OCEAN TYPE SHIPS

Sixty 'Ocean' type freighters were built in 1942 in American shipyards, 30 by the Todd-Bath Ironworks of Portland, Maine, and 30 by the Permanente Metals Corpn., of Richmond, California. They were flush-decked for ease of construction and used the revolutionary welding process on their hulls. They were coal-fired, again for ease of construction, and of standard British freighter layout with hold no.3 between the bridge and funnel. This design would later be developed into the 'Liberty' ship and the 'Fort' and 'Park' ships built in Canada. These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.