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This week in the War, 22–28 September 1941: The Liberty Ships

The first ‘Liberty Ship’, the Patrick Henry, was launched in Baltimore on 27 September 1941. Thousands of these 10,000-ton cargo vessels would be built in the USA before the war finally ended in 1945. By that time, the industrial capacity of … Continue reading

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