The men and women who streamed into Portland in the 1940s to work in South Portland's shipyards helped win World War II. The Liberty Ships built there became the backbone of troop and equipment transport. These contributions from the homeland, in many cases, were just a valuable as those who fought the battles overseas.
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US Ships (Season 1 Episode 7 of 8): The story of America's ‘Liberty Ships', known as the Model T Fords of the ocean. War Factories airs on Yesterday at 10:00 AM, Tuesday 13 February. The story of America's ‘Liberty Ships', known as the Model T Fords of the ocean
Congress and the Department of Defense, specifically the Navy, have drawn attention to our shipbuilding problem, but no one has proposed a modern Liberty Ship design. With war clouds gathering in Asia, time is in short supply. Such a design is needed to point the way to rebuilding the shipbuilding capacities that will be needed in the event conflict erupts.