August
| Date | Ship | Country | Builder | Location | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02012-08-011 August | Eugene T. Chamberlain | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-011 August | St. Mary's | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-022 August | Jacob A. Westervelt | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-022 August | O. L. Bodenhamer | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-033 August | Alexander R. Shephard | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-033 August | George Pomutz | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-044 August | Mellette | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Company | Portland | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-055 August | Masbate | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-055 August | Robert S. Lovett | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-066 August | Hendry | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-077 August | Frederick W. Wood | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-077 August | Thomas B. King | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-077 August | Mifflin | United States | Permanente Metals, #2 Yard | Richmond, California | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-088 August | George N. Seger | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-088 August | Henry Hadley | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-099 August | George Ade | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1010 August | Ida Straus | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1010 August | Nicaragua Victory | United States | Permanente Metals, #1 Yard | Richmond, California | Victory ship | |
| 02012-08-1010 August | S. M. Shoemaker | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1010 August | Rutland | United States | Kaiser Company | Vancouver, Washington | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-1212 August | Isaac Delgado | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1212 August | James Swan | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1212 August | Palawan | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1212 August | Napa | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Company | Portland | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-1212 August | Empire Tapley | United Kingdom | I Pimblott & Sons Ltd | Northwich | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 02012-08-1313 August | Fall River | United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Baltimore-class cruiser | |
| 02012-08-1414 August | R. Walton Moore | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1515 August | Alfred I. Dupont | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1616 August | Michael Moran | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1616 August | Thomas Bradlee | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1616 August | Thomas Bulfinch | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1616 August | William Tyler | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1717 August | Edward K. Collins | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1717 August | Robert F. Broussard | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1717 August | Talladega | United States | Permanente Metals, #2 Yard | Richmond, California | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-1818 August | Niels Poulson | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1919 August | Empire Cowdray | United Kingdom | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd | Sunderland | Cargo ship | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 02012-08-1919 August | Lorado Taft | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1919 August | Martha Berry | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-1919 August | Sanborn | United States | Kaiser Company | Vancouver, Washington | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-1919 August | Topeka | United States | Bethlehem Steel Company | Quincy, Massachusetts | Cleveland-class cruiser | |
| 02012-08-2020 August | Antietam | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia | Essex-class aircraft carrier | |
| 02012-08-2020 August | Chicago | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia | Baltimore-class cruiser | |
| 02012-08-2020 August | Los Angeles | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia | Baltimore-class cruiser | |
| 02012-08-2121 August | Ancil F. Haines | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2121 August | Frederick H. Baetjer | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2121 August | Legion Victory | United States | Permanente Metals, #1 Yard | Richmond, California | Victory ship | |
| 02012-08-2121 August | Highlands | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-2222 August | Alexander V. Fraser | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2222 August | Arthur J. Tyrer | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2222 August | Irvin S. Cobb | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2222 August | Tazewell | United States | Permanente Metals, #2 Yard | Richmond, California | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-2323 August | Sieur de la Salle | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2424 August | William Lyon Phelps | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2424 August | Newberry | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Company | Portland | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-2525 August | Howard L. Gibson | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2626 August | C. Francis Jenkins | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2626 August | Jesse Cottrell | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2727 August | Little Rock | United States | William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia | Cleveland-class cruiser | |
| 02012-08-2828 August | Alfred J. Evans | United States | Delta Shipbuilding Company | New Orleans | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2828 August | Frank P. Walsh | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2828 August | Hinsdale | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-2828 August | Empire Jura | United Kingdom | A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 02012-08-2929 August | Negley D. Cochran | United States | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company | Jacksonville, Florida | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2929 August | Thomas Eakins | United States | Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation | Houston, Texas | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-2929 August | Darke | United States | Oregon Shipbuilding Company | Portland | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-2929 August | Kittson | United States | California Shipbuilding Corporation | Los Angeles | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-3030 August | William Libbey | United States | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards | Baltimore | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3030 August | Telfair | United States | Permanente Metals, #2 Yard | Richmond, California | Haskell-class attack transport | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Archibald R. Mansfield | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Boulder Victory | United States | Permanente Metals, #1 Yard | Richmond, California | Victory ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | C. H. M Jones | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Cassius Hudson | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Brunswick, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Floyd Gibbons | United States | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation | Savannah, Georgia | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Galen L. Stone | United States | New England Shipbuilding Company | South Portland, Maine | Liberty ship | |
| 02012-08-3131 August | Raymond V. Ingersoll | United States | J. A. Jones Construction Company | Panama City, Florida | Liberty ship |
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