Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low … See more

Liberty ships were built at eighteen shipyards located along the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts:
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There are four surviving Liberty Ships.
• SS John W. Brown – operational and in use as a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, Maryland See more

• Allied technological cooperation during World War II
• Empire ships
• Hog Islander, WW I-designed American cargo ship design that served in WW II
• List of Liberty ships See more

Design
In 1936, the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels which could … See more

Use as troopships
In September 1943 strategic plans and shortage of more suitable hulls required that Liberty ships be pressed into emergency use as … See more

World War II
• EC2-S-AW1 Collier, for coal transport, 24 built by Delta SB.
• EC2-S-C1 dry cargo ships for Merchant Navy
• EC2-S-C1 converted for US Navy use See more