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Description WSA Photo 4235.jpg | Victory and liberty ships in California Shipbuilding Corporation |
Date | |
Source | English Wikipédia from the War Shipping Administration |
Author | WSA |
Summary
Press release from the War Shipping Administration, May 20, 1945.
War Shipping Administration Washington, D.C. News photo Release No. 76, (#2 of 5). For Release May 20, 1945. Your Merchant Marine Has Grown American merchant shipyards have built four ships for every prewar ship we had. Our fleet of Liberty, Victory, C-type and other vessels reached an all-time high of more than 3,500 dry cargo vessels, and more than 900 high-speed tankers. This huge fleet, in 1944, moved out of the United States more than 72 percent of 78,500,000 tons of cargo shipped. Three percent were carried by the U.S. armed forces and 24 percent by the combined tonnage of other United Nations. Transfer of troops and supplies from Europe to the far Pacific, over sea lanes ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 miles, will demand maximum efficiency in the use of our huge fleet under control of the War Shipping Administration and the United Nation's pool. --WSA photo 4235
Photo and above from http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/116liberty_victory_ships/116visual1.htm
This photo appears to have been taken at California Shipbuilding Corporation (Calship) in Wilimgton, Califonia , because all of the identifiable ships were built at that facility during 1944.
The ships that can be identified are:
- SS U.S.S.R. Victory (MC Hull 3) (foreground)
- SS Philippines Victory (MC Hull 5)
- SS Brazil Victory (MC Hull 8)
- SS Mexico Victory (MC Hull 7)
- a Liberty ship , probably SS Martin Johnson (MC Hull 2244)
- Two more Victory ships, another Liberty, and two more Victory ships beyond
All of the above ships have been launched (i.e. are in the water) and are being fitted out. So, taking into account the launch dates of all of the identified ships and the delivery dates (all found here ), this photo would most likely have been taken sometime between 14 April and 26 April 1944
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