These lists of Liberty ships are sortable lists, allowing ships to be looked up by

hull number A hull number is a serial identification number given to a boat or ship. For the military, a lower number implies an older vessel. For civilian use, the Hull Identification Number (HIN) is used to trace the boat's history. The precise usage varie ...

Liberty ship Liberty ships were a ship class, class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost cons ...

s were a type of mass-produced

cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's List of seas, seas and Ocean, oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. ...

built to meet inexpensively the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

maritime transport needs. * List of Liberty ships (A-F) * List of Liberty ships (G–Je) * List of Liberty ships (Je–L) * List of Liberty ships (M–R) *

List of Liberty ships (S–Z) This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships— cargo ships built in the United States during World War II—with names beginning with S through Z. Description The standard Liberty ship (EC-2-S-C1 type) was a car ...

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