Comments on: Liberty takes a bow

Liberty takes a bow

breezeway — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:36:20 -0800

By: greatgefilte

greatgefilte — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:03:32 -0800

What? Another post about the Liberty? Will this never die?? ... Oh. Those are actually rather nice.

By: singletrack

singletrack — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:38:52 -0800

Good stuff! Anybody know the conection between this ship and Wilford Brimley? I'll give ya a hint: There was a Baldwin involved, too.

By: breezeway

breezeway — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:56:10 -0800

I'll bite.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:20:50 -0800

While it sports no bow art, the Jeremiah O'Brien features gun deck artwork of a somewhat racy variety and is still available for voyages.

By: X4ster

X4ster — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:44:41 -0800

The troop transport Liberty ship the Upshur was in service in 1968 and made at least one trip from Long Beach CA to Viet Nam carrying GI's. Arrived in time for Tet offensive. I wonder how many of us Army types who went to RVN traveled on WWII troop ships? I never saw any bow art before, didn't know that there was such a thing..

By: trinarian

trinarian — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:54:32 -0800

You know the Russian ships carrying the missiles in the Cuban Missile Crises were Liberty ships we had given them during the war. So says Dr. Leonard at UNF, anyway. The jerk gave me a C, so it might be a shady source.