A list of Empire ships that were of United States origin. See Lists of Empire ships for references.
4 Ships built prior to the establishment of the United States Shipping Board
- Chicago Shipbuilding Company
- Empire Newt (built 1903)
- American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland Ohio
- Empire Stickleback (built 1895)
- Toledo Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, Ohio
- New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
- Empire Woodlark (built 1913)
93 Ships built for the USSB, approximately between 1917 and 1920. The majority of these ships were of standard designs of 7,500dwt, 8,800dwt, 9,400dwt and 9,600dwt. Plus 4 ships shortly after the USSB reign.
- Skinner & Eddy, Seattle, Washington
- Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington
- American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Pennsylvania
- Empire Barracuda
- Empire Dolphin
- Empire Falcon
- Empire Flamingo
- Empire Hawk
- Empire Mahseer
- Empire Ortolan
- Empire Razorbill
- Empire Shearwater
- Empire State, launched as Shaume was not an Empire ship.
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
- Empire Kangaroo
- Empire Kudu
- Empire Magpie
- Empire Peacock
- Empire Redshank
- Empire Reindeer
- Empire Thrush
- Empire Toucan (1920, but not for the USSB)
- Empire Whale
- Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
- Todd Dry Dock and Construction Company, Tacoma, Washington
- Columbia River Shipbuilding, Portland, Oregon
- Northwest Steel, Portland, Oregon
- G. M. Standifer Construction, Vancouver, Washington
- Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, Chester, Pennsylvania
- Empire Kite, later Empire Seal (1922, not for USSB)
- Empire Lapwing (Bristol yard)
- Empire Swan (1922, not for USSB, sister ship of Kite, both early motor ship designs)
- Southwestern Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California
- Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- J. F. Duthie & Company, Seattle, Washington
- Empire Adur (1920, not for the USSB)
- Empire Gannet (I)
- Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation, Alexandria Virginia
- Pusey & Jones, Gloucester, New Jersey
- various others (1 ship per yard)
21 Ships built for the United States Maritime Commission, approximately after 1939
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California (C1-S-AY1)
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
- Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Bethlehem Sparrows Point, Sparrows Point, Maryland