Ref.: TRUM-05755
SS Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien is product of an emergency shipbuilding program Of Word War II that resulted in the construction of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. Designed as cheap quickly built simple cargo steamers,the,liberty ships formed the backbone of a massive sealift of troops,arms,and material to every theater of the war.the ship made wartme voyages between the east coast,Canada,and the united Kingdom,to South America,Australia,and the Philippines.From June until December 1994,O’Brien made 11 trips between the United Kingdom and Normandy To Normandy in support of the D-Day invasion,including a trip from Belrast,lrelend to Normandy with troops from Patton’s Fifth Division.