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Liberty Ship

Many thanks for the information. As I understand it, this type of "armor" was also used on the 20mm gun sponsons.
I also noticed that this feature was not present on the C2 and VC2 cargo variants.

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On the last photo, do you have any information on the significance of the four swastikas on the funnel? I read that some ships had the markings if they shot down a plane or sunk a sub but that was an AI response so maybe not the best answer:)
Allan
 
That’s right—those are markings for downed aircraft. The ship’s name is SS Louisa M. Alcott.
Another question regarding the Victory-class ships: Could this type of protection have been present on the Haskell-class APA? I haven’t spotted anything like that in the photos yet.
 
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