Type N3-S ships were a Maritime Commission small coastal cargo ship design to meet urgent World War II shipping needs, with the first of the 109 N3, both steam and diesel, type hulls delivered in December 1942. A total of 109 N3 ship were built by: * Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co. of Camden, New Jersey. * Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. of Superior, Wisconsin * Pacific Bridge Company of Alameda, California * Avondale Shipyard of New Orleans, Louisiana * Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company Beaumont, Texas * Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi * McCloskey shipyard, Tampa, Florida