Latest "liberty ship" stories

The Navy called them ‘mutineers.’ But were they really scapegoats?

It was the largest court-martial for mutiny in U.S. Navy history. The 50 defendants had one thing in common: They were all African-Americans.

By John A. Haymond, MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History

5 years ago

Baltimore’s WWII-era Liberty ship could be homeless soon

The 440-foot-long gray vessel is one of only two fully operational Liberty ships, which transported vast numbers of military personnel and countless tons of cargo during the war — and the only one sailing regularly out of the port city where it was built.

By Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun via the AP

5 years ago

The Army finishes dismantling an old Liberty Ship’s nuclear reactor

The Sturgis was converted into a floating nuclear power plant in the 1960s. The U.S. Department of Defense decided in 2012 to dismantle the ship.

5 years ago

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