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Documents: 11
| 4041 | BUNKER, John Gorley. Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War II. xiii, 287p., illus., index. Annapolis: USNIP, 1972. ISBN: 0870213407.
The enormous shipbuilding effort which built almost 2,800 of these ships in four years was critical in winning the battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 4042 | ELPHICK, Peter. Liberty: The Ships That Won The War. 512p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2001. ISBN: 1591144515.
A good history, describing both how and why they were built, as well as their exploits. |
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| 4043 | JAFFEE, Walter W. The Liberty Ships From A (A.B. Hammond) To Z (Zona Gale). Xii, 722p., bibliog., illus., index. Palo Alto, CA: Glencannon, 2004. ISBN: 1889901253.
A stunningly comprehensive reference work listing details of all 2710 Liberty ship from name to fate. A basic reference tool. |
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| 4044 | JORDAN, Roger W. The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. xvi, 624p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 1999. ISBN: 1591149592.
A listing of the ocean going fleets at the start of the war, arranged by country and company along with a section listing on wartime losses. An excellent reference work. |
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| 4046 | MITCHELL, W. H., & SAWYER, L. A. The Oceans, the Forts & the Parks: Merchant Shipbuilding for British Account in North America during World War II (Wartime Standard Ships, vol. 2). ix, 58p., illus., index. Liverpool: Journal of Commerce & Shipping Telegraph, 1966.
A catalogue of the merchant ships built in the US and Canada, including the escort carriers built on merchant hulls. |
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| 4047 | RIMINGTON, Critchell. Merchant Fleets: A Survey of the Merchant Navies of the World. xiv, 293p., illus. New York: Dodd Mead, [1942].
How Merchant Navies operate. A guide for laymen which pays scant attention to the fact of war. |
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| 4049 | SAWYER, L. A., & MITCHELL, W. H. Victory Ships and Tankers: The History of the Victory Type Cargo Ships and of the Tankers Built in the United States of America during World War II. 230p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; Cambridge, Mass.: Cornell Maritime, 1974. ISBN: 0715360361.
The US built successors to the Liberty ships, most of which survived the war. Gives details of the building programme and of the fate of each ship. |
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| 4050 | TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. Merchant Ships. Various paginations, illus., index. London: Sampson Low, annual volumes
The merchant marine equivalent of Jane's Fighting Ships. |
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| 4051 | WILLIAMS, David. Liners in Battledress: Wartime Camouflage and Colour Schemes for Passenger Ships. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 1989. ISBN: 0920277500.
Profusely illustrated. Although a general history, it is dominated by WW2. |
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| 4048 | SAWYER, L. A., & MITCHELL, W. H. The Liberty Ships: The History of the Emergency Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States during World War II. 238p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; Cambridge, Mass.: Cornell Maritime, 1970. ISBN: 0715349074. A catalogue of the ships and their individual fates, as well as general construction details. A revised edition was published in 1973. A second edition was published by Lloyd’s of London Press in 1985 (ISBN: 1850440492). |
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| 4045 | MITCHELL, W. H., & SAWYER, L. A. Empire Ships of World War II. viii, 120p., illus., index. Liverpool: Journal of Shipping and Commerce Telegraph, 1965. ISBN: 0715349147. Ships requisitioned by or built for the Ministry of Shipping were named with the prefix “Empire”. This lists and classifies all such ships - over 1,300 of them - and gives a brief history of each to 1964. A second edition was published in 1990, ISBN: 1850442754. |
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