SS Patrick Henry

SS Patrick Henry

The SS "Patrick Henry" was the first Liberty ship launched.

The ships initially had a poor public image and to try to assuage public opinion, 27 September 1941 was designated "Liberty Fleet Day", and the first 14 "Emergency" vessels were launched that day. The first of these (with hull number 14) was "Patrick Henry", launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.

In the speech delivered at the launching, Roosevelt referred to Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech of 23 March 1775. Roosevelt said that this new class of ships would bring liberty to Europe, which gave rise to the name "Liberty ship".

She survived the war but was seriously damaged when she went aground on a reef off the coast of Florida in July 1946. She was scrapped at Baltimore in 1960.


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