No matter the number of people on board, taking a one-day cruise on a Liberty is in no way comparable to spending weeks crammed into one of these things along with hundreds of troops and their gear. The Liberty simply wasn't designed or built to haul great numbers of people over great distances. They were for the most part no-frills freighters. I served on one, the Alexander Martin, and we carried troops to the Med and brought POWS back to Norfolk with us. I dan't recall being comfortable on either voyage.
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