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Albert M. Boe was a boxed aircraft transport ship built by New England Shipbuilding Corporation. Laid down on 11 July 1945, launched on 26 September and delivered on 30 October, she was the last Liberty ship built. She served with the United States Army Transportation Corps.
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 ...
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. Mass-produced on an unprecedented scale, the Liberty ship came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial ...
On July 30, 1944, the ship sailed from Wilmington, Los Angeles, loaded with 12 night-fighter aircraft, and with a crew of 27 United States Navy Armed Guards and 41 men of the Merchant Marine. The aircraft were unloaded at Finschhafen, New Guinea, on August 28, 1944. The ship then sailed on to Oro Bay and to unload the rest of the cargo. [5]
SS Solomon Juneau (MC hull number 709) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.Named after Solomon Juneau, one of the founders and the first mayor of Milwaukee, the ship was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, and launched on 6 February 1943. [2]
SS Timothy Pickering (Hull Number 246) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Timothy Pickering, the third United States Secretary of State under George Washington and John Adams. The ship was laid down on 8 October 1941, then launched on 28 March 1942.
SS John Barry was a 7,200-ton American Liberty ship in World War II. The ship was built at one of the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and launched on 23 November 1941. Operated by Lykes Brothers Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. [2]
A. SS A. B. Hammond; SS A. Frank Lever; SS A. J. Cermak; SS A. Mitchell Palmer; SS Abigail Adams; SS Abigail Gibbons; SS Abner Doubleday; SS Abraham Clark; USS Acubens