Sailing on a Liberty ship in World War II, ... Our trip was stormy and mostly uneventful since we were in the middle of an enormous convoy. It took 15 days to cross the Atlantic.

The convoy included dozens of merchant ships, two Navy tankers and a Coast Guard vessel. Torpedo strikes On the evening of April 20, 1944, the convoy was attacked by 23 German Junkers Ju-88 ...

Serving as a Liberty ship gunner to confront enemy subs. By Lou Michel Jul 22, 2013 ... “In that first convoy to England, I’d say we lost about 20 ships,” he remembers.

The Liberty ship departed on her fifth voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, as part of Convoy UGS 38. She was carrying supplies, ammunition and ground personnel of the 485th Bombardment Group and ...