The SS Patrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.

SS Patrick Henry

Liberty ship of WWII

SS Patrick Henry was the first Liberty ship launched. It was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at their Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. She was named after Patrick Henry, an American attorney, planter, and Founding Father as well as the first…