Liberty Ship Wrecks 1900-2000
View All Liberty Ship on the Wreck MapAlbert Gallatin Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE 1-26 IN ARABIAN SEA WHILST EN-ROUTE NEW YORK TO BANDAR SHAPUR. (LIBERTY SHIPS & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES)....
Alheli Wreck
EX- HENRY DODGE, EX- GIOVANNI AMENDOLA. BUILT IN 1943 BY PERMANENTE (SHIPYARD NO.2), RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SAN ANTONIO, INC....
Andrew G Curtin Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD INC. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339 NHP. PA...
Arthur Middleton Wreck
BUILT 1942 BY BETHLEHEM-FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-73 OFF CAPE FALCONE, NR ORAN. CREW OF 42 & 24 ARMED GUARD, ALL KILL...
Castledore Wreck
BROKE IN TWO, BECAME TOTAL LOSS.
Charles C. Pinckney Ohms Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR CASABLANCA. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U514 OFF THE AZORES. ALL 7...
Christopher Newport Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE TORPEDO. (LIBERTY SHIPS) TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 457, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN DAMAGED BY TORPEDOES DROPPED...
Cyrus H Mccormick Wreck
BUILT 1942 BY PERMANENTE METALS, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION, VESSEL WAS ON PASSA...
Daniel Morgan Wreck
ABANDONED AFTER BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING AIR ATTACK OFF NOVAYA ZEMLYA & WAS LATER TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-88. VESSEL WAS ON PASSAGE REYKJAVIK TO N...
David Caldwell (Fwd Section) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 BY N CAROLINA SB CO, WENT AGROUND DURING A STORM & BROKE IN TWO. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. VESSE...
Diamantis Gafos Wreck
ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION IN HEAVY WEATHER. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Duncan L Clinch Wreck
MINED IN LE HAVRE ROADS. BROKE IN TWO. BOW SANK AND STERN STRANDED. WAS ON PASSAGE BUENOS AIRES TO ROUEN. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Edward H Crockett Wreck
ATTACKED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-310 IN THE BARENTS SEA. LATER SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM BRITISH DESTROYER 1.5HRS AFTER ATTACK. PASSAGE ATCHANGEL FOR THE U...
Elias Howe Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE I 10 IN THE GULF OF ADEN WHILST ON PASSAGE DURBAN FOR ADEN. (DODS).
Elihu Yale Wreck
ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT BY GUNFIRE & TORPEDOED 3M S OF ANZIO. (WW2SL) ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT WHILE ON OHMS DUTIES 0.5M OFF BEACH APPROX 3M S OF A...
Euxeinos Wreck
EX- J.MAURICE THOMPSON, EX- MOUNT ATHOS. BUILT IN 1943 BY PERMANENTE (SHIPYARD NO.2), RICHMOND, CALIF. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AFTHONIA CIA. NAV, SA....
Flora Macdonald Wreck
BUILT IN FEB 1943 BY NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING CO. PASSAGE TAKORADI & MARSHALL FOR FREETOWN. CARGO 3750 TONS COCOA, 2000 TONS MAHOGANY, 500 TONS RUB...
George Thatcher Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY CAIFORNIA SB CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE US WAR ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339 NHP. PASSAGE CHARLESTOWN FOR MOMB...
Georges Wreck
AGROUND & WRECKED IN KARA SEA. LATER BROKE UP. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
James Russell Lowell(Fore Section) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT BY OREGAN SHIPBUILDING CORP. ON PASSAGE FROM BIZERTA FOR HAMPTON ROADS. TORPEDOED & DAMAGED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-371 OFF ALGERIA. BEACH...
James W. Denver Ohms Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY BETHLEHEM-FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD, BALTIMORE. PASSAGE BALTIMORE & NEW YORK FOR NORTH AFRICA. SUNK WHEN TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE U19...
Jean Nicolet Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY OREGON SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE LOS ANGELES FOR FREEMANTLE AND CALCUTTA....
Jeremiah Wadsworth Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY TODD HOUSTON SHIPBUILDING CORP. SUNK BY U.178 SUBMARINE OFF SOUTH AFRICA. PASSAGE NEW ORLEANS FOR BOMBAY. (THE LIBERTY SHIPS)
John Barry Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY OREGON SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 330NHP. PASSAGE PH...
John Bell Wreck
BUILT BY TODD HOUSTON SHIPBUILDING CORP. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR BANDAR SHAPUR. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-410 OFF SARDINIA. (LIBERTY SHI...
John Carter Rose Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339NHP. OWNED BY U.S WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE NEW YORK & TR...
John H. Couch Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943, WAS TORPEDOED AND BADLY DAMAGED BY A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, LATER BEACHED BUT BECAME A TOTAL LOSS. (DODS) BELIEV...
John Hancock Wreck
VESSEL, WHILST ON PASSAGE HONOLULU & CRISTOBAL FOR GUANTANAMO & PHILEDELPHIA, WAS SUNK BY SUBMARINE OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA. (LIBERTY SHIPS, LLOYD...
John Penn Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1942 BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, WAS ON PASSAGE NY & LOCH EWE TO N RUSSIA, WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED BY AERIAL TORPEDO IN TH...
Jose Navarro Wreck
PASSAGE HOUSTON FOR CALCUTTA. TORPEDOED BY U-178. (WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & LIBERTY SHIPS).
Julia Ward Howe Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY SOUTH PORTLAND (WEST YARD) SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY...
Lagadu Wreck
No description
Lee S. Overmann Wreck
VESSEL MINED OFF LE HAVRE WHILST EN ROUTE FROM NEW YORK. (LL WW2).
Meriwether Lewis Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY THE OREGON SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION. PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR LOCH EWE. TORPEDOED BY U-634, FO...
Meyer London Wreck
SUNK BY A SUBMARINE TORPEDO OFF LIBYA. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Molly Pitcher Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD. ON PASSAGE FROM BALTIMORE & NEW YORK TO CASABLANCA. WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-167, DAMAGE...
Paul Hamilton Wreck
VESSEL, SUNK BY AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED TORPEDOES NORTH OF ALGIERS. 504 SERVICEMEN KILLED, THE MAJORITY BEING A SPECIAL DEMOLITION SQUAD ON PASSAGE TO THE A...
Pelagia Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 BY THE BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD, LAID DOWN AS 'PHILIP F.THOMAS', LATER IN 1951 'MOUNT VERNON' AND 1952 'SEAWORLD'. OWNED AT TIM...
Penelope Barker Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339 NHP....
Praxiteles Wreck
SPRANG A LEAK AND WAS BEACHED. LATER SANK.
Richard Casnell Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY NORTH CAROLINA S.B. CORP. WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339NHP. PASSAGE BUENOS AIRES FOR RIO JANEIRO & NEW YORK. SUNK BY SUBMARINE...
Richard Henderson Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT BY PERMANENTE METALS CORP. NO 2. ON PASSAGE FROM PHILADELPHIA TO BANDAR SHAPUR. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-410 OFF SARDINIA....
Ridgefield Wreck
BUILT IN 1945. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY RIDGEFIELD NAV CO. BROKE IN TWO ON RUNNING AGROUND ON EASTERN REEF, GRAND CAYMAN. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Robert Bacon Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY THE DELTA SB CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE ROUTE SUEZ AND MOMBASA FOR BAHIA. TORPEDOED BY U-17...
Roger B. Taney Wreck
7.2.43 BUILT IN 1942 BY BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORP LTD, QUINCY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE SUEZ & SALDANHA BA...
Sambo Wreck
MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT 'SAMBO', BUILT AUG'43 BY CALIFORNIA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, WAS TORPEDOED BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE I.27, 10M S OF PERIM ISLAND, G...
Sambridge Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE I 27 WHILST ON PASSAGE MADRAS FOR NEW YORK. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Samsuva Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-31O WHEN IN BARENTS SEA. PASSAGE ARCHANGEL FOR THE USA. (LLWWII, LIBERTY SHIPS).
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood Wreck
BUILT BY DELTA SHIPBUILDING CO. TORPEDOED BY U-195. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Stephen Hopkins (I) Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY RICHMOND S.B CORP WITH TRIPLE- EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY U.S WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE PORT LI...
Thomas Hooker Wreck
BROKE IN TWO AND SANK AFTER BEING ABANDONED IN HEAVY WEATHER. PASSAGE BONA FOR NEW YORK. (LIBERTY SHIPS).
Thomas Mckean Wreck
BUILT BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY U.S WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE PHILA...
Thomas T. Tucker Wreck
A LIBERTY SHIP, BUILT IN 1942 BY TODD HOUSTON SB CORP WITH A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339NHP. ASHORE AT OLIFANTS BOSCH POINT BETWEEN SLANGKOP & CAPE...
Valiant Effort Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 AS LIBERTY SHIP 'RUFUS W PECKHAM' [EX 'SEA GALE', EX 'NICHOLAS C.H'., EX 'PITSA H'] BY BETHLEHEM-FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD. ON PASSAGE FRO...
Walter Camp Wreck
PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR CALCUTTA. TORPEDOED BY U-532. (WWS2L, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & LIBERTY SHIPS).
William B Woods Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM PALERMO FOR NAPLES. TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-952. ABANDONED & SANK. CREW OF 43, 28 US NAVY & 456 US ARMY. ONE US NAVY &...
William Clarke Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY THE OREGON SB CORP. PASSGE HVALFJORD FOR ARCHANGEL. TORPEDOED BY U-354 OFF JAN MAYEN ISLAND FOLLOWING EARLIER ATTACK BY JU-88 OF II./...
William Gaston Wreck
BUILT IN 1942 BY NORTH CAROLINA S.B. CORP. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE U.861. PASSAGE ROSARIO & RIVER PLATE FOR RIO DE JANEIRO & TRINIDAD. ALL 46 CREW & 21...
William H Webb (Probably) Wreck
VESSEL RAN ASHORE ON A REEF NEAR KILDIN ISLAND, AND BROKE IN TWO. (LIBERTY SHIPS)
William H Welch (Fwd Section) Wreck
RAN ASHORE IN A STORM IN BLACK BAY, LOCH EWE AND BROKE IN HALF OFF EILEAN FURADH MOR. THE STERN SANK BUT BOWS DRIFTED OFF BEFORE RUNNING AGROUND. WITN...
William Hulme Wreck
VESSEL, SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 453600N, 144100E. THIS POSN PLOTS WELL ASHORE AND MUST BE INCORRECT. ON PASSAGE FROM BALTIMORE TO TRIESTE. DAMAGED BY A...
William K Vanderbilt Wreck
BUILT IN 1942. PASSAGE VILA FOR SUVA. TORPEDOED BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE I.19. (LIBERTY SHIPS, WW2SL, LL WW2).
William Pierce Frye Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY SOUTH PORTLAND SHIPBUILDING CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339NHP FOR 11.5...
William S Rosecrans Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT BY OREGON SHIP BUILDING CORP. ON PASSAGE FROM NAPLES TO USA. DAMAGED BY MINES IN THE GULF OF SALERNO & LATER SUNK BY TORPEDO AND GUNFIRE...
Zaneta Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 BY PERMANENTE [SHIPYARD NO.2], RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ADRIAN MARITIME CO LTD. ON PASSAGE FROM MORMUGAO TO T...