Liberty/Victory Ship: several World War II workhorses steam on--and welcome passengers. (Cruising Through History).

From: Cruise Travel | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Lyons, Benjamin S.B. | Copyright information

Down on the pier beneath a large hook dangling from the ship's 59-year-old booms, an olive-drab jeep waits to be lifted onto the deck while crew-members rig nets for the lift. Above, winches slowly warm up, with the escaping steam obscuring both their operators and the spinning machinery in the morning light. By the gangway, a line forms next to the dented gray hull that is punctuated with poised guns, searching skyward. Another cruise on the John W. Brown is about to begin, offerin...

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