Liberty Ship Namesakes
"Liberty Ships" were cargo ships built rapidly in the United States in order to transport supplies overseas during World War II. Over 2700 Liberty Ships were made and several were named after members of Phi Gamma Delta. These include:
- Calvin Coolidge (hull number 773)
- Frank Norris (hull number 2158)
- Zebulon B. Vance (hull number 145) (launched December 6, 1941 – the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor)
Read more about this topic: List Of Phi Gamma Delta Members
Famous quotes containing the words liberty and/or ship:
“Of all the enemies of public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like a ship to be tossed, but like a house to stand.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)