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Liberty Ship Lack of Durability
Posted by: gerard heimann ()
Date: August 13, 2008 05:23PM

Because of their welded design and rapid construction, I assume that Liberty Ships were relatively easy to sink than other more stoutly constructed merchant ships. When reviewing the daily activity lists of sinkings, it appears that the Liberties frequently broke in two with very few torpedo hits. These ships were also prone to storm damage.

Do the records here support this opinion? I tried to research the topic but could not find a useful source.

Thank you,
Gerard

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Liberty Ship Lack of Durability gerard heimann 08/13/2008 05:23PM
Re: Liberty Ship Lack of Durability gerard heimann 08/13/2008 05:30PM
Re: Liberty Ship Lack of Durability Rainer 08/16/2008 10:34AM
Re: Liberty Ship Lack of Durability David 08/17/2008 04:47AM
Re: Liberty Ship Lack of Durability Walter Schmidt 08/17/2008 03:07AM
Re: Liberty Ship Lack of Durability gerard heimann 08/18/2008 12:35PM


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