List of Liberty ships: B

This section of List of Liberty ships is a list of Liberty ships, cargo ships built in the United States during World War II, with names beginning with B.

All Liberty Ships
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

B–Benjamin D.

Ship Name	Namesake	MC Hull No.	Ship type	Laid down	Launched	Fate
SS B. Charney Vladeck	B. Charney Vladeck	3040	standard	17 May 1944	7 July 1944	Sold private 1947, sunk 1967
SS B. F. Irvine	B. F. Irvine	2067	standard	31 July 1943	19 August 1943	Sold private 1965 and converted to a crane barge
SS B. F. Shaw	B. F. Shaw	1622	standard	21 March 1943	9 April 1943	Reefed off Freeport, Texas 1976
SS Banner Seam	Banner Seam	2857	collier	9 April 1945	12 June 1945	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1962
SS Barbara Frietchie	Barbara Frietchie	1827	standard	21 October 1943	19 November 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964
SS Barney Kirschbaum	Barney Kirschbaum	2348	boxed aircraft transport	15 February 1945	30 March 1945	Scrapped 1975
SS Barrett Wendell	Barrett Wendell	2196	standard	15 September 1943	5 November 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
SS Bartholomew Gosnold	Bartholomew Gosnold	813	standard	24 June 1943	22 August 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966
SS Beckley Seam	Beckley Seam	2852	collier	21 March 1945	17 May 1945	Sold private 1947, disposition unknown
SS Belgian Tenacity	quality of the Belgian people	3011	standard	10 February 1944	28 March 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Belgian Unity	quality of the Belgian people	3072	standard	18 September 1944	30 October 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971
USS Belle Isle (AKS-21)	Belle Island in Michigan or Virginia	3070	standard	19 September 1944	3 November 1944	To USN as AKS-21, scrapped 1960
SS Belva Lockwood	Belva Lockwood	1605	standard	16 February 1943	9 March 1943	Scrapped 1962
SS Ben A. Ruffin	Ben A. Ruffin	2442	standard	12 February 1944	11 April 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972
SS Ben B. Lindsey	Ben B. Lindsey	2543	standard	11 November 1943	8 December 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Ben F. Dixon	Ben F. Dixon	1788	standard	25 August 1943	21 September 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
SS Ben H. Miller	Ben H. Miller	1844	standard	20 November 1943	10 December 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
SS Ben Holladay	Ben Holladay	2024	standard	14 May 1943	3 June 1943	Scrapped 1958
SS Ben Robertson	Ben Robertson	2432	standard	18 November 1943	4 January 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Ben T. Osborne	Ben T. Osborne	2080	standard	22 August 1943	8 September 1943	Scrapped 1966
SS Benito Juarez	Benito Juárez	844	standard	1 March 1943	14 April 1943	Wrecked 1966, refloated, scrapped 1968
SS Benjamin A. Fisher	Benjamin A. Fisher	2834	standard	7 November 1944	11 December 1944	Scrapped 1966
SS Benjamin Bonneville	Benjamin Bonneville	459	standard	31 December 1942	30 January 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Benjamin Bourne	Benjamin Bourne	101	standard	3 April 1942	3 July 1942	Scrapped 1969
SS Benjamin Brown French	Benjamin Brown French	2867	standard	13 May 1944	29 June 1944	Scrapped 1967
SS Benjamin Carpenter	Benjamin Carpenter	2786	standard	25 March 1944	14 April 1944	Scrapped 1960
SS Benjamin Chew	Benjamin Chew	58	standard	15 June 1942	10 August 1942	Scrapped 1973
SS Benjamin Contee	Benjamin Contee	125	standard	2 February 1942	15 June 1942	Torpedoed 1943, sunk as a breakwater off Normandy 1944, abandoned
SS Benjamin D. Wilson	Benjamin D. Wilson	1646	standard	7 April 1943	30 April 1943	Scrapped 1962

Benjamin F.–Benjamin W.

Ship Name	Namesake	MC Hull No.	Ship type	Laid down	Launched	Fate
SS Benjamin F. Coston	Benjamin F. Coston	2318	standard	31 July 1944	6 September 1944	Scrapped 1964
SS Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	66	standard	21 June 1941	16 November 1941	Scrapped 1958
SS Benjamin Goodhue	Benjamin Goodhue	282	standard	20 October 1941	31 March 1942	Scrapped 1961
SS Benjamin H. Brewster	Benjamin H. Brewster	2146	standard	19 August 1943	9 September 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969
SS Benjamin H. Bristow	Benjamin H. Bristow	515	standard	7 December 1942	4 January 1943	Scrapped 1969
SS Benjamin H. Grierson	Benjamin H. Grierson	1609	standard	24 February 1943	17 March 1943	Reefed off Panama City, Florida 1977
SS Benjamin H. Hill	Benjamin H. Hill	1514	standard	16 December 1943	7 February 1944	Scrapped 1971
SS Benjamin H. Latrobe	Benjamin H. Latrobe	742	standard	15 September 1942	17 November 1942	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Benjamin Harrison	Benjamin Harrison	25	standard	27 September 1941	24 January 1942	Torpedoed and scuttled in the North Atlantic 1943
SS Benjamin Hawkins	Benjamin Hawkins	913	standard	30 July 1942	7 September 1942	Scrapped 1973
SS Benjamin Holt	Benjamin Holt	1108	standard	2 April 1943	30 April 1943	Scrapped 1958
SS Benjamin Huntington	Benjamin Huntington	107	standard	4 July 1942	11 September 1942	Scrapped 1971
SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler	Benjamin Ide Wheeler	675	standard	28 October 1942	27 November 1942	Kamikazied off Leyte 1944, refloated, scrapped 1948
SS Benjamin Lundy	Benjamin Lundy	716	standard	24 January 1943	20 February 1943	Scrapped 1962
SS Benjamin N. Cardozo	Benjamin N. Cardozo	739	standard	10 March 1943	5 April 1943	To USN as Serpens (AK-97), exploded off Guadalcanal and sunk 1945
SS Benjamin Peixotto	Benjamin Peixotto	2673	standard	31 July 1944	4 September 1944	Wrecked and scrapped 1946
SS Benjamin R. Curtis	Benjamin R. Curtis	664	standard	30 September 1942	3 November 1942	Sold private 1947, exploded and destroyed 1947
SS Benjamin R. Milam	Benjamin R. Milam	855	standard	24 April 1943	3 June 1943	Exploded and sank in Baltimore 1945, repaired, sold private 1947, scrapped 1961
SS Benjamin Rush	Benjamin Rush	303	standard	13 December 1941	25 June 1942	Scrapped 1954
SS Benjamin Schlesinger	Benjamin Schlesinger	2418	standard	22 December 1943	24 January 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963
SS Benjamin Silliman	Benjamin Silliman	2818	standard	14 August 1944	25 September 1944	Scrapped 1971
SS Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith	169	standard	11 September 1942	28 October 1942	Torpedoed and lost off Sassandra 1943
SS Benjamin Warner	Benjamin Warner	2700	standard	13 June 1944	1 July 1944	Scrapped 1971
SS Benjamin Waterhouse	Benjamin Waterhouse	2773	standard	29 February 1944	23 March 1944	Reefed off Horn Island, Mississippi 1975
SS Benjamin Williams	Benjamin Williams	165	standard	19 July 1942	23 September 1942	Scrapped 1966

Bernard–By

Ship Name	Namesake	MC Hull No.	Ship type	Laid down	Launched	Fate
SS Bernard Carter	Bernard Carter	55	standard	6 June 1942	29 July 1942	Scrapped 1960
SS Bernard L. Rodman	Bernard L. Rodman	2994	standard	30 December 1944	2 February 1945	Sold private 1947, sunk 1968
SS Bernard N. Baker	Bernard N. Baker	966	standard	4 March 1943	4 April 1943	Scrapped 1964
SS Bernardo O'Higgins	Bernardo O'Higgins	2168	standard	26 September 1943	14 October 1943	Scrapped 1959
SS Bert McDowell	Bert McDowell	2682	standard	16 September 1944	18 October 1944	To USN as Hooper Island (ARG-17), scrapped 1970
SS Bert Williams	Bert Williams	3079	standard	9 October 1944	18 November 1944	Wrecked 1948, scrapped 1963
SS Bertram G. Goodhue	Bertram G. Goodhue	2935	standard	29 April 1944	4 June 1944	Scrapped 1967
SS Betsy Ross	Betsy Ross	476	standard	20 February 1943	19 March 1943	To USN as Cor Coroli (AK-91), reefed off Florida 1978
SS Betty Zane	Betty Zane	873	standard	20 November 1942	22 December 1942	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Big Foot Wallace	William A. A. "Big Foot" Wallace	116	standard	12 October 1942	12 December 1942	Scrapped 1965
SS Billy Mitchell	Billy Mitchell	1667	standard	11 May 1943	2 June 1943	Scrapped 1965
SS Billy Sunday	Billy Sunday	1687	standard	14 June 1943	10 July 1943	Sold private 1947, sunk 1963
SS Binger Hermann	Binger Hermann	2039	standard	10 June 1943	30 June 1943	Scrapped 1971
SS Bjarne A. Lia	Bjarne A. Lia	2332	standard	31 October 1944	30 November 1944	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968
SS Black Hawk	Black Hawk	1023	standard	8 December 1942	18 January 1943	Torpedoed in the English Channel 1944, declared total loss, salvaged and scrapped 1967
SS Bon Air Seam	Bon Air Seam	2849	collier	8 February 1945	7 April 1945	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965
SS Booker T. Washington	Booker T. Washington	648	standard	19 August 1942	29 September 1942	Ship with all African American officers, scrapped 1969
SS Brand Whitlock	Brand Whitlock	1690	standard	18 June 1943	13 July 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
SS Brander Matthews	Brander Matthews	1721	standard	14 July 1943	4 August 1943	Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967
SS Bret Harte	Bret Harte	200	standard	19 April 1942	29 May 1942	Scrapped 1963
SS Brigham Young	Brigham Young	633	standard	10 July 1942	17 August 1942	To USN as Murzim (AK-95), scrapped 1973
SS Brockholst Livingston	Brockholst Livingston	658	standard	18 September 1942	21 October 1942	Wrecked on Okinawa 1942 and scrapped
SS Bronson Alcott	Bronson Alcott	2204	standard	8 November 1943	18 December 1943	Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966
SS Bushrod Washington	Bushrod Washington	968	standard	10 March 1943	13 April 1943	Bombed and lost off Salerno 1943
SS Button Gwinnett	Button Gwinnett	351	standard	10 February 1943	2 May 1943	Scrapped 1968
SS Byron Darnton	Byron Darnton	1848	standard	25 November 1943	16 December 1943	Wrecked 1946 and scrapped in situ 1953

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