From: Chris_McCoy_at_sigmanet.com
Date: 04/22/98
From: Chris_McCoy_at_sigmanet.com Message-ID: <882565EE.007D934C.00@sweb_notes.sigmanet.com> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:13:52 -0700 Subject: Re: Been kinda quiet, lately...
> One thing for the concrete side, weren't America's Liberty
> Ships during WW II made out of concrete.
***The last active Liberty ship, USS LANE VICTORY,
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/lanevict.htm
is stationed in Los Angeles harbor. It has a steel hull.
If you get a chance, tour a liberty. You will find it a
pleasant time-capsule.
***You might want to check out the SS Jeremiah O'Brien
if you live in the bay area. It is also functional, if not still
on the official navy registry. Daily tours available.
http://www.crl.com/~wefald/obrien.html
"The liberty design was a modification of an earlier British hull.
Economical and simple to build, it ushered in the era of prefabricated
mass production." Only quote I could find on thier construction.
I can only assume that because they all used the same design,
they were all steel.
Chris