TRIBUTE TO LIBERTY SHIPS
(Received June 30, 11.30 p.m.) NEW YORK. June 30. “Liberty ships, though obsolete, will take their place in history with the vessels of Coloinbus and Drake,” said RearAdmiral Vickery, vice-chairman of the Maritime Commission, at San Francisco. He added: “We could not have fought the war without Liberty ships.” He quoted Mr. Churchill as- saying that Liberty ships kept England from caving in. Admiral Vickery said that the new Victory ships were much faster, making 18 knots, compared with, the Überty .ships’ IQ,
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 235, 1 July 1944, Page 7
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87TRIBUTE TO LIBERTY SHIPS Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 235, 1 July 1944, Page 7
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