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of countries wanting to rebuild their fleets. In response, the United States passed a law in March 1946 allowing the sale of
American vessels to foreign nationals. In July of that same year, the US Maritime Commission decided to sell ships for cash or on credit to allied governments or individuals from allied powers who could produce a letter of guarantee from the state.
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Further, Greek purchases of
Liberty ships continued through the 1950s, with the peak occurring in 1963 before the number in the Greek fleet began declining in 1964. Of the 722 Liberties in service in 1966, 603 were owned by Greeks. By the early 1970s, Greeks controlled the biggest commercial fleet in
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For the remainder of the war and immediate post-war period, she carried coal, general cargo, and personnel. Departing in
February 1945, the ship carried coal in a convoy from Hampton Roads in Virginia to Marseilles in France before returning the following month to Philadelphia. In May 1945, the ship
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Of the 1,272 ships operating under the Greek flag at the start of World War II, 914 were lost during the course of the war. Following the end of the war, all of the undamaged Allied shipyards were operating at full capacity, building replacement ships for their own fleets. Greece was among a number
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was awaiting its turn to be scuttled as a fish reef, an exchange of communications between Greece and officials in the United States began in an effort to obtain the ship for Greece. Shipowner Spyros M. Polemis played a significant role in activating members of the Greek
Diaspora to assist in this
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As a result, a number of Greek shipowners who had dollars in
American banks bought Liberty ships, with many registering them in Honduras, Panama, and the United States. Those shipowners without this source of funds asked the Greek state to provide them with a letter of guarantee, which on 6 April
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Other work was undertaken to restore the vessel, as near as possible, to being a sistership to the Greek
Liberties of the post-war years, including changing the grey paint that had covered her hull and superstructure throughout her the service of the US Government to more commercial colours.
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The relative agreement was signed on between US Maritime
Administrator Sean Connaughton and Greek Minister of Merchant Marine, Georgios Voulgarakis on 30 June 2008. The ship was subsequently towed in the next month to a repair facility in Norfolk, Virginia for the necessary inspections and
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being decommissioned following the end of the
Vietnam War. As a result, there was no need to retain in the reserve the few remaining Liberty ships, which led to most being scrapped or scuttled with obsolete ammunition or to create dive and fishing reefs. By the end of the 20th century, the
858:. She departed New York, 22 September 1944, carrying 70 mi (110 km) of pipe and general cargo. She then spent 84 days in London, unloading 17 mi (27 km) of pipe into a cable-laying ship and unloading the remainder at the dock. This turned out to be
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the world. As the
Liberty ships had formed the foundations on which their post-war merchant fleet was built, the Greek shipping community referred to the Liberties as the “blessed ships”. To honor the service of the Liberties, several members of the
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1946, the Greek government issued for the purchase of up to 100 Liberty ships. Backed by this financial guarantee, Greek shipowners were able to purchase 98 Liberty ships from the US Government between
December 1946 and April 1947.
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Two years later, following the loading of cables from the Simplex Wire & Cable Company pier in Newington, the vessel was again employed in cable transport operations, this time in conjunction with the cable ship
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In June 1945, the ship transported coal to Marseilles in France before continuing on to Port de Bouc from where it carried 619 French and Moroccan troops to Oran in Algeria. In July of that year the ship returned to
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was used in US Navy cable-laying operations in the Pacific. Once this work was completed, the vessel was again laid up at James River Fleet, 22 August 1983. After that date, many components, including the
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Between 15 February 1947 and 9 October 1947 the ship was again assigned under a general agency agreement and bareboat charter to A.H. Bull before being again laid up in the Reserve Fleet.
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until laid up in September 1945, with a brief operating period in 1947. Between October 1947 and February 1956, the ship was in long-term layup. In 1956,
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propeller, which has the same diameter of 18 ft (5.5 m) as on a Liberty ship. The difference is that the Liberty has an output of 2,500
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effort. As a result of the efforts of US politicians of Greek heritage headed by Rhode Island Senator
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preparations before on 6 December 2008 the ship left Norfolk under tow by the Polish tug
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Young, Victor (October 2020), "Hellas Liberty: A floating museum and a 'blessed ship'",
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after several years mitigating hazardous materials and negotiations and was renamed
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loaded explosives and general cargo in Jacksonville, she sailed for
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923:in July 1978 to support cable operations for the
3345:Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia
2660:Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
1485:Hellenic Communication Service (14 April 2009).
1347:"St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL"
1039:. General repairs and conversions took place at
843:, South Carolina, with a cargo of explosives to
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2948:Museum of Anthropology of University of Athens
2665:Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies
1449:"Cornerstone of Greek shipping: 100 Liberties"
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2983:Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
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733:International Union of Operating Engineers
586:562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m) (grain)
1535:SOSUS/IUSS: Monitoring the World's Oceans
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589:499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m) (bale)
474:441 feet 6 inches (135 m)
2963:Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece
2753:Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
1550:Pournara, Margarita (29 November 2017).
1468:. Greek Shipping Miracle. Archived from
1368:Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
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799:(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1215, by the
748:American Telephone and Telegraph Company
517:2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C)
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2809:Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art
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635:4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
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1655:St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
1584:Historic American Engineering Record
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801:St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
629:3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
127:St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
2859:Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum
2844:National Museum of Contemporary Art
2789:B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation
1317:Hellenic Communication Service 2009
1508:"Last Liberty ship reaches Greece"
1447:Harlaftis, Gelina (19 July 2012).
912:, California on 11 October 1957.
904:, the ship was transferred to the
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2717:Goulandris Natural History Museum
2620:Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
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2625:Kerameikos Archaeological Museum
1537:. IUSS/CAESAR Alumni Association
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902:Distant Early Warning (DEW) line
651:37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1
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1213:, Illustration, sheet 20 of 20.
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2819:Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
2686:Byzantine and Christian Museum
2635:National Archaeological Museum
1031:was officially transferred to
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1329:Ship Management International
761:(SOSUS) until 1983. In 2009,
538:triple-expansion steam engine
524:2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
266:, California, 11 October 1957
255:, Virginia, 25 September 1945
199:U.S. official number: 244760
3271:(British ships owned by the
3259:(Anglo-American predecessor)
2727:Museum of the City of Athens
105:A. H. Bull Steamship Company
2978:Theatrical Museum of Greece
2958:Numismatic Museum of Athens
2829:Municipal Gallery of Athens
2799:Emfietzoglou Gallery Museum
1466:"The Hellas Liberty Museum"
1385:"Specifications (As-Built)"
809:War Shipping Administration
740:War Shipping Administration
94:War Shipping Administration
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2928:Hellenic Children's Museum
2732:National Historical Museum
2679:Byzantine and ecclesiastic
1383:Davies, James (May 2004).
3350:James River Reserve Fleet
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3273:Ministry of War Transport
3122:general stores issue ship
2880:Hellenic Air Force Museum
2834:National Gallery (Athens)
1586:(HAER) No. VA-132, "
1362:Maritime Administration.
1110:St. John's River SBC 2010
925:Sound Surveillance System
879:James River Reserve Fleet
813:A.H. Bull & Co., Inc.
759:Sound Surveillance System
540:, (manufactured by
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249:James River Reserve Fleet
114:as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,
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2973:Tactual Museum of Athens
2938:Hellenic Maritime Museum
2923:Athens University Museum
2895:Electric Railways Museum
2890:Railway Museum of Athens
2779:Athinais Cultural Center
2748:Museum of Greek Folk Art
1528:"System Log 1949 – 20XX"
1464:Greek Shipping Miracle.
906:Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
395:General characteristics
260:Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
2824:Marika Kotopouli Museum
2722:Jewish Museum of Greece
2695:Ethnological/historical
2090:Hendrik Willem Van Loon
1603:3 December 2013 at the
1423:Clayton, Brian (2011).
1143:Maritime Administration
997:Greek shipping industry
679:37.942414°N 23.630944°E
410:type EC2-S-C1, standard
3330:Museum ships in Greece
2355:Walter M. Christiansen
1259:Greek Shipping Miracle
486:427 feet (130 m)
480:416 feet (127 m)
181:Mrs. Arthur M. Huddell
3247:(Canadian equivalent)
3224:Port Chicago disaster
2953:Museum of Criminology
2885:Hellenic Motor Museum
2839:National Glyptotheque
2772:Art museums/galleries
2283:Frederic W. Galbraith
1659:Jacksonville, Florida
3265:(American follow-on)
3253:(British equivalent)
3229:Project Liberty Ship
2875:Eugenides Foundation
2814:Gounaropoulos Museum
2650:Old Acropolis Museum
2630:Kanellopoulou Museum
2364:Grover C. Hutcherson
1901:Elizabeth C. Bellamy
1611:Official website of
1598:Ship Memorial Museum
1024:on 11 January 2009.
727:She was named after
684:37.942414; 23.630944
646:(AA) cannons and/or,
546:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
422:10,865 LT
29:Liberty ship of WWII
2868:Industry/technology
2615:Epigraphical Museum
2430:Type T1-M-BT1 ships
2243:Morris C. Feinstone
1874:Napoleon B. Broward
1671:Type EC2-S-C1 ships
1405:"Arthur M. Huddell"
1403:Gerhardt, Frank A.
1364:"Arthur M. Huddell"
797:Maritime Commission
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499:57 feet (17 m)
2905:Technopolis (Gazi)
2117:William Crane Gray
2072:Hugh J. Kilpatrick
1982:Thomas A. McGinley
1739:Richard Montgomery
1712:John J. Crittenden
1472:on 6 December 2020
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3219:Liberty Fleet Day
3194:Arthur M. Huddell
3155:radar picket ship
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2914:Education/sports/
2702:Athens War Museum
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2180:Negley D. Cochran
2108:Jasper F. Cropsey
2045:James K. Paulding
2036:George E. Merrick
1964:James L. Ackerson
1919:Royal S. Copeland
1883:Arthur M. Huddell
1847:William G. Sumner
1748:John Philip Sousa
1029:Arthur M. Huddell
1020:, and arrived at
1010:Arthur M. Huddell
1006:Leonidas Raptakis
1001:Arthur M. Huddell
963:Arthur M. Huddell
937:Arthur M. Huddell
917:Arthur M. Huddell
860:Arthur M. Huddell
856:Normandy landings
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763:Arthur M. Huddell
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729:Arthur M. Huddell
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1892:Owen Wister
1694:John Gorrie
1558:16 November
1476:17 November
1455:16 November
1438:15 November
1374:8 September
1122:Davies 2004
982:Museum ship
819:War history
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682: /
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389:museum ship
282:Donated to
146:Yard number
141:$ 1,401,249
3340:1943 ships
3319:Categories
3257:Ocean ship
3144:cargo ship
2515:Quinnebaug
2506:Piscataqua
2461:Michigamme
2292:C. W. Post
2081:Noah Brown
1928:John Einig
1910:John White
1820:Grant Wood
1518:1 December
1497:1 December
1238:SOSUS/IUSS
1170:Young 2020
1075:References
933:Long Lines
910:Suisun Bay
841:Charleston
670:23°37′51″E
667:37°56′33″N
596:Complement
531:Propulsion
329:IMO number
264:Suisun Bay
154:Way number
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2436:Klickitat
1661:, during
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1394:9 January
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338:Call sign
203:Call sign
186:Completed
162:Laid down
133:, Florida
118:hull 1215
3293:Category
3238:See also
3200:SS
3150:Guardian
3109:Subtypes
3023:Olympias
2741:Folklore
2533:Kiamichi
2497:Petaluma
1601:Archived
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829:New York
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617:Armament
581:Capacity
315:Acquired
253:Lee Hall
170:Launched
101:Operator
80:Namesake
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2542:Tellico
2488:Peconic
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705:during
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519:boilers
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417:Tonnage
340:: SVAD8
333:5025706
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123:Builder
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607:21–40
601:38–62
469:Length
443:3,380
384:Status
299:Greece
286:, 2008
284:Greece
279:Status
205:: KVDD
3212:Other
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3073:Lists
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561:Speed
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90:Owner
3303:List
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