THE LIBERTY SHIPS-HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE VESSEL

RUNNING HEAD : Liberty Ships

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The term Liberty Ships ' refers to EC2 type ships that were designed and constructed by the United States Maritime Commission for use during the World War II (Elphick , 2006 .The World War II had various nations invest huge amount of resources in efforts to improve their attack and defense military strategies (Cynthia ,1995 .The liberty ships though built by the US were British in conception . The ships were quick and cheap

to build . Between 1941 and 1945 , about 2 ,751 liberty ships were built . This makes the liberty ships the largest number of ships that were built using a single design The US showed immense effort when it came to the building of the liberty ships . These ships carried about 12 to 25 Naval Armed Guard and a crew of about 41 . During the World War II , about 200 liberty ships have been estimated to have been destroyed by explosions , torpedoes , mines , and Kamikazes (weaponry used by the Axis . Since the liberty ships were constructed for use during the World War II , they had a stein-mounted 4-in (102mm ) deck gun . The gun was used to fight against the surfaced submarines . In addition , the liberty ships had several types of anti-aircraft guns . Each Liberty ship had the following characteristics Length : 441 feet , 6 inches , Beam : 56 feet 10 3 /4 inches , Dead Weight : Tonnage 7 ,000 tons : Cargo carried : 9 ,140 tons Draught : 27 feet...