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| Keywords: WSA Photo 4235.jpg Victory and liberty ships in California Shipbuilding Corporation English Wikipédia from the War Shipping Administration 1944-04 WSA Press release from the War Shipping Administration May 20 1945 <pre> 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 </pre> 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 http //www shipbuildinghistory com/history/shipyards/4emergencylarge/wwtwo/kcalifornia htm here this photo would most likely have been taken sometime between 14 April and 26 April 1944 PD-USGov Liberty ships Victory ships | ||||
