Liberty ships

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Liberty ships were mass-produced American cargo vessels built during World War II to rapidly transport war supplies and troops across the Atlantic and other theaters.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Liberty ships canonical 11
Liberty ship 7
Liberty ship class 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II ship type ⓘ
cargo ship ⓘ
armament defensive guns for anti-submarine and anti-aircraft use ⓘ
averageDeadweightTonnage about 10000 DWT ⓘ
basedOn British Ocean-class cargo ship design ⓘ
beam approximately 57 feet ⓘ
builtAt Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard ⓘ
California Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
Kaiser Shipyards ⓘ
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company ⓘ
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
builtIn United States shipyards ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructionMethod mass production ⓘ
welded hull ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewComplement about 20–40 Naval Armed Guard ⓘ
about 40 merchant crew ⓘ
designedBy United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
developedBy United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
firstLaidDown 1941 ⓘ
hasPurpose ocean cargo transport ⓘ
transport of troops ⓘ
transport of war supplies ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of American industrial mobilization in World War II ⓘ
length approximately 441 feet ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
notableExample SS Jeremiah O'Brien ⓘ
SS John W. Brown ⓘ
SS Robert E. Peary ⓘ
linked to: SS John W. Brown
notableIssue hull cracking in cold waters ⓘ
numberBuilt 2710 ⓘ
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
postwarUse commercial cargo service ⓘ
conversion to other civilian uses ⓘ
reserve fleet storage ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1945 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1941 ⓘ
propulsion triple-expansion steam engine ⓘ
record SS Robert E. Peary was built in under 5 days ⓘ
replacedBy Victory ship ⓘ
roleInBattle Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
serviceEntry 1941 ⓘ
speed about 11 knots ⓘ
usedBy Allied powers ⓘ
British Merchant Navy ⓘ
United States Merchant Marine ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allied merchant shipping → includes → Liberty ships ⓘ
New England Shipbuilding Corporation → shipTypeProduced → Liberty ship ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
Victory ship → replaced → Liberty ship ⓘ
subject linked to: Victory ships
linked to: Liberty ships
Victory ship → isMoreDurableThan → Liberty ship ⓘ
subject linked to: Victory ships
linked to: Liberty ships
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards → product → Liberty ships ⓘ
Arthur Middleton (Liberty Ship) → shipType → Liberty ship ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
Arthur Middleton (Liberty Ship) → vesselClass → Liberty ship class ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
VC2-S-AP2 → predecessorDesignFamily → Liberty ship ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
Permanente Metals Corporation → product → Liberty ships ⓘ
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard → product → Liberty ships ⓘ
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard → associatedWith → Liberty ship program ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation → shipTypeProduced → Liberty ship ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
War Shipping Administration → uses → Liberty ship ⓘ
linked to: Liberty ships
SS Robert E. Peary → category → Liberty ships ⓘ