘ
operator Henry J. Kaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Kaiser Company, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kaiser Shipyards NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEra World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced Liberty ships NERFINISHED ⓘ
ammunition ships ⓘ
attack transports ⓘ
escort aircraft carriers ⓘ
producedFor United States Maritime Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDecline end of World War II shipbuilding demand ⓘ
relatedTo Kaiser Permanente NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaiser wartime health plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance major contributor to U.S. wartime ship output on the West Coast ⓘ
startOfOperation 1942 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ

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USS Guadalcanal → builder → Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) → builder → Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington