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                        Liberty ships - extra anchor?

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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Posted by mfsob on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 8:31 AM

                        Thanks, Chris - I was hoping you'd "weigh" in (sorry, couldn't resist). I had seen nothing to indicate that in any of the photos I've culled for research into my current build, but will go ahead and add it now. 

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                        Chris Friedenbach
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        Posted by Chris Friedenbach on Monday, January 8, 2007 10:42 PM

                        Liberty ships were fitted with three anchors, the two 8,400 pounders forward and a 4,630 pound streaming anchor stowed just aft of No. 5 hatch.

                        Regards, Chris Friedenbach

                        Crewmember, SS Jeremiah O’Brien

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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Liberty ships - extra anchor?
                        Posted by mfsob on Monday, January 8, 2007 8:17 PM
                        I know it was common for most Victory ships, at least the late war ones, to carry an extra anchor, secured on the deck port side at the forward gun platform. But what about Liberty ships? I know they were regarded as "expendable" and the government certainly didn't lavish any extras on them, but does anyone know for sure if Liberty ships had more than the two anchors at the bows?
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