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Author : Leonard Arthur Sawyer
Release : 1970
Genre : Transportation
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Book Synopsis The Liberty Ships by : Leonard Arthur Sawyer
Download or read book The Liberty Ships written by Leonard Arthur Sawyer. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg H. Williams
Release : 2014-07-31
Genre : Transportation
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Book Synopsis The Liberty Ships of World War II by : Greg H. Williams
Download or read book The Liberty Ships of World War II written by Greg H. Williams. This book was released on 2014-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : David Doyle
Release : 2020-05-28
Genre : HISTORY
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Book Synopsis Liberty Ships by : David Doyle
Download or read book Liberty Ships written by David Doyle. This book was released on 2020-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Frederic Chapin Lane
Release : 2001-09-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Ships for Victory by : Frederic Chapin Lane
Download or read book Ships for Victory written by Frederic Chapin Lane. This book was released on 2001-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Sherod Cooper
Release : 1997
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Liberty Ship by : Sherod Cooper
Download or read book Liberty Ship written by Sherod Cooper. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
