Liberty ship
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Liberty ships are 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 State
SS Jeremiah O'Brien, one of the four surviving Liberty ships, photographed in 2022
Profile plan of a Liberty ship
A colored diagram of compartments on a Liberty ship, from the right side, front to the right Machinery spaces Command and control Liquid stores Dry cargo Engine room Misc Dry stores Habitation
140-ton vertical triple expansion steam engine of the type used to power World War II Liberty ships, assembled for testing before delivery
T2 tanker
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The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 53
The T2 tanker Hat Creek in August 1943
The new T2 tanker Schenectady broke in two at its dock due to brittle metal and bad welding
The fractured USS Ponaganset (AO-86), at the General Ship and Iron Works, Boston, MA., 9 December 1947
The T2 tanker "Pendleton" bow in 1952