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An ammunition ship is an auxiliary ship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for naval ships and aircraft. An ammunition ship's cargo handling systems, designed with extreme safety in min
USNS Kilauea, one of the last US Navy ammunition ships
SS John Burke
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SS John Burke was an American Liberty Ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 type 'EC2-S-C1' ships that carried all kinds and types of dry cargo during the war. The ship was named for John B
Ammunition ship
…in spectacular explosions during the war, such as USS Mount Hood, which exploded in the Admiralty Islands on November 10, 1944, and the Liberty ship SS John Burke, which was hit by a single kamikaze attack near the Philippines on December 28, 1944, and which was captured on film by an amateur photographer on a…
SS John Burke on 10 May 1944, north west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A color-coded diagram of compartments on a Liberty ship, from the starboard side, bow to the right Machinery spaces Command and control Liquid stores Dry cargo Engine room Misc Dry stores Habitation