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  2. SS Robert E. Peary - Wikipedia

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    SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert Peary, an American explorer who was among the first people to reach the geographic North Pole, she was launched on November 12, 1942, just 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes after the keel was laid down.

  3. Liberty ship - Wikipedia

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    Another Liberty ship that exploded was the rechristened SS Grandcamp, which caused the Texas City Disaster on 16 April 1947, killing at least 581 people. Six Liberty ships were converted at Point Clear, Alabama, by the United States Army Air Force, into floating aircraft repair depots, operated by the Army Transport Service, starting in April 1944.

  4. List of Liberty ships (A–F) - Wikipedia

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    Laid down on 11 July 1945, launched on 26 September and delivered on 30 October, she was the last Liberty ship built. She served with the United States Army Transportation Corps . Acquired by the United States Navy in December 1949 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service .

  5. SS Atlantus - Wikipedia

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    SS Atlantus is the most famous of the twelve concrete ships built by the Liberty Ship Building Company [4] in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, during and after World War I. The steamer was launched on 5 December 1918, and was the second concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet. The war had ended a month earlier, and so ...

  6. Liberty L-12 - Wikipedia

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    Closeup of a Liberty L-12's valvetrain details, almost matching the later Mercedes D.IIIa design. The Liberty engine was a modular design where four or six cylinders could be used in one or two banks, allowing for inline fours, V-8s, inline sixes, or the V-12. The design was held together by a two-part cast aluminium crankcase. The two pieces ...

  7. Liberty Media - Wikipedia

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    Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C. Malone in 1991. The company has three divisions, reflecting its ownership stakes in the Formula One Group , Sirius XM , and Live Nation Entertainment .