Year: 2004 Language: english Author: James Davis Genre: History Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 164 Description: In 1936, well over 90% of the American merchant fleet was more than 20 years old. In order to ensure that America possessed a fleet that was adequate to meet the future anticipated needs a decision was made to greatly expand America's merchant fleet. The fleet was to be owned and operated by American companies, and in order to ensure their success the American government decided to subsidise the building costs and operating expenses of the ships. As yet there was little urgency in the programme, run by the US Maritime Commission. In 1941, faced with war already underway in Europe and an expectation of war with Japan, there was seen to be a need to expand the pre-war programme with a ship that could be built rapidly. The Liberty ship design was chosen to meet this immediate need. Eighteen new shipyards were built to meet the demand, and a workforce was trained to handle the construction. It was a project on a massive scale, undertaken with great speed and efficiency. The first Liberty ship (the Patrick Henry) was launched on 27 September 1941 (and completed on 30 December 1941), which was an incredible feat considering that just seven months previously neither shipyard nor workforce existed to build her.
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Liberty Cargo Ships
Language: english
Author: James Davis
Genre: History
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 164
Description: In 1936, well over 90% of the American merchant fleet was more than 20 years old. In order to ensure that America possessed a fleet that was adequate to meet the future anticipated needs a decision was made to greatly expand America's merchant fleet. The fleet was to be owned and operated by American companies, and in order
to ensure their success the American government decided to subsidise the building costs and operating expenses of the ships. As yet there was little urgency in the programme, run by the US Maritime Commission.
In 1941, faced with war already underway in Europe and an expectation of war with Japan, there was seen to be a need to expand the pre-war programme with a ship that could be built rapidly. The Liberty ship design was chosen to meet this immediate need. Eighteen new shipyards were built to meet the demand, and a workforce was trained to handle the construction. It was a project on a massive scale, undertaken with great speed and efficiency. The first Liberty ship (the Patrick Henry) was launched on 27 September 1941 (and completed on 30 December 1941), which was an incredible feat considering that just seven months previously neither shipyard nor workforce existed to build her.
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