Author : Adolph A. Hoehling
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
Some 2,700 Liberty ships were built during World War 11, merchant vessels that carried supplies to America forces in every theater of war. U.S. Navy personnel formed the armed guard or guncrews for these ships.
Author : Adolph A. Hoehling
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780608002569
Author : Peter Elphick
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN :
"Culminating with the efforts to preserve the last surviving examples of these great ships, this is a fascinating account of one of the greatest achievements in maritime history, and a fitting tribute to all those who made and sailed on the ships that won the war."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Sherod Cooper
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
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 This book is based on logs, official documents, and reports in the National Archives, on the collection of unpublished Navy administrative histories in the Navy Department library, and on diaries, letters, and recollections of men who sailed on the Brown.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.
Author : L. A. Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 1973
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Greg H. Williams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476617546
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 : John Henshaw
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,32 MB
Release : 2019-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781526750631
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.
Author : Leonard Arthur Sawyer
Publisher :
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Liberty ships
ISBN : 9780850440492
Author : Stephen M. Carter
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 2020-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781913118884
This book offers a fresh and vibrant account of the military campaign of Argyll and Monmouth that concludes at Sedgemoor in July 1685.
Author : Bill Lee
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Liberty ships
ISBN :
