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Exploring Liberty Ships: A Quiz on Maritime History

Test your knowledge of Liberty ships and their historical significance in maritime history with this engaging quiz.

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1 California Shipbuilding Corp., ________

2 In ________, the Arthur M. Huddell was transferred to Greece to be converted to a floating museum dedicated to the history of the Greek merchant marine [16].

3 In 1936, the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels to be used in wartime by the ________ as naval auxiliaries.

4 Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the ________ during World War II.

5 Permanente Metals Corporation, ________ (a Kaiser facility)

6 North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, ________

7 Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, ________

8 Constance Tipper of ________ demonstrated that the fractures were not initiated by welding, but instead by the grade of steel used which suffered from embrittlement.

9 Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, ________

10 Johns River Shipbuilding, ________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Joshua Hendy Iron Works - a struggling business with only 60 employees by the late 1930s - ended World War II having supplied the engines to almost 30% of America's 2,700 Liberty ships (pictured).
  • the Aquarama, built in 1945 as a Liberty ship, was converted into the largest passenger ship ever to operate on the Great Lakes.
  • the original Liberty ship was designed by the owners of J.L. Thompson and Sons shipyard in Sunderland.
  • the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, (pictured) the second named for an African American, was sponsored by singer Lena Horne and constructed in 42 days from start to delivery.
  • the Liberty ship SS Timothy Bloodworth was the first ship to be hit by a V-2 rocket.
  • despite being hit by two torpedoes that broke her in half, only one life was lost in the sinking of the Liberty ship SS James B. Stephens.
  • during World War II, the Joshua Hendy Iron Works under the management of Charles E. Moore built one 137-ton Liberty ship engine every 40.8 hours.
  • after the death of New Jersey Representative George N. Seger, a Liberty ship used in World War II was commissioned in his honor.
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