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Another Liberty ship that exploded was the rechristened SS Grandcamp, which caused the Texas City Disaster on 16 April 1947, killing at least 581 people. Six Liberty ships were converted at Point Clear, Alabama, by the United States Army Air Force, into floating aircraft repair depots, operated by the Army Transport Service, starting in April 1944.
The Gallant Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins Sinks a German Raider Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine from American Merchant Marine at War – U.S. Maritime Service Veterans; Gallant Ship Award Citation from U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia from Houghton Mifflin.
The last Liberty Ship built in the West Coast of the United States. [6] Scrapped 1971 SS Benjamin Waterhouse: Benjamin Waterhouse: 2773 standard 29 February 1944: 23 March 1944: Reefed off Horn Island, Mississippi 1975 SS Benjamin Williams: Benjamin Williams: 165 standard 19 July 1942: 23 September 1942: Scrapped 1966 SS Bernard Carter: Bernard ...
Ship name Namesake MC hull no. Ship type Laid down Launched Fate SS S. Hall Young: S. Hall Young: 479 standard 2 March 1943: 31 March 1943: Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 SS S. M. Babcock: Stephen Moulton Babcock: 590 standard 5 October 1942: 1 November 1942: Scrapped 1967 SS S. M. Shoemaker: S. M. Shoemaker: 2667 standard 8 July 1944: 10 ...
SS Benjamin Harrison was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Benjamin Harrison, an American planter and merchant, a revolutionary leader, and a Founding Father of the United States. She served a year from March 1942 to March 1943, when she was attacked and scuttled.
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 ...
SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the ... America was launched on 31 August 1939 and was ... having only barely passed the Statue of Liberty ...
SS Lawton B. Evans was a Liberty ship, with hull number 'MCE 746'. She launched at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company on 1 January 1943, sponsored by Betty Jane Hard, Winner of Scrap Metal Drive, Milledgeville, Georgia. The cosponsor was Mrs. E. D. Veal, Principal of Midway School, Milledgeville, Georgia. [3] [4]