Posted:
August 1, 2008
The last Liberty Ship in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, the Arthur M. Huddell, was towed from the James River Reserve Fleet July 28. The Huddell will go first to the W3 facility in Norfolk, Va., to be prepared for towing across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea to Greece, where it will become a museum, the Maritime Administration reported.
In the largest shipbuilding effort in history, American shipyards built 2,751 Liberty Ships during World War II. Liberty Ships crewed by merchant mariners carried troops and military cargo all over the world. The building and sailing of the Liberty ships, and their successors, the Victory Ships, were overseen by the U.S. Maritime Commission and the War Shipping Agency, both predecessor agencies of today’s Maritime Administration. After World War II, Greek shipowners purchased many Liberty Ships to build up their fleet, MARAD reported.
Last Liberty Ship leaves James River fleet
The last Liberty Ship in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, the Arthur M. Huddell, was towed from the James River Reserve Fleet July 28. The Huddell will go first to the W3 facility in Norfolk, Va., to be prepared for towing across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea to Greece, where it will become a museum, the Maritime Administration reported.
In the largest shipbuilding effort in history, American shipyards built 2,751 Liberty Ships during World War II. Liberty Ships crewed by merchant mariners carried troops and military cargo all over the world. The building and sailing of the Liberty ships, and their successors, the Victory Ships, were overseen by the U.S. Maritime Commission and the War Shipping Agency, both predecessor agencies of today’s Maritime Administration. After World War II, Greek shipowners purchased many Liberty Ships to build up their fleet, MARAD reported.