US Maritime Commission 1941-45: 2,710 Built Liberty Ships were one of the many reasons the allies won the Battle of the Atlantic in the second world war. The solution was brutally simple: To out-produce what the U-Boats can sink. These iconic mass-produced American cargo vessels of World War II are the best known, with their … Read more
⚓ 🧭 🚢 ⛵ ️🔗 All Nation’s merchant ships classes In 1914, just before World War I, global trade depended heavily on merchant shipping. Fleet size was usually measured in gross register tonnage (GRT), the total internal volume of commercial ships. These differs from military tonnage calculated in water displacement, either in short or long … Read more
US Maritime Commission Built 1938–1946, service 1938–1970, 328 ships Development Type C2 cargo ships were designed by the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. They were all-purpose, five holds vessels, and in total 328 were delivered from 1939 to 1945. Unlike the C1, the C2s were tailored for rapid Atlantic crossings, with emphasis put on … Read more
US Maritime Commission 1940-45: 238 Built The C3 Cargo Type: Faster than U-Boats SS Mormac Isle The more famous and far more numerous “Liberty Ships” derived for an, early standard cargo defined by MARCOM in 1938 to replaced WW1 vintage standard vessels. Three types were designed, the largest of which became the Type C3-class, third … Read more
T2 Tankers US Maritime Commission 1940-45: 533 Built The T2 Tankers: Bedrock of oil supply in WW2 Assembly and Construction of T2 Navy Tankers: Mission Santa nez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia Solano County, CA Was the allied effort ever in jeopardy because of oil tanker losses in the Atlantic ? Absolutely. Apart old merchant … Read more
