Liberty ships

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:beam 57 feet
gptkbp:builtBetween 1941
1945
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:United_States
welded hull
gptkbp:builtYear multiple U.S. shipyards
gptkbp:capacity 10,856 deadweight tons
gptkbp:crew 38 to 62
gptkbp:designedFor rapid construction
gptkbp:fate many scrapped after war
some converted to other uses
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched gptkb:SS_Patrick_Henry
gptkbp:length 441 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter prominent Americans
gptkbp:notableFor mass production
symbol of wartime industrial effort
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:SS_Jeremiah_O'Brien
gptkb:SS_John_W._Brown
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2710
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Maritime_Commission
gptkb:War_Shipping_Administration
gptkbp:predecessor British Ocean-class ship
gptkbp:propulsion triple-expansion steam engine
gptkbp:purpose transporting war supplies
gptkbp:speed 11 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:ship
gptkbp:survivesIn gptkb:SS_Jeremiah_O'Brien
gptkb:SS_John_W._Brown
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Kaiser
gptkb:Merchant_Mariners_of_World_War_II
gptkb:James_River_Reserve_Fleet
gptkb:U.S._Merchant_Marine
gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkb:Beaumont_Shipyard
gptkb:Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:Henry_J._Kaiser_Co.
gptkb:Kaiser_Steel
gptkb:Lackawanna_Shipyard
gptkb:Quincy_Shipyard
gptkb:Wilmington_Shipyard
gptkb:Avondale_Shipyards
gptkb:U.S._Merchant_Marine_(World_War_II)
gptkb:California_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liberty ships