Liberty Ships
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Liberty Ships
From the Mobile Alabama museum. Mobile was where a lot of Liberty Ships were made and after the war great fleets were stored for decades in the Mobile delta and known as the Ghost Fleet. Now they have all been scrapped.
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DuncaninFrance
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Re: Liberty Ships
A drawing of one that was sunk off Plymouth in 1945.
Invented by Great Britain............
Invented by Great Britain............
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Duncan
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Re: Liberty Ships
Yes Duncan, they were a British concept, but I can't find any record of UK building any of them.
"The class was developed to meet British orders for transports to replace ships that had been lost.
Eighteen American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945 (an average of three ships every two days),
easily the largest number of ships ever produced to a single design."
Robert, On your sign, notice the drop in "Days On Ways" from over 9 months to 2 months, in just 2 years.
Here is a list of Liberty Ships and Tankers built at ADDSCO during WWII.
https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/ ... /ships.pdf
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"The class was developed to meet British orders for transports to replace ships that had been lost.
Eighteen American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945 (an average of three ships every two days),
easily the largest number of ships ever produced to a single design."
Robert, On your sign, notice the drop in "Days On Ways" from over 9 months to 2 months, in just 2 years.
Here is a list of Liberty Ships and Tankers built at ADDSCO during WWII.
https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/ ... /ships.pdf
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DuncaninFrance
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Re: Liberty Ships
I thought I had posted this before Vern but it is a very interesting book if you can find a copy.
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Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.