The liberty ship?

Question

please tell me about the liberty ship and where i can find pictures

Answer 1

Liberty ships were a class of ships that were used in WWII for cargo and troop transports. They were built relatively quickly due to the demand for ships to transport goods and troops to the different theatres(Pacific and Europe). There are still mothball fleets that may contain liberty ships in case of future emergencies where a lot of ships would be needed in short order. Although, by now they've probably been scrapped as being too old and obsolete to restore and reactivate.

Answer 2

William B gave all the good info about the liberty ships. We have a number of them out here in the bay area rotting away waiting to be scraped.
I know of two that are still operating to this day. Check out:

http://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/

The SS Jeremiah O'Brien was at Normandy June 6, 1994 for the 50th of the D-Day landings.

http://www.liberty-ship.com/

Click an the picture links on the pages for great photos.
I took a 6 hour cruise on the John W. Brown on Chesapeake Bay. It was great. The best $120.00 I ever spent.

Answer 3

The "Liberty Ships" are as described above.

The USS Liberty was a American spy ship that Israel bombed the crap out of and almost sunk in 1967.

When North Korea saw how little air support the US Navy supplied to its own ships, it went and captured the USS Pueblo the very next year. The USS Pueblo is now an official North Korean Museum showing how they took on the USA and won.

(Israel did say "Sorry" so everything is OK between the USA and Israel. North Korea will not give back the Pueblo so we are still mad at them.)

Answer 4

Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II

"Liberty ship" was the name given to the EC2 type ship designed for "Emergency" construction by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. Liberty ships were nicknamed "ugly ducklings" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The first of the 2,751 Liberty ships was the SS Patrick Henry, launched on Sept. 27, 1941, and built to a standardized, mass produced design. The 250,000 parts were pre-fabricated throughout the country in 250-ton sections and welded together in about 70 days. One Liberty ship, the SS Robert E. Peary was built in four and a half days. A Liberty cost under $2,000,000.

The Liberty was 441 feet long and 56 feet wide. Her three-cylinder, reciprocating steam engine, fed by two oil-burning boilers produced 2,500 hp and a speed of 11 knots. Her 5 holds could carry over 9,000 tons of cargo, plus airplanes, tanks, and locomotives lashed to its deck. A Liberty could carry 2,840 jeeps, 440 tanks, or 230 million rounds of rifle ammunition.

Liberty ships were named after prominent (deceased) Americans, starting with Patrick Henry and the signers of the Declaration of Independence. 18 that were named for outstanding African-Americans.

Any group which raised $2 million dollars in War Bonds could suggest a name for a Liberty ship, thus, one is named for the founder of the 4-H movement in Kansas, the first Ukrainian immigrant to America, an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Union, and the woman who suggested the poppy as a symbol of American soldiers who died in World War I. The Francis J. O'Gara was named after a mariner who was presumed dead, but who in fact, was a Prisoner of War. He was the only person to visit a Liberty ship named in his honor.

Answer 5

most were built by kaiser steel,just double click the internet explorer,type in ixquick,save to favorites and type in liberty ships photos of

Answer 6

Check out this site as well.
http://www.lanevictory.org/index.htm