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Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, [ 3 ] the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost construction.
These lists of Liberty ships are sortable lists, allowing ships to be looked up by hull number. Liberty ships were a type of mass-produced cargo ship built to meet inexpensively the United States's World War II maritime transport needs. List of Liberty ships (A-F) List of Liberty ships (G–Je) List of Liberty ships (Je–L) List of Liberty ...
Hellas Liberty. Arthur M. Huddell was built by St Johns River Shipbuilding Company. Her keel was laid on 25 October 1943. She was launched on 7 December and delivered on 18 December. [85] Converted to a pipe carrying ship in 1944 for use in Operation Pluto. [86] Laid up in Suisun Bay in 1946. Sold in 1956 to American Telephone & Telegraph Co. [2]
List of Liberty ships (Je–L) List of Liberty ships (M–R) This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships — cargo ships built in the United States during World War II —with names beginning with S through Z.
List of Liberty ships (S–Z) This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships — cargo ships built in the United States during World War II —with names beginning with M through R.
SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert Peary, an American explorer who was among the first people to reach the geographic North Pole, she was launched on November 12, 1942, just 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes after the keel was laid down.
SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships. [6] As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years.
SS Stephen Hopkins was a United States Merchant Marine Liberty ship that served in World War II. She was the only US merchant vessel to sink a German surface combatant during the war. She was built at the Permanente Metals Corporation (Kaiser) shipyards in Richmond, California.