LIBERTY SHIP

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STERN     MIDSHIP     BOW

Scale: 1:200  Length: 27.5"  Height: 7" Width: 4"   US $ 2,200.00

The construction of liberty ships was authorized in the U.S. by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, an act designed to rebuild the merchant fleet of the United States. Production was somewhat slow in the first few  years. But when Britain went to war with Germany, and British ships were being destroyed by enemy submarines faster than her shipyards could replace them, British officials came to America in September of 1940 to seek shipbuilding assistance. After considerable controversy, America answered the British request by increasing shipyard production.