The Liberty Ships

The Liberty Ships
Author :
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Total Pages : 232
Release :
ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105035279947
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Liberty Ships by : Leonard Arthur Sawyer

The Liberty Ships of World War II

The Liberty Ships of World War II
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 371
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781476617541
ISBN-13 : 1476617546
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis The Liberty Ships of World War II by : Greg H. Williams

This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards, giving each ship's namesake and detailed descriptions of the companies that built the ships and the steamship companies that operated them during the war. This book also details the formation of two shipyards in South Portland, Maine, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corp. South Portland's shady operations were investigated by the U.S. Congress and resulted in the merger of both companies into the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in April 1943. Also featured is the Jeremiah O'Brien. Built by New England Ship in 1943 and one of only two operational Liberty ships left in the world, its service history and crew information are given along with its postwar restoration and return to Normandy in 1994.

Liberty Ship

Liberty Ship
Author :
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages : 272
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015040562905
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty Ship by : Sherod Cooper

The only book devoted exclusively to a single merchantman's seagoing career during World War II, this work describes the activities of the Liberty ship John W. Brown and of the Merchant Marine and Navy Armed Guard crews who manned the ship. As the author demonstrates in this thoroughly researched account, Liberty ships carried about two-thirds of the vital cargoes transported overseas during the war and played an indispensable role in landing and supplying the troops that defeated the Axis powers in Europe and Asia. This book is based on logs, official documents, and reports in the National Archives, on the collection of unpublished Navy administrative histories in the Navy Department library, and on diaries, letters, and recollections of men who sailed on the Brown. The insights derived from the author's interviews and correspondence with a number of the Brown's wartime Merchant and Navy Armed Guard crewmen add a personal dimension to the narrative. A fine collection of photographs supplements the text.

Ships for Victory

Ships for Victory
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 944
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0801867525
ISBN-13 : 9780801867521
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Ships for Victory by : Frederic Chapin Lane

A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.

Liberty Ships

Liberty Ships
Author :
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0764359592
ISBN-13 : 9780764359590
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty Ships by : David Doyle

Although not a weapon in the traditional sense of the word, arguably no item in the Allied arsenal contributed as much to the defeat of the Axis during WWII as did the Liberty ships. The 2,710 Liberty ships placed into service between 1941 and 1945 provided a vital link in the supply chain not only of US but also Allied forces during WWII. Although the basic design itself was obsolete even before the first one slid down the builder's ways, it had the advantage of being relatively easy to produce, and simple to operate and maintain. Thus, the vessels were mass-produced by no fewer than eighteen shipyards. Building time, initially 244 days, dropped to forty-two days per ship, although as a publicity stunt the Robert E. Peary was launched four days and fifteen and a half hours after the keel was laid.

The Liberty Ships of World War II

The Liberty Ships of World War II
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 371
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786479450
ISBN-13 : 0786479450
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Liberty Ships of World War II by : Greg H. Williams

This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards, giving each ship's namesake and detailed descriptions of the companies that built the ships and the steamship companies that operated them during the war. This book also details the formation of two shipyards in South Portland, Maine, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corp. South Portland's shady operations were investigated by the U.S. Congress and resulted in the merger of both companies into the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in April 1943. Also featured is the Jeremiah O'Brien. Built by New England Ship in 1943 and one of only two operational Liberty ships left in the world, its service history and crew information are given along with its postwar restoration and return to Normandy in 1994.

SS Jeremiah O'Brien

SS Jeremiah O'Brien
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1889901334
ISBN-13 : 9781889901336
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis SS Jeremiah O'Brien by : Walter W. Jaffee

Liberty

Liberty
Author :
Publisher : Chatham Publishing
Total Pages : 512
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1861761589
ISBN-13 : 9781861761583
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty by : Peter Elphick

The 'Liberty' ships were the most numerous type of merchant ships built during WW2. Designed for speed and ease of production, the ability of the American shipyards to turn these vessels out at unprecedented speeds (one, the Robert E. Peary, was completed in a record-breaking 5 days), enabled the Allies to replace the ships sunk by the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic and keep the vital transatlantic supply routes open.

Gallant Ship, Brave Men

Gallant Ship, Brave Men
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Publisher : Xlibris
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1413408508
ISBN-13 : 9781413408508
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Gallant Ship, Brave Men by : Herman E. Rosen

A spellbinding war memoir of a torpedoing and the fight for survival of 24 men in a lifeboat. Hank Rosen, Cadet-Midshipman aboard a Liberty ship, tells the dramatic story of 30 days adrift in the Indian Ocean."Gallant Ship, Brave Men" is an epic tale of heroism and sacrifice that builds suspense and proudly records the role of the Merchant Marine in World War II. "What an amazing story! I found it completely engrossing. Couldn't stop reading it, until I finished." Vice Admiral Joseph Stewart USMS, Superintendent United States Merchant Marine Academy

Liberty's Provenance

Liberty's Provenance
Author :
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages : 112
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1526750635
ISBN-13 : 9781526750631
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty's Provenance by : John Henshaw

The battle of the Atlantic fought by the Allies to maintain lines of communication and vital trade routes for armaments men and basic sustenance could not have been won without the 2710 Liberty ships that were designed and built for those critical one-way voyages to Europe--more than one voyage was considered a bonus. This book demonstrates the versatility of the Liberty ship and explores those that were developed for specialist use from hospital ships and mule transports to nuclear-age missile range ships.