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It was a cargo freighter, not a warship. It was better than any other because it was cheap and simple to build at a time when a lot of ships were needed and a lot of them were being sunk by U-boats. Although liberty ships were never intended for combat use, several were converted during the Vietnam War era to serve in combat functions as intelligence gathering and communications platforms-research ships. Several did see combat, one was responsible for the first sinking of a German surface ship by an American vessel during WW2.
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∙ 13y agoIt was a simple design that took comparatively little time to build, hence allowing for mass production of ships. It's been said that they were being built at a faster rate than the enemy could sink them.
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