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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 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 ...
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 ...
Ship name Namesake MC hull no. Ship type Laid down Launched Fate SS Jean P. Chouteau: Jean Pierre Chouteau: 2717 standard 30 November 1943: 19 December 1943: Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 SS Jean Ribaut: Jean Ribault: 2300 standard 23 March 1944: 5 May 1944: Scrapped 1970 SS Jedediah S. Smith: Jedediah S. Smith: 1650 standard 14 April 1943: ...
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 Jeremiah O'Brien is a Liberty ship built during World War II and named after the American Revolutionary War ship captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818).. Now based in San Francisco, she is a rare survivor [a] of the 6,939-ship 6 June 1944 D-Day armada off the coast of Normandy, France.
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