Liberty Ships Live On
Spring/Summer 1988
| Volume 4
| Issue 1
What a fine Winter 1988 issue! As a maritime historian I wanted to offer you a little additional information relating to James R. Chiles’s “The Ships That Broke Hitler’s Blockade.”
Mr. Chiles is quite right that the Jeremiah O’Brien , in San Francisco, is the only Liberty ship your readers can see, but others are still in existence. A few years ago one former Liberty was spotted in the Orient, and while little is known about her operations, she was sailing strong as the Zhong Hua . With the supply of parts long gone, crafty mechanics the world over have still been able to repair the Liberty because she is a simple, basic ship.
Allan E. Jordan
Roslyn Estates, N. Y.
