SS John W Brown

SS John W Brown

Description

SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships.


Here are pictures from a cruise that Pat & Harry Kraemer took on the John Brown in the early 2000s. You can click on an image and open up a new window in Flickr to view the full size images.

John Brown

Equipment Specifications
Year1942
ManufacturerBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
ModelWWII Liberty Ship
LocationBaltimore Maryland
Detailed Information
Detailed Description
As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years. Now preserved, she is a museum ship and cruise ship berthed at Pier 13 in Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.
Engine Specs
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp - triple-expansion steam engine
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