Owned slide with copyright
Photo Rick Garcia
San Francisco
30/10/1990

Jerry and Jeremiah !

3 inch AA gun mounted on fo'castle

Built 1943
She arrived in the UK 9/8/1943, included in her war service was 12 round trips to the Normandy beachhead.
Then 18 months of commercial service followed, including a visit to Australia.
7/2/1946 Laid up in reserve at Suisan Bay near San Francisco.
1978 The National Liberty Ship Memorial Inc was formed and ship made available to them and restoration commenced in 1979.
7/10/1979 first steamed and made a small trip with 503 crew and guests onboard.
21/5/1980 arrived at her permanent berth as shown in photo.