Liberty Fleet Day was first observed on 27 September 1941, the day that 14 merchant ships were launched in shipyards across the United States under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. Among the ships launched was the first Liberty ship, SS Patrick Henry. Some of the merchant ships were subsequently converted to other purposes, including as troop transports and a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. In addition to the merchant ships launched, the US Navy launched two destroyers at the Boston Navy Yard.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the first liberty ship, SS Patrick Henry, at the yards of Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, Maryland, giving a speech as he did so. 27 September became known as Victory Fleet Day during the United States' participation in World War II.
LibertyFleetDay was first observed on 27 September 1941, the day that 14 merchant ships were launched in shipyards across the United States under the...
September 1941 was dubbed LibertyFleetDay to try to assuage public opinion, since the first 14 "Emergency" vessels were launched that day. The first of these...
Valletta, Malta, by units of the Sixth Fleet and given temporary repairs. After the repairs were completed, Liberty returned to the United States on 27 July...
commercial ships, including USS George Clymer, which took part in LibertyFleetDay on 27 September 1941. In the 1950s, Ingalls started bidding on Navy...
of Liberty immediately asked Vice Admiral William I. Martin at the United States Sixth Fleet headquarters to send a destroyer to accompany Liberty and...
Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie. Cowie was launched on 27 September 1941 LibertyFleetDay at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. C. R. Robinson, daughter...
counterparts. On LibertyFleetDay, September 27, 1941, then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was present at the launching of the first Liberty ship SS Patrick...
March 1941, by Boston Navy Yard and launched on 27 September 1941 LibertyFleetDay; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth H. Royal, granddaughter of Admiral Knight...
Oregon Shipbuilding was the Star of Oregon, which was launched on LibertyFleetDay, September 27, 1941. The rapid expansion of Portland area shipyards...
Germans when crossing the North Atlantic Ocean. On 27 September 1941—LibertyFleetDay—Boston launched two destroyers, USS Cowie and the USS Knight. Even...
Fairfield hosted LibertyFleetDay, with the launching of their first Liberty Ship, SS Patrick Henry. She was the first of an eventual 384 Liberty ships built...
prison walls called the "Liberty of the Fleet" or the "Rules of the Fleet". From 1613 on, there were also many clandestine Fleet Marriages. The boundary...
of these early-built ships joined the ship launching parade of the LibertyFleetDay on 27 September 1941. Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ: 5 Joseph Lykes...
1786. Liberty ships initially had a poor public image and to try to assuage public opinion, 27 September 1941, was designated LibertyFleetDay, and the...
118°12′58″W / 33.768916°N 118.215992°W / 33.768916; -118.215992). On LibertyFleetDay, September 27, 1941, the yard launched SS Alcoa Polaris, a C1-B type...
attending the seminar could foresee the day, rapidly approaching, when the last ship of that great fleet of over 2700 Liberty Ships would face the breaker's torch...
originally built by the company were also converted to military use. On LibertyFleetDay — September 27, 1941 — the yard launched the SS Adabelle Lykes. After...
Valletta, Malta, by units of the Sixth Fleet and was given temporary repairs. After the repairs were completed, Liberty returned to the United States on 27...
Singapore Airlines operates a predominantly widebody fleet, until the second re-introduction of the Boeing 737 in March 2021 following the merger with...
Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed...
The Black Sea Fleet (Russian: Черноморский флот, romanized: Chernomorskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and...
popular liberty port for navy personnel. In September 1945, the U.S. Marine Corps' Fifth Division landed at Sasebo, and in June 1946, U.S. Fleet Activities...
A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. On merchant vessels, seafarers of various...
Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR) is an international airport straddling the boundary between the cities of Newark...
Global Information