Liberty ship

The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by German U-boats, they were purchased for the U.S. fleet and for lend-lease provision to Britain. Sixteen American shipyards built 2,751 Liberties between 1941 and 1945, easily the largest number of ships produced to a single design.

Shipyards

Liberty ships were built at 17 shipyardshttp://www.usmm.net/libyards.html, including:

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• New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine, a subsidiary of Bath Iron Works.
• Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.
• North Carolina Shibuilding Co., Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Permanente Metals Corporation's Yards No. 1 and 2, both Kaiser facilities in Richmond, California.
• St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
• J. A. Jones Construction Company, Panama City, Florida
• J. A. Jones Construction Company, Brunswick, Georgia See Brunswick, Georgia for some interesting history.