LIBERTY SHIPS - B


NAME
B'LDR
ENG
COMP.
HISTORY
B. Charney Vladeck 10 17 7.44 1944 WSA (Merchants & Miners Transp.Co, Baltimore)
1947 SARAYA, Cia.Nav.Sud-Americana, Panama.
1949 RIO GRANDE, Rio Grande Cia.Nav, Panama (Rethymnis & Kulukundis, London)
1956 ARCHON RAPHAEL, San Gabriel Cia.Mar, Panama (Faros Shipping Co, London)
1961 (Diamantis Lemos Ltd, London)
23.5.67 Aground near Djibouti at 11.44N 43.11E, towed to Djibouti.
27.2.68 Broke adrift from moorings at Djibouti and sank.
B. F. Irvine 12 10 8.43 1965 Converted at Portland, Ore. into a crane barge.
B. F. Shaw 12 10 4.43 Laid up at Beaumont, Texas.
1976 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Freeport, Texas.
Baku 12 10 7.43 Launched as DAVID DOUGLAS, completed as -
1943 BAKU, Lease-lend to U.S.S.R.
1975 Reportedly scrapped at Vladivostok.
1977 Deleted from Lloyds Register.
Banner Seam 04 11 7.45 Collier
1945 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1946 MICHAEL TRACY, M & J.Tracy Inc, NY.
1962 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Barbara Frietchie 02 08 11.43 1943 WSA (Dichmann, Wright & Pugh Inc, Norfolk, Va)
1946 WSA (A.H.Bull & Co, NY)
1949 Laid up, Wilmington, NC.
1951 Liberty Navigation Co, (J.H.Winchester & Co, NY)
1955 Liberty Nav.& Trading Co. (same managers)
1963 Returned to US Government.
1964 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Barney Kirschbaum 06 11 4.45 Boxed aircraft transport
1945 Laid up, Mobile.
1975 Scrapped Mobile.
Barrett Wendell 09 15 11.43 See SAMPHILL
Bartholomew Gosnold 10 09 9.43 1943 WSA (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
1948 SEABREEZE, A/S Sjofart (T.S.Bendixen, Lillesand), Norway.
1959 SKJELNES, A/S D/S Fjeld (Harald Meidell, Bergen) - Norwegian flag.
1961 JOHN G. L, Lamda Shipping Enterprises Corp, Panama (J.Livanos & Sons, London)
1964 SWIFT RIVER, Cardinal Seafaring Lines, British flag (same managers)
1965 KALLITHEA, Kallithea Shipping Co, Nicosia, Cyprus flag (same managers)
1966 Scrapped Osaka.
Basilan 04 10 4.44 Launched as JACQUES PHILLIPE VILLERE, completed as - 
1944 BASILAN (ARG12), US Navy Repair ship.
1945 BASILAN (AG68), US Navy Repair / Supply ship.
1947 Returned to US Government, laid up Suisun Bay.
1972 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Beckley Seam 04 08 7.45 Collier
1945 WSA (Eastern Gas & Fuel Assoc, Boston)
1946 Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Boston.
1947 MALDEN, Mystic Steamship Division - US flag (Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Boston)
1961 Massachusetts Trustees of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Boston
1963 EASTERN 3, converted to non-propelled barge at New Orleans.
Belgian Amity 09 19 4.45 Launched as LAWRENCE T. SULLIVAN, completed as - 
1946 BELGIAN AMITY, Belgian Gov't for Cie. Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal). 
1947 CAPITAINE LIMBOR, (Agence Maritime Internationale, Antwerp) - Belgian flag.
1962 CAPITAINE, Soc.Nav.Pan Europea, Panama (Soc.per Azione Industria Armamento, Genoa)
1962 NEVADA, Nevada Shipping Co, Panama (Keller Shipping Ltd, Basle, Switzerland)
1971 Scrapped Gandia, Spain.
Belgian Dynasty 10  09 7.43 Launched as HARRY A. GARFIELD, completed as 
1943 BELGIAN DYNASTY, Lend-lease to Belgian Gov't.
1947 CAPITAINE FRANKIGNOUL, Cie. Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal)  managed by Agence Maritime Internationale, Antwerp.- Belgian flag.
1959 HONESTAS, Ausonia di Nav di Fratelli Ravano di Alberto, Genoa.- Italian flag.
1964 MASTER ELIAS, Feliz Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (Dynamic Shipping Inc, NY)
1965 Scrapped Hirao, Japan.
Belgian Equality 05 08 2.45 Launched as RICHARD A. VAN PELT, completed as 
1945 BELGIAN EQUALITY, Lease lend to Belgian Gov't
1946 CAPITAINE HEUSERS, Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal), Antwerp.- Belgian flag
1950 Cie.Maritime Congolaise, Antwerp.
1960 Cie.Africaine de Nav, Antwerp.
1962 ST. DEMETRIUS, Twenty-sixth October Marine Co, Lebanese flag (Nomikos, Ltd, London)
1967 St.Demetrius Maritime Co, Gibraltar - British flag.
1969 Anastasios em Karavias - Greek flag (Karavias Ltd, London)
1969 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Belgian Liberty 17 10 7.43 Launched as GEORGE P.GARRISON, completed as 
BELGIAN LIBERTY, Lease lend to Belgian Gov't.
1947 GEORGE P.GARRISON, US Maritime Commission, laid up Hudson River.
1951 US Department of Commerce, managed by Prudential SS Corp, NY.
1952 Laid up, Hudson River.
1975 Scuttled off Virginia Capes as artificial fish reef.
Belgian Loyalty 14 11 8.42 Launched as RICHARD STOCKTON, completed as
BELGIAN LOYALTY, Lend lease to Belgian Gov't.
1947 RICHARD STOCKTON, US Maritime Commission, laid up Hudson River.
1951 US Department of Commerce, managed by American-Foreign SS Corp, NY.
1952 Laid up, James River.
1972 Scrapped Castellon, Spain.
Belgian Tenacity 10 09 4.44 1944 Lease lend to Belgian Gov't.
1947 CAPITAINE COSTERMANS, Cie.Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal), Antwerp.- Belgian flag. 
1960 SUDALISEO, Soc.per Azioni di Nav.Aliseo, Genoa.- Italian flag.
1968 Scrapped Vado.
Belgian Unity 10 08 11.44 Launched as BERT WILLIAMS (1), completed as 
1944 BELGIAN UNITY, Lease lend to Belgian Gov't.
1946 EARL A. BLOOMQUIST, US Maritime Commission managed by Dolphin SS Co, NY. 
1949 Laid up Hudson River.
1949 USMC managed by American Hawaiian SS Co, NY.
1951 US Department of Commerce (same managers)
1952 Laid up, Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Castellon, Spain.
Belle Isle 09 19 11.44 1944 BELLE ISLE (AG73), US Navy repair / supply ship.
1951 BELLE ISLE (AKS21), General stores issue ship.
1960 Stricken from US Navy list, presumed scrapped.
Belva Lockwood 12 10 3.43 1962 Scrapped Baltimore.
Ben A. Ruffin 16 17 4.44 WSA managed by US War Department, loaned to Chinese Gov't.
1946 HAI HSUAN, (China Merchants S.N.Co)
1947 China Merchants S.N.Co, Shanghai.
1950 Laid up Singapore after crew mutinied and took ship over in name of Chinese Communist Gov't.
1957 Awarded to US Gov't by court order.
1958 JULIA, General Marine Nav.Co, Liberian flag (Ocean Carriers Corp, NY)
1960 BRUCE THOMAS, Cia.de Nav.Maritima Netumar, Rio de Janeiro.- Brazilian flag.
1963 CAICARA, same owners.
1972 Scrapped Rio de Janeiro.
Ben B. Lindsey 03 11 12.43 1943 WSA (Interocean SS Corp, San Francisco)
1947 GIAMBATTISTA, Dani & Co, Genoa- Italian flag.
1964 DR. ANTONIS LEMOS Cheyenne Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (Panagiotis A.Lemos, London)
1966 OINOUSSIAN SEA, (same owner)
1967 EGNOUSA, Oinoussai Shipping Co, Cyprus (same managers)
1968 Scrapped Shanghai.
Ben F. Dixon 02 06 9.43 1943 WSA (United Fruit Co, NY)
1947 ANGELINA, A.H.Bull SS Inc, NY.- US flag
1961 Returned to US Department of Commerce.
1963 Scrapped Bordentown, Jersey City.
Ben H. Miller 02 19 12.43 1943 BEN H. MILLER, MOWT (Ellerman & Papayanni Line)
1947 CITY OF SHREWSBURY, Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co, London.- British flag.
1959 MARUCLA, Cia.de Nav.Arcoul, Panama - Lebanese flag (Marcou & Sons, London)
1965 (Vintifreighters, London)
1969 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Ben Holladay 12 10 6.43 1958 Scrapped Oakland, Calif.
Ben Robertson 16 17 1.44 1944 WSA (A.H.Bull Co Inc, NY)
1946 Constantine G.Gratsos, Athens.- Greek flag
1947 KASTOR, same owner (Dracoulis Ltd, London)
1949 (George D.Gratsos, Athens)
1963 Gratsos Bros, Athens.
1968 Scrapped Hirao.
Ben T. Osborne 12 10 9.43 1966 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Benito Juarez 17 18 4.43 1943 WSA (United Fruit Co, NY)
1947 JALAKIRTI, Scindia S.N.Co, Bombay.
1956 CHRYSANTHI, Cia.de Nav.Centrale, Panama - Liberian flag (Fafalios Ltd, London)
1964 Cia.de Nav.Centro, Lebanese flag (same managers)
11.9.66 Grounded off Singapore, refloated and laid up.
1968 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Benjamin A. Fisher 04 11 12.44 1966 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Benjamin Bonneville 14 11 2.43 1943 WSA (Coastwise Line, Portland, Ore)
1947 NICOLAOS PATERAS, Okeanoporos Shipping Co, Athens.- Greek flag (N.J.Pateras, London)
1953 EVANGELISMOS, same owner.
1955 (Harry Hadjipateras Bros, London)
1966 MANNA DESPOINA, Adelfotis Shipping Corp, Greece (same managers)
1968 Scrapped Shanghai.
Benjamin Bourn 17 08 8.42 1969 Scrapped New Orleans.
Benjamin Brown French 16 11 7.44 1969 Scrapped New Orleans.
Benjamin Carpenter 14 18 4.44 1960 Scrapped Barrow.
Benjamin Chew 02 08 8.42 Converted to a trial EC2-S-8a (7,246 g.t.) type.
Laid up at Mobile.
1973 Scrapped Panama City.
Benjamin Contee 02 08 9.42 1942 WSA (Mississippi Shpg.Co, New Orleans)
16.8.43. Damaged by aircraft torpedo, towed to Gibraltar, then UK. 
8.6.44 Sunk off Normandy beach head as part of Gooseberry harbour. Later destroyed by storms.
Benjamin D. Wilson 03 18 5.43 1962 Scrapped Baltimore.
Benjamin F. Coston 06 08 9.44 1964 Scrapped New York.
Benjamin Franklin 03 11 3.42 1958 Scrapped Tacoma.
Benjamin Goodhew 03 11 5.42 1961 Scrapped Staten Island, NY.
Benjamin H. Brewster 14 11 9.43 1943 WSA (Union Sulphur Co. NY)
1947 ANGELINA LAURO, Achille Lauro, Naples.- Italian flag.
1964 LILY LAURO, same owner.
1969 Scrapped Spezia.
Benjamin H. Bristow 13 11 1.43 1943 WSA (American West African Line, NY)
1969 Scrapped Mobile.
Benjamin H. Grierson 12 10 3.43 Laid up at Mobile.
1977 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Panama City, Florida.
Benjamin H. Hill 05 07 2.44 1944 WSA (A. L. Burbank & Co)
Laid up James River.
1971 Scrapped Bilbao.
Benjamin H. Latrobe 01 01 12.42 1942 WSA (American Export Lines Inc)
1947 VERCORS, French Gov't (Cie.des Messageries Maritimes, Paris)
1961 (Societe Fraimer, Paris)
1964 MANOLIS, Manolis Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (Dynamic Shipping Inc, NY)
1968 Scrapped Taiwan.
Benjamin Harrison 02 08 3.42 1942 WSA (Calmar SS Co, NY)
16.3.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.172 at 39.02N 24.15W.
Benjamin Hawkins 02 08 9.42 Laid up James River.
1973 Scrapped Bilbao.
Benjamin Holt 14 11 5.43 1958 Scrapped Oakland, Calif.
Benjamin Huntington 17 08 9.42 Laid up Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Santander.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler 03 07 12.42 10.44 Sunk by kamikaze attack at Leyte, refloated and used as depot ship. Later laid up at Suisun Bay.
1948 Scrapped USA.
Benjamin Lundy 03 11 3.43 1962 Scrapped Philadelphia.
Benjamin N. Cardozo 03 11 4.43 See SERPENS
Benjamin Peixotto 02 06 9.44 1946 Reported as constructive total loss (no details).
1948 Sold to China for scrap.
7.9.49 Grounded at Hong Kong during typhoon.
1950 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Benjamin R. Curtis 03 11 11.42 1942 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
1947 GRANDCAMP, French Gov't (Cie.Generale Transatlantique, Paris)
16.4.47 Cargo exploded at Texas City - total loss.
Benjamin R. Milam 17 13 6.43 Troop carrier
1943 WSA (American South African Line, NY)
8.3.45 Boiler Room explosion and sank off Baltimore, raised and repaired.
1947 HYERES, French Gov't (Soc.Gen.de Transport Mar.a Vapeur, Marseilles)
1961 DUERO, West African Carriers Corp, Lugano, Switzerland. Liberian flag.
1964 FANOR, Consorcio Nav.(Connavi), Montevideo.- Uruguayan flag.
1967 Laid up - Montevideo.
1968 Scrapped Santander.
Benjamin Rush 02 08 7.42 1954 Scrapped Baltimore.
Benjamin Schlesinger 02 08 2.44 1944 WSA (Moore-McCormack Lines, NY)
1946 Ponchelet Marine Corp, NY.- US flag.
1947 JEANNETTE L. ROUTH, same owners.
1948 BLACK POINT, Sprague SS Co, Boston, Mass.
1955 MARINE PIONEER, Marine Nav.Co, NY.
1962 (Marine Transport Lines Inc)
1963 American Union Transport Co, NY (Transamerican SS Corp, NY)
1963 Scrapped Veracruz, Mexico.
Benjamin Silliman 04 08 10.44 Laid up James River.
1971 Scrapped Bilbao.
Benjamin Smith 11 08 11.42 1942 WSA (South Atlantic SS Co, Savannah)
23.1.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.175 at 04.05N 07.50W.
Benjamin Warner 14 11 7.44 Laid up at Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Bilbao.
Benjamin Waterhouse 14 11 3.44 Laid up at Mobile.
1975 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Horn Island, Mississippi.
Benjamin Williams 11 16 10.42 1966 Scrapped Philadelphia.
Bernard Carter 02 19 8.42 1960 Scrapped Baltimore.
Bernard L. Rodman 17 11 2.45 1945 WSA (Overlakes Freight Corp, Detroit)
1946 WSA (Grace Line Inc. NY)
1948 WSA (American President Lines, San Francisco)
1951 SEAFIGHTER, Transpacific Nav.Corp, NY.- US flag.
1952 (Orion Shipping & Trading Co, NY)
1953 MELIDA, Incaicia Cia.Arm, Panama (N.J.Goulandris, London)
1959 Rosario SS Co, Liberian flag. (Suwannee SS Co, Jacksonville, Fla.)
1967 JUPITER, Jupiter Maritime Corp, Liberian flag (Motorships Inc, NY)
29.3.68 Aground at Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico 24.48N 112.19W - abandoned.
Bernard N. Baker 02 19 4.43 1964 Scrapped Wilmington, Del.
Bernardo O'Higgins 14 11 10.43 1959 Scrapped Oakland, Calif.
Bert McDowell 02 08 10.44 Completed as HOOPER ISLAND (ARG17).US Navy repair ship.
1948 Laid up, Alameda.
1952 Recommissioned for Korean War.
1959 Laid up, San Diego. 
1960 Laid up at Suisun Bay.
1970 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Bert Williams (1) See BELGIAN UNITY.
Bert Williams (2) 10 19 11.44 1944 WSA (Blidberg Rothchild Co, NY)
10.4.48 Ashore in Gulf of Suez, refloated and towed to Port Said, sold to Italy.
7.48 Broke loose from tow to Venice, broke in two.
1951 Forepart salvaged and joined to stern part of NATHANIEL BACON  at Genoa, renamed BOCCADASSE (7,740 g.t., 471.5ft)., Industriale Maritima, Genoa.- Italian flag.
1962 Laid up at Spezia.
1963 Scrapped Spezia.
Bertram G. Goodhue 17 18 6.44 1967 Scrapped Richmond, Calif.
Betsy Ross 14 11 3.43 1943 COR COROLI (AK91), US Navy cargo ship.
1946 BETSY ROSS, laid up James River.
1978 Reported scuttled as artificial fish reef off east coast of USA.
Betty Zane 11 08 1.43 Troop carrier 
1943 WSA (States Marine Corp, NY)
1947 ANASTASSIOS PATERAS, D.A.Pateras, Chios.- Greek flag. (Lemos & Pateras, London)
1963 ANASTASSIS, Maribenes Cia.Nav, Panama - Greek flag (Venizelos, Athens)
1965 Resurreccion Cia.Nav, Panama - Greek flag (same managers)
1967 Panama flag - same owners.
1967 Anastassis Cia.de Vapores, Panama (same managers)
1968 Scrapped Moji, Japan.
Big Foot Wallace 17 08 12.42 Launched as FITZHUGH LEE, completed as - 
1942 BIG FOOT WALLACE, WSA.
1945 Laid up.
1946 Resumed service during Korean War.
1952 Laid up at Mobile.
1965 Scrapped Panama City.
Billy Mitchell 03 11 6.43 1965 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Billy Sunday 03 18 7.43 1943 WSA (Luckenbach SS Co, NY)
1947 EURYVIADES, Soc.Mar.San Nicolas, Panama (Atlas Trading Corp, NY)
1951 Honduras flag - same owner (Petmar Agencies, NY)
1952 Liberian flag - same owner.
1961 Marchessini Lines Corp (P.D.Marchessini, London)
1961 PROTOKLIDOS, Protoklidos Cia.Nav, Panama - Lebanese flag (N.J.Pateras, London)
18.3.63 Aground on Portuguese coast at 39.30N 09.35W, refloated and taken in tow but sank 20.3.63 north of Cabo Roca.
Binger Herman 12 10 7.43 Laid up, Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Bjarne A. Lia 06 07 12.44 1944 WSA (Moore-McCormack Lines, NY)
1949 FREDERIC C. COLLIN, Drytrans Inc, NY.
1958 PENN TRADER, Bulkcargo Shipping Corp - Liberian flag (Penn Shipping Co, NY)
1958 Penntrans Co - US flag (same managers)
1964 HANOVER, Pan American Tankers Corp - US flag (George T.Bates & Co, NY)
1966 SANTA SOFIA, Santa Sofia Cia Armadora, Panama - Liberian flag.
1966 SIGALPHA, Ocean Transport Co.- Liberian flag (Neris Carbon & Oil Corp, NY)
1967 Coast Navigation Inc.- Liberian flag (Hugo Neu Corp, NY)
1968 Scrapped Split.
Black Hawk 04 08 2.43 1943 WSA (United Fruit Co, Boston)
29.12.44 Torpedoed by U.772 in English Channel. Stern blown off but forepart beached and later scrapped.
Bon Air Seam 04 08 5.45 Collier
1945 WSA (Sprague SS Co, Boston)
1946 Sprague SS Co, Boston.- US flag.
1948 PENOBSCOT, same owners.
1962 MARINE COASTER, Marine Navigation Co - US flag (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
1965 Scrapped Hirao.
Booker T. Washington 03 11 10.42 1969 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Brand Whitlock 03 11 7.43 1943 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
1947 NAVIGATOR, Cia.Nav.del Caribe.- Panamanian flag. (Lemos & Pateras, London)
1953 (Diamantis Pateras Ltd, London)
1954 Greek flag - same owners.
1960 KORNAT, Jugoslavenska Tankerska Plovidba Zadar, Yugoslavia.
1967 Scrapped Split.
Brander Matthews 14 11 8.43 1943 WSA (Pope & Talbot Inc, San Francisco)
1947 VALERIUS, Netherlands Gov't (Konink. Java-China Paket Lijnen, Amsterdam)
1950 ARUNDO, NV Maats.Zeevaart (Hudig & Veder, Rotterdam)- Dutch flag.
1955 KHIOS BREEZE, Pteroti Compagnia Naviera, Panama - Liberian flag (A.Lusi Ltd, London)
1959 NYMFEA, United Sea Transports Inc,- Greek flag (A.Lusi Ltd, London)
1962 (Chios Nav.Co, London)
1967 Scrapped Ikeda, Japan.
Bret Harte 12 08 6.42 1963 Scrapped Panama City.
Briansk 14 11 5.44 Launched as WILLIAM E.RITTER, completed as 
BRIANSK II, Lend lease to U.S.S.R.
1967 BRIANSK, U.S.S.R.
1969 BRYANSK, U.S.S.R.
1975 Reported scrapped at Vladivostok.
Brigadier General 
Clinton W. Russell
04 10 7.44 Launched as ROBERT W. BINGHAM, completed as 
1944 BRIGADIER GENERAL CLINTON W. RUSSELL, US Army aircraft repair ship.
1947 ROBERT W. BINGHAM, WSA
1959 Scrapped New Orleans.
Brigham Young 03 08 9.42 1943 MURZIM (AK95), US Navy cargo ship.
1947 Returned to US Government, laid up Suisun Bay.
1973 Sold for scrapping.
Brockholst Livingston 03 08 11.42 9.10.45 Ashore in typhoon at Okinawa - total loss. Later reported scrapped in China.
Bronson Alcott 10 17 12.43 See SAMAVON
Burias 04 10 4.44 Launched as MOLLIE MOORE DAVIS, completed as -
1944 BURIAS (ARG13), US Navy repair ship.
1947 Returned to US Government, laid up Suisun Bay.
Bushrod Washington 02 08 4.43 1943 WSA (American South African Line, NY)
15.9.43 Bombed and sunk at Salerno.
Button Gwinnett 16 17 5.43 1968 Scrapped Panama City.
Byron Darnton 02 08 12.43 16.3.46 Ashore Sanda Island at 55.17N 05.35W, broke in two, total loss .

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