Ship Details
Rig
Liberty Ship
Built
1943
Tonnage
15928
Built By
Demise
fully restored and berthed in San Francisco Harbor
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Description
SS Jeremiah O'Brien is a Liberty ship built during World War II and named for American Revolutionary War ship captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818).
Now based in San Francisco, she is a rare survivora of the 6,939-ship armada that stormed Normandy on D-Day, 1944.[5]
Jeremiah O'Brien, SS John W. Brown, and SS Hellas Liberty are the only currently operational Liberty ships of the 2,710 built.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Jeremiah_O%27Brien (accessed on 2/3/2018);
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