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The End Of World War II: Looking Back 50 Years directly from production lines go- ing at full blast. This was achieved by "cannibalizing" vessels damaged beyond repair.

According toDaniel S. Brierley, in charge of maintenance and re- pair work in the War Shipping Ad- ministration, "Incredible as it may seem, it was actually possible to re- move pistons, complete with rings, from an engine of a West Coast manu- facturer, install them in an engine of an East Coast manufacturer in a vessel needing comparable minor repairs, without any alteration or machine work whatsoever."

Liberty Fleet Day

The Liberty ship was introduced to the American public on what was called Liberty Fleet Day.

PresidentRoosevelt, addressing a special message to the American people on September 27,1941, as 14 new merchant ships took to the wa-

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In his message, which he deliv- ered by electrical transcription at each of the fourteen launchings and over a nationwide radio network, the President declared that the U.S. merchant and naval shipbuilding program "is one of our answers to the aggressors who would strike at our liberty."

His message was broadcast at 12:55 p.m., Eastern daylight time, half an hour before the Patrick

Henry, first of the Maritime

Commission's emergency Liberty fleet, slid into the Patapsco River in

Baltimore. The launchings ranged from that of theSurprise at Chester,

Pa., at 7 a.m., to that of the Ocean

Ventura on the Pacific Coast at 9:30 p.m., Eastern daylight time. "Since 1936, when Congress en-

The concussion lifted the Moultrie literally out of the water and she struck so hard on coming down that she bounced... the vessel righted itself and appeared to have suffered no serious damage. acted the present Merchant Marine

Law," said President Roosevelt in his address, "we have been rehabili- tating a merchant marine which had fallen to a low level. Today we are continuing that program at ac- celerated speed ... The Patrick

Henry, as one of the Liberty ships launched today, renews that great patriot's stirring demand: 'Give me liberty or give me death.'"

The Liberty At War

Although only a very small per- centage of the Liberty ships suf- fered serious fractures, small cracks were far from unusual and the Com- mission was very concerned to dis- cover the best way to remove this hazard. It was recognized that cold temperatures as well as severe seas brought about breaks and this was emphasized by the fact that practi- cally all of them occurred in the cold

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