Then he filled them with American workers, 250,000 of them. Farm boys from Iowa, miners from Appalachia, mothers from Detroit who had never held a welding torch. Together they launched nearly 15,000 Liberty ships. vessels that carried American cargo and sailors across two oceans. His Richmond yard built one of them, the SS Robert E. Peary. In an astonishing 4 days and 15 hours. (18:48–18:54)
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Asserts that Kaiser and his workers launched nearly 15,000 Liberty ships during World War II.
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