The Liberty class ship
Samtucky. She was hit by
U-806 on 21 Dec 1944.
Information on the Liberty class:
The basic hull model for the vessels was based on the SS Dorington Court, a British steamer built in the 30's with raked stem, cruiser stern, single screw and balanced rudder. The main propulsion unit was a three cylinder, triple expansion, reciprocating steam engine whose design dated back to 1896.
Because Britain had no domestic oil at the time, it was to be powered by coal-fired scotch or Fire-tube boilers. It was 441 feet long, with a beam of 57 feet and displaced about 7,500 tons. It could carry 9,150 tons of cargo in its five holds. The cruising range would be 8,000 miles at 11 knots.
The United States Maritime Commission made a number of alterations to the Ocean class design. Some were made to conform to American manufacturing and shipbuilding standards, others to accommodate the scarcity of certain materials, and then some to meet the need to build as rapidly and as cheaply as possible. This resulted in the designation EC2-S-C1, originally referred to as 'emergency ships'.
One of the more common nicknames was Ugly Duckling inspired by their utilitarian appearance, but in 1941, after President Franklin D Roosevelt told the country that these ships would bring liberty to Europe, they became known as Liberty Ship.
Below are the merchant vessels of the Liberty class:
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Loss date | | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | U-boat | Commander |
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28 Aug 1943 | | Albert Gallatin (d.) | 7,176 | | U-107 | Volker Simmermacher |
3 Jul 1942 | | Alexander Macomb | 7,191 | | U-215 | Fritz Hoeckner |
10 Jul 1943 | | Alice F. Palmer | 7,176 | | U-177 | Robert Gysae |
26 Jan 1944 | | Andrew G. Curtin | 7,200 | | U-716 | Hans Dunkelberg |
26 Oct 1942 | | Anne Hutchinson (t.) | 7,176 | | U-504 | Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske |
1 Jan 1943 | | Arthur Middleton | 7,176 | | U-73 | Horst Deckert |
29 Dec 1944 | | Arthur Sewall (t.) | 7,176 | | U-322 | Gerhard Wysk |
16 Mar 1943 | | Benjamin Harrison | 7,191 | | U-172 | Carl Emmermann |
23 Jan 1943 | | Benjamin Smith | 7,177 | | U-175 | Heinrich Bruns |
29 Dec 1944 | | Black Hawk (t.) | 7,191 | | U-322 | Gerhard Wysk |
28 May 1943 | | Cardinal Gibbons (d.) | 7,191 | | U-154 | Oskar-Heinz Kusch |
27 Jan 1943 | | Charles C. Pinckney | 7,177 | | U-514 | Hans-Jürgen Auffermann |
26 Sep 1943 | | Christian Michelsen | 7,176 | | U-410 | Horst-Arno Fenski |
4 Jul 1942 | | Christopher Newport | 7,191 | | U-457 | Karl Brandenburg |
3 Feb 1944 | | Chung Cheng | 7,176 | | U-188 | Siegfried Lüdden |
21 Sep 1943 | | Cornelia P. Spencer | 7,176 | | U-188 | Siegfried Lüdden |
18 Apr 1945 | | Cyrus H. McCormick | 7,181 | | U-1107 | Fritz Parduhn |
10 Dec 1944 | | Dan Beard | 7,176 | | U-1202 | Rolf Thomsen |
28 Feb 1943 | | Daniel Carroll (d.) | 7,176 | | U-371 | Waldemar Mehl |
5 Jul 1942 | | Daniel Morgan | 7,177 | | U-88 | Heino Bohmann |
11 Apr 1943 | | Edward B. Dudley | 7,177 | | U-615 | Ralph Kapitzky |
29 Sep 1944 | | Edward H. Crockett | 7,176 | | U-310 | Wolfgang Ley |
29 Jun 1944 | | Edward M. House (d.) | 7,240 | | U-984 | Heinz Sieder |
3 Jul 1943 | | Elihu B. Washburne | 7,176 | | U-513 | Friedrich Guggenberger |
8 Aug 1944 | | Ezra Weston | 7,176 | | U-667 | Karl-Heinz Lange |
1 Mar 1943 | | Fitz-John Porter | 7,176 | | U-518 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann |
30 May 1943 | | Flora MacDonald (t.) | 7,177 | | U-126 | Siegfried Kietz |
20 Sep 1943 | | Frederick Douglass (d.) | 7,176 | | U-238 | Horst Hepp |
20 Sep 1943 | | Frederick Douglass | 7,176 | | U-645 | Otto Ferro |
12 Sep 1944 | | George Ade (d.) | 7,176 | | U-518 | Hans-Werner Offermann |
20 May 1942 | | George Calvert | 7,191 | | U-753 | Alfred Manhardt von Mannstein |
22 Feb 1944 | | George Cleeve (t.) | 7,176 | | U-969 | Max Dobbert |
9 Mar 1943 | | George G. Meade (d.) | 7,176 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
21 Jan 1945 | | George Hawley (t.) | 7,176 | | U-1199 | Rolf Nollmann |
1 Nov 1942 | | George Thatcher | 7,176 | | U-126 | Ernst Bauer |
29 Jun 1944 | | H.G. Blasdel (t.) | 7,176 | | U-984 | Heinz Sieder |
3 Mar 1943 | | Harvey W. Scott | 7,176 | | U-160 | Georg Lassen |
5 Feb 1945 | | Henry B. Plant | 7,240 | | U-245 | Friedrich Schumann-Hindenberg |
3 Jan 1945 | | Henry Miller (t.) | 7,207 | | U-870 | Ernst Hechler |
20 Mar 1945 | | Horace Bushnell (t.) | 7,176 | | U-995 | Hans-Georg Hess |
14 Feb 1945 | | Horace Gray (t.) | 7,200 | | U-968 | Otto Westphalen |
29 Jun 1944 | | James A. Farrell (t.) | 7,176 | | U-984 | Heinz Sieder |
8 Mar 1943 | | James B. Stephens | 7,176 | | U-160 | Georg Lassen |
21 Mar 1945 | | James Eagan Layne (t.) | 7,176 | | U-399 | Heinz Buhse |
23 Sep 1943 | | James Gordon Bennett (d.) | 7,176 | | U-952 | Oskar Curio |
9 Mar 1943 | | James K. Polk (t.) | 7,177 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
17 Mar 1943 | | James Oglethorpe | 7,176 | | U-758 | Helmut Manseck |
7 Jul 1943 | | James Robertson | 7,176 | | U-185 | August Maus |
15 Oct 1943 | | James Russell Lowell (t.) | 7,176 | | U-371 | Waldemar Mehl |
9 Mar 1943 | | James Smith (d.) | 7,181 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
10 Mar 1943 | | James Sprunt | 7,177 | | U-185 | August Maus |
11 Apr 1943 | | James W. Denver | 7,200 | | U-195 | Heinz Buchholz |
7 Apr 1945 | | James W. Nesmith (t.) | 7,176 | | U-1024 | Hans-Joachim Gutteck |
2 Feb 1943 | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | 7,177 | | U-456 | Max-Martin Teichert |
27 Nov 1942 | | Jeremiah Wadsworth | 7,176 | | U-178 | Hans Ibbeken |
28 Jul 1943 | | John A. Poor (d.) | 7,176 | | U-119 | Horst-Tessen von Kameke |
19 Mar 1944 | | John A. Poor | 7,176 | | U-510 | Alfred Eick |
29 Jun 1944 | | John A. Treutlen (t.) | 7,198 | | U-984 | Heinz Sieder |
28 Aug 1944 | | John Barry | 7,176 | | U-859 | Johann Jebsen |
26 Aug 1943 | | John Bell | 7,242 | | U-410 | Horst-Arno Fenski |
8 Oct 1942 | | John Carter Rose | 7,191 | | U-201 | Günther Rosenberg |
18 Aug 1942 | | John Hancock | 7,176 | | U-553 | Karl Thurmann |
21 Mar 1945 | | John R. Park | 7,194 | | U-1195 | Ernst Cordes |
16 Dec 1943 | | John S. Copley (d.) | 7,176 | | U-73 | Horst Deckert |
6 Apr 1943 | | John Sevier | 7,176 | | U-185 | August Maus |
24 Sep 1942 | | John Winthrop | 7,176 | | U-619 | Kurt Makowski |
6 Jul 1942 | | John Witherspoon | 7,191 | | U-255 | Reinhart Reche |
9 Jan 1945 | | Jonas Lie | 7,198 | | U-1055 | Rudolf Meyer |
24 Feb 1943 | | Jonathan Sturges | 7,176 | | U-707 | Günter Gretschel |
27 Dec 1943 | | José Navarro | 7,244 | | U-178 | Wilhelm Spahr |
9 Mar 1943 | | Joseph Rodman Drake (d.) | 7,181 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
27 Jan 1943 | | Julia Ward Howe | 7,176 | | U-442 | Hans-Joachim Hesse |
10 Mar 1943 | | Lawton B. Evans (d.) | 7,197 | | U-221 | Hans-Hartwig Trojer |
23 Aug 1944 | | Louis Kossuth (d.) | 7,176 | | U-989 | Hardo Rodler von Roithberg |
9 Mar 1943 | | Mark Hanna (d.) | 7,176 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
14 Jan 1945 | | Martin Van Buren (t.) | 7,176 | | U-1232 | Kurt Dobratz |
11 Apr 1943 | | Matt W. Ransom (d.) | 7,177 | | U-117 | Hans-Werner Neumann |
10 Jul 1943 | | Matthew Maury (d.) | 7,176 | | U-371 | Waldemar Mehl |
24 Nov 1943 | | Melville E. Stone | 7,176 | | U-516 | Hans-Rutger Tillessen |
2 Mar 1943 | | Meriwether Lewis | 7,176 | | U-634 | Eberhard Dahlhaus |
16 Apr 1944 | | Meyer London | 7,210 | | U-407 | Hubertus Korndörfer |
17 Feb 1945 | | Michael J. Stone (d.) | 7,176 | | U-300 | Fritz Hein |
17 Mar 1943 | | Molly Pitcher (d.) | 7,200 | | U-167 | Kurt Sturm |
18 Mar 1943 | | Molly Pitcher | 7,200 | | U-521 | Klaus Heinrich Bargsten |
24 Feb 1943 | | Nathanael Greene (d.) | 7,176 | | U-565 | Wilhelm Franken |
7 Nov 1942 | | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 7,176 | | U-508 | Georg Staats |
13 Sep 1942 | | Oliver Ellsworth | 7,191 | | U-408 | Reinhard von Hymmen |
25 Jan 1944 | | Penelope Barker | 7,177 | | U-278 | Joachim Franze |
6 Feb 1945 | | Peter Silvester | 7,176 | | U-862 | Heinrich Timm |
22 Feb 1944 | | Peter Skene Ogden (t.) | 7,176 | | U-969 | Max Dobbert |
20 Nov 1942 | | Pierce Butler | 7,191 | | U-177 | Robert Gysae |
23 Aug 1943 | | Pierre Soulé (d.) | 7,191 | | U-380 | Josef Röther |
10 Mar 1943 | | Richard Bland (t.) | 7,191 | | U-255 | Reinhart Reche |
16 Jul 1943 | | Richard Caswell | 7,177 | | U-513 | Friedrich Guggenberger |
10 Mar 1943 | | Richard D. Spaight | 7,177 | | U-182 | Asmus Nicolai Clausen |
26 Aug 1943 | | Richard Henderson | 7,194 | | U-410 | Horst-Arno Fenski |
14 Jul 1943 | | Robert Bacon | 7,197 | | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes |
19 Apr 1943 | | Robert Gray | 7,176 | | U-108 | Ralf-Reimar Wolfram |
24 Dec 1944 | | Robert J. Walker | 7,180 | | U-862 | Heinrich Timm |
8 Feb 1943 | | Roger B. Taney | 7,191 | | U-160 | Georg Lassen |
27 Jan 1945 | | Ruben Dario (d.) | 7,198 | | U-825 | Gerhard Stoelker |
28 Jun 1942 | | Sam Houston | 7,176 | | U-203 | Rolf Mützelburg |
24 Jul 1944 | | Samneva (t.) | 7,219 | | U-309 | Hans-Gert Mahrholz |
26 Jan 1944 | | Samouri | 7,219 | | U-188 | Siegfried Lüdden |
29 Sep 1944 | | Samsuva | 7,219 | | U-310 | Wolfgang Ley |
21 Dec 1944 | | Samtucky (d.) | 7,219 | | U-806 | Klaus Hornbostel |
9 Jul 1943 | | Samuel Heintzelman | 7,176 | | U-511 | Fritz Schneewind |
7 May 1943 | | Samuel Jordan Kirkwood | 7,191 | | U-195 | Heinz Buchholz |
27 Jun 1943 | | Sebastian Cermeno | 7,194 | | U-511 | Fritz Schneewind |
30 Aug 1942 | | Star of Oregon | 7,176 | | U-162 | Jürgen Wattenberg |
16 Jan 1944 | | Sumner I. Kimball | 7,176 | | U-960 | Günther Heinrich |
9 Mar 1943 | | Tabitha Brown (d.) | 7,176 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
30 Dec 1944 | | Tbilisi (t.) | 7,176 | | U-956 | Hans-Dieter Mohs |
20 Sep 1943 | | Theodore Dwight Weld | 7,176 | | U-238 | Horst Hepp |
20 Mar 1945 | | Thomas Donaldson | 7,210 | | U-968 | Otto Westphalen |
16 Apr 1944 | | Thomas G. Masaryk (t.) | 7,176 | | U-407 | Hubertus Korndörfer |
12 Mar 1943 | | Thomas Hooker | 7,176 | | U-653 | Gerhard Feiler |
29 Jun 1942 | | Thomas McKean | 7,191 | | U-505 | Axel-Olaf Loewe |
9 Mar 1943 | | Thomas Ruffin (t.) | 7,191 | | U-510 | Karl Neitzel |
17 Feb 1945 | | Thomas Scott | 7,176 | | U-968 | Otto Westphalen |
7 Jul 1943 | | Thomas Sinnickson | 7,176 | | U-185 | August Maus |
28 Feb 1943 | | Wade Hampton | 7,176 | | U-405 | Rolf-Heinrich Hopman |
26 Jan 1944 | | Walter Camp | 7,176 | | U-532 | Ottoheinrich Junker |
18 Mar 1943 | | Walter Q. Gresham | 7,191 | | U-221 | Hans-Hartwig Trojer |
12 Apr 1945 | | Will Rogers (d.) | 7,200 | | U-1024 | Hans-Joachim Gutteck |
10 Mar 1944 | | William B. Woods | 7,176 | | U-952 | Oskar Curio |
11 Mar 1943 | | William C. Gorgas | 7,197 | | U-757 | Friedrich Deetz |
4 Nov 1942 | | William Clark | 7,176 | | U-354 | Karl-Heinz Herbschleb |
21 Jul 1942 | | William Cullen Bryant (d.) | 7,176 | | U-84 | Horst Uphoff |
23 Nov 1944 | | William D. Burnham (t.) | 7,176 | | U-978 | Günther Pulst |
30 Jul 1943 | | William Ellery (d.) | 7,181 | | U-197 | Robert Bartels |
17 Mar 1943 | | William Eustis | 7,196 | | U-435 | Siegfried Strelow |
24 Jul 1944 | | William Gaston | 7,177 | | U-861 | Jürgen Oesten |
4 Jul 1942 | | William Hooper | 7,177 | | U-334 | Hilmar Siemon |
6 Jun 1943 | | William King | 7,176 | | U-198 | Werner Hartmann |
29 Mar 1943 | | William Pierce Frye | 7,176 | | U-610 | Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen |
30 Apr 1944 | | William S. Thayer | 7,176 | | U-307 | Friedrich-Georg Herrle |
21 Sep 1943 | | William W. Gerhard | 7,176 | | U-593 | Gerd Kelbling |
Legend:
(t.) means the ship was declared a total loss.
(d.) means the ship was damaged in the action.
138 instances of Liberty class ships hit by U-boats (135 individual ships).
If you miss a certain ship from this listing please let us know, we probably just mislabeled her class.