{"id":56,"date":"2018-03-31T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T00:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/?post_type=chapter&p=56"},"modified":"2018-03-31T20:20:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T00:20:43","slug":"nautical-disaster-liberty-ships-in-world-war-ii-1940","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/chapter\/nautical-disaster-liberty-ships-in-world-war-ii-1940\/","title":{"raw":"Nautical Disaster - Liberty Ships in World War II 1940","rendered":"Nautical Disaster – Liberty Ships in World War II 1940"},"content":{"raw":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Engineering_disasters#Liberty_ships_in_WWII<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberty_ship<\/a>\r\n\r\nEarly Liberty ships suffered\u00a0<\/span>hull and deck cracks<\/a>, and a few were lost to such structural defects. During World War II, there were nearly 1,500 instances of significant\u00a0<\/span>brittle fractures<\/a>. Three of the 2,710 Liberties built broke in half without warning. In cold temperatures the steel hulls cracked, resulting in later ships being constructed using more suitable steel.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nSS John W. Brown is one of only two surviving operational Liberty ships.<\/span>\r\n\r\nPhotograph taken in 2000<\/span>\r\n\r\nSource is Projet Liberty Ship\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.liberty-ship.com\/<\/a>","rendered":"

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Early Liberty ships suffered\u00a0<\/span>hull and deck cracks<\/a>, and a few were lost to such structural defects. During World War II, there were nearly 1,500 instances of significant\u00a0<\/span>brittle fractures<\/a>. Three of the 2,710 Liberties built broke in half without warning. In cold temperatures the steel hulls cracked, resulting in later ships being constructed using more suitable steel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SS John W. Brown is one of only two surviving operational Liberty ships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photograph taken in 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

Source is Projet Liberty Ship<\/p>\n

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