SS Booker T. Washington

SS Booker T. Washington

. Of the 2,700 Liberty ships built, this was the first of 17 that were named after African Americans.

It is also notable that its first captain was Hugh Mulzac, who was the first African American to command a ship in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1942, the ship has an integrated crew of 18 nationalities. Between 1942 and 1947, it had made 22 round trip voyages ferrying troops and supplies to Europe and the Pacific theatre.

The ship was sold to a private owner in 1947 and scrapped in 1969.

ee also

* List of Liberty ships
* Maritime history of the United States

External links

* " [http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/index.html?template=print SS Booker T Washington Images] " at the U.S. National Archive
* [http://www.usmm.org/african-americans.html African American Mariners] at USMM.org


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