74 years ago today, on 6 September 1952
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On 26 September 1906, schooner Governor Stone sinks in Hurricane in Heron Bay Alabama. This must have been 'Hurricane Six' which moved in on the evening of the 26th.
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84 years ago today, on 19 September 1942, Liberty ship SS John W. Brown entered service with the War Shipping Administration.
She was the 62nd Liberty ship constructed at the Bethlehem-Fairfield yard, and completed in just 54 days.
MuseumShip SS John W. Brown (Project Liberty Ship), Baltimore, MD
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On 15 September 1942, Schooner Governor Stone was purchased for $1 by the US War Shipping administration, and was converted for use as a training vessel by the Merchant Marine Academy.
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On 21 July 1959, NS Savannah was launched at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
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106 years ago today, on 14 July 1917 lake freighter SS Valley Camp (Hullnumber 721) was launched at American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH, as the 'Louis W. Hill'.
MuseumShip Valley Camp, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
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83 years ago today, on 3 July 1943, Liberty-ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien entered service with the War Shipping Administration.
SS Jeremiah O'Brien, National Liberty Ship Memorial, San Francisco, CA
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114 years ago today, on 1 July 1911, the Great Lakes freighter Col. James M. Schoonmaker was launched at Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan.
MuseumShip at the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, OH
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81 years ago today, on 27 June 1945, SS Lane Victory was delivered to the War Shipping Administration.
MuseumShip at the Lane Victory Maritime Center, San Pedro, CA
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81 years ago today, on 20 June 1945 Victory ship SS American Victory was delivered to US War shipping Administration. The ship was built at the California Shipbuilding Yard (Calship) in Los Angeles, California in just 55 days.
American Victory Ship & Museum, Tampa, FL
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