The Liberty Ships: The History of the "emergency" Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States During World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0870331523
- ISBN-13
- 9780870331527
- Category
- Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Press
- Authors
- William Harry Mitchell, Leonard Arthur Sawyer
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