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Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII

Posted by Ron Carlson on January 29, 2014, 1:35 pm

Friends,

Here is an interesting magazine article on the Liberty shipbuilding program during World War II.

http://www.marinelink.com/news/steaming-victory-wwii363512.aspx

Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com

Re: Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII

Posted by Melvin Query on February 1, 2014, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII"

Mr. Carlson, I read the article and found it to be very interesting and informative. I learned a little more about WWII and what we as a country did to defeat the axis. Mel

Re: Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII

Posted by Gerald Burr on January 31, 2014, 2:37 pm, in reply to "Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII"

Ron, I just read the whole article, it was very well written and gave me a better understanding of the Difficulties we faced in starting to increae production to aid our Allies and beat Hitler in the war at sea, Thanks for putting the article on our Web Site. Gerry

Re: Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII

Posted by Francis Kent on January 30, 2014, 4:01 pm, in reply to "Ugly Ducklings & Steaming the Way to Victory in WWII"

Thanks for putting that up, Ron. My first AG assignment was a Liberty, SS Alexander Martin, but I can't say I have fond memories of my time in her. The ship's carpenter used to say, "SS Alexander Martin Maru, f... all to eat and plenty to do."

-- Fran

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