Liberty Ship Wrecks WWII

Albert 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)....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

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 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 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...