Data set for "Learning from Experience and Learning From Others. An exploration of learning and spillovers in wartime shipbuilding", [with Rebecca Achee Thornton], American Economic Review, December 2001.

The data set makes use of a highly detailed set of data collected from various sources. The primary source for this data set was collected from the National Archives. These data were supplemented with information gathered from Ships for Victory by Frederic Lane and A Statistical Summary of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II by Gerald Fischer.
Download zip files containing worksheets of ship and yard data for:
Liberty Ships
Other WWII Ships
Download zip file containing the final data set used in this paper.