Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources- Books: 1.          Bunker, John Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War ll Naval Institute Press 1972, Maryland This book gave me lots of pictures and information on the design of the ship. 2.           Cooper, Sherod  Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the John W. Brown 1942-1946 Naval Institute Press 1997, Maryland This book was based on logs, official documents and reports from the National Archive. This book had many pictures of Liberty Ships. 3.          Durham, Byron. The Wartime Journals of Bryon B. Durham The Durham Family. 1997. Massachusetts This book is the journal of Byron Durham about his journeys on the Liberty Ship SS Julia Ward Howe. This journal included information about life on a Liberty ship during WWII. 4.          Jaffee, Walter The Last Liberty: The Biography of the SS Jeremiah O' Brien Glencannon Press 1993, California This book included information on the SS Jeremiah O' Brien. It is actually the biography of the O' Brien and from beginning till end how it made it home and made 7 voyages. 5.          Peterson, Peter. They Couldn't Have Won the War Without Us Lead Mine Press. 1998, Illinois This book has short stories of the Merchant Marines of WWII  told by the men who were on the ships. This book included information about how these ships helped win the war. Interviews 1.  Tompkins, Bob Personal Interview Sept.22, 2001 Mr. Tompkins told his thought on the revolutionary designs of the Liberty and Victory ships. Mr. Tompkins had facts on the Liberty Ships and Victory Ships. 2.  Schlick, George Personal Interview Feb.15, 2002 Mr. Schlick told his opinion on my topic and some background information on the subject. Also a guided tour of the ship letting me see taped off areas.  3. Donovan, Dr. Arthur, Email Interview. Feb. 22, 2002. Hisotry Professor, US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point Dr. Donovan responded to my email questions about the design of the Liberty Ships and their involvement in winning the war. 4. Louie, Paul, Telephone Interview April 2, 2002 Shipbuilder at a shipyard that built Liberty Ships Paul told me his opinion if prefabrication was faster. He also told me his occupation, and he told me that it was 5 yrs ahead of its time. Magazine/Brochure 1.          "The Pointer" Navy Historical Magazine, Golden Oldie No. II (no date given) This magazine had photos taken during World War II of Liberty Ships under construction, including the prefabrication pieces. 2.          SS Jeremiah O'Brien  Self Guided Tour brochure. (no date given) This included information about the history of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Museum: 1.          SS Victory Lane Museum, San Pedro, California The museum had pictures of Liberty Ships and Victory Ships. The museum included quotes from veterans. The museum had parts of the ships on display. Many of the pictures on the web site came from this museum. 2.          SS Jeremiah O'Brien Museum, San Francisco, California The whole ship is a museum, but in the bottom decks they had pictures of other Liberty Ships, and I got some useful information. Video: 1          Battle Stations History Channel This video gave me information about the liberty ships and how they were built, why were they built, and who built them. It gave me date and facts. 2          Empires of American Industry History Channel 1996           This video helped me by showing me about mass producing Liberty's and also, background information on Henry J. Kaiser. 3          The Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships PBS Home Video 1994 This video helped by showing what happened by film and the real life story of the adventures and losses aboard the SS Jeremiah O' Brien. Secondary Sources- Books: 1.          Bunker, John Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War ll Naval Institute Press 1972, Maryland This book included information about why the war effort needed the ships and information about several different Liberty ships. 2.          Cooper, Sherod  Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the John W. Brown 1942-1946 Naval Institute Press 1997, Maryland This book was based on logs, official documents and reports from the National Archive. This book included reasons for this topic being a revolution, reaction, and reform in history. 3.          Engle, Eloise and Lott, Arnold America's Maritime Heritage Naval Institute Press, 1975, New York This book included information about shipbuilding. This book also included facts about the tonnage of the Liberty Ships. 4.          Kemp, Peter The History of Ships. Orbis Publishing 1976, New York. Pg. 255 This book included blueprints of the ship and how the Liberty and Victory ships were nearly the same. 5.          Woodman, Richard The History of the Ship Conway Maritime Press 1997, New York pps. 270-271 This book had picture of Liberty ships and gave the names of different Liberty ships. It included information on the building of the ships. Web Sites: 1.          Adams, Herbert "Last of the Liberty Ships " http://www.cascobay.com/history/libship/libship.htm     September 4, 2001 This website described how the Liberty Ships were built in a record of less than 5 days. It originally took 244 days to build a ship and then moved to 6 weeks, and finally was down to less than 5 days. The ships averaged 6 weeks to build. This web site told about the President's thoughts about them. 2.          "Henry J. Kaiser" http://www.msc.navy.mil/mpstwo/kaiser.htm February 20, 2002 This site gave me information on how he started out and how he helped the problem and came up with a solution. Permission granted to use photos 3.          "Liberty Ships"  http://www.goerie.com/librty/about_the_john_w_brown.html August 29, 2001 This web site told me about the John W. Brown, one of the 2 ships that made it home. The web site included the voyages of the John W. Brown. This website included information on its revolutionary building technique. 4.          "Liberty Ships" http://www.worldcity.com/news/libertship.html September 12, 2001 This website gave information on the ships in general. It also included pictures of the shipyard with the Liberty Ships all in the dock being built at the same time using the prefabricated technique. 5.          "Liberty Ships, MasterList of Names" http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~pt/liberty_listJ.html April 2, 2002 This website gave me a master list of Liberty ship names and it also gave me the yard it was built at, the hull numbers for builder and MCE, the No. of way, the day the keel was laid and the day it was lauched. 6.          Lienhard, John H. "No. 91: Liberty Ships" http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi91.htm February 20, 2002 This website helped me to understand more about Henry J. Kaiser, and how he helped out in the revolutionary event. 7.          Lienhard, John H. "No.1525: Liberty Ships" http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1525.htm February 20, 2002 This website also helped me learn more about Kaiser and his help in the Liberty Ships and the whole revolutionary event, and gave me a picture of a Liberty Ship. 8.          "National Liberty Ship Memorial" http://www.ssjeremaihobrien.org/links.html April 1, 2002 This website is were I got information on the O'Briens location, and on this website they put my a link to my website so all can look at my site.

Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources- Books: 1.          Bunker, John Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War ll Naval Institute Press 1972, Maryland This book gave me lots of pictures and information on the design of the ship. 2.           Cooper, Sherod  Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the John W. Brown 1942-1946 Naval Institute Press 1997, Maryland This book was based on logs, official documents and reports from the National Archive. This book had many pictures of Liberty Ships. 3.          Durham, Byron. The Wartime Journals of Bryon B. Durham The Durham Family. 1997. Massachusetts This book is the journal of Byron Durham about his journeys on the Liberty Ship SS Julia Ward Howe. This journal included information about life on a Liberty ship during WWII. 4.          Jaffee, Walter The Last Liberty: The Biography of the SS Jeremiah O' Brien Glencannon Press 1993, California This book included information on the SS Jeremiah O' Brien. It is actually the biography of the O' Brien and from beginning till end how it made it home and made 7 voyages. 5.          Peterson, Peter. They Couldn't Have Won the War Without Us Lead Mine Press. 1998, Illinois This book has short stories of the Merchant Marines of WWII  told by the men who were on the ships. This book included information about how these ships helped win the war. Interviews 1.  Tompkins, Bob Personal Interview Sept.22, 2001 Mr. Tompkins told his thought on the revolutionary designs of the Liberty and Victory ships. Mr. Tompkins had facts on the Liberty Ships and Victory Ships. 2.  Schlick, George Personal Interview Feb.15, 2002 Mr. Schlick told his opinion on my topic and some background information on the subject. Also a guided tour of the ship letting me see taped off areas.  3. Donovan, Dr. Arthur, Email Interview. Feb. 22, 2002. Hisotry Professor, US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point Dr. Donovan responded to my email questions about the design of the Liberty Ships and their involvement in winning the war. 4. Louie, Paul, Telephone Interview April 2, 2002 Shipbuilder at a shipyard that built Liberty Ships Paul told me his opinion if prefabrication was faster. He also told me his occupation, and he told me that it was 5 yrs ahead of its time. Magazine/Brochure 1.          "The Pointer" Navy Historical Magazine, Golden Oldie No. II (no date given) This magazine had photos taken during World War II of Liberty Ships under construction, including the prefabrication pieces. 2.          SS Jeremiah O'Brien  Self Guided Tour brochure. (no date given) This included information about the history of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Museum: 1.          SS Victory Lane Museum, San Pedro, California The museum had pictures of Liberty Ships and Victory Ships. The museum included quotes from veterans. The museum had parts of the ships on display. Many of the pictures on the web site came from this museum. 2.          SS Jeremiah O'Brien Museum, San Francisco, California The whole ship is a museum, but in the bottom decks they had pictures of other Liberty Ships, and I got some useful information. Video: 1          Battle Stations History Channel This video gave me information about the liberty ships and how they were built, why were they built, and who built them. It gave me date and facts. 2          Empires of American Industry History Channel 1996           This video helped me by showing me about mass producing Liberty's and also, background information on Henry J. Kaiser. 3          The Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships PBS Home Video 1994 This video helped by showing what happened by film and the real life story of the adventures and losses aboard the SS Jeremiah O' Brien. Secondary Sources- Books: 1.          Bunker, John Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War ll Naval Institute Press 1972, Maryland This book included information about why the war effort needed the ships and information about several different Liberty ships. 2.          Cooper, Sherod  Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the John W. Brown 1942-1946 Naval Institute Press 1997, Maryland This book was based on logs, official documents and reports from the National Archive. This book included reasons for this topic being a revolution, reaction, and reform in history. 3.          Engle, Eloise and Lott, Arnold America's Maritime Heritage Naval Institute Press, 1975, New York This book included information about shipbuilding. This book also included facts about the tonnage of the Liberty Ships. 4.          Kemp, Peter The History of Ships. Orbis Publishing 1976, New York. Pg. 255 This book included blueprints of the ship and how the Liberty and Victory ships were nearly the same. 5.          Woodman, Richard The History of the Ship Conway Maritime Press 1997, New York pps. 270-271 This book had picture of Liberty ships and gave the names of different Liberty ships. It included information on the building of the ships. Web Sites: 1.          Adams, Herbert "Last of the Liberty Ships " http://www.cascobay.com/history/libship/libship.htm     September 4, 2001 This website described how the Liberty Ships were built in a record of less than 5 days. It originally took 244 days to build a ship and then moved to 6 weeks, and finally was down to less than 5 days. The ships averaged 6 weeks to build. This web site told about the President's thoughts about them. 2.          "Henry J. Kaiser" http://www.msc.navy.mil/mpstwo/kaiser.htm February 20, 2002 This site gave me information on how he started out and how he helped the problem and came up with a solution. Permission granted to use photos 3.          "Liberty Ships"  http://www.goerie.com/librty/about_the_john_w_brown.html August 29, 2001 This web site told me about the John W. Brown, one of the 2 ships that made it home. The web site included the voyages of the John W. Brown. This website included information on its revolutionary building technique. 4.          "Liberty Ships" http://www.worldcity.com/news/libertship.html September 12, 2001 This website gave information on the ships in general. It also included pictures of the shipyard with the Liberty Ships all in the dock being built at the same time using the prefabricated technique. 5.          "Liberty Ships, MasterList of Names" http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~pt/liberty_listJ.html April 2, 2002 This website gave me a master list of Liberty ship names and it also gave me the yard it was built at, the hull numbers for builder and MCE, the No. of way, the day the keel was laid and the day it was lauched. 6.          Lienhard, John H. "No. 91: Liberty Ships" http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi91.htm February 20, 2002 This website helped me to understand more about Henry J. Kaiser, and how he helped out in the revolutionary event. 7.          Lienhard, John H. "No.1525: Liberty Ships" http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1525.htm February 20, 2002 This website also helped me learn more about Kaiser and his help in the Liberty Ships and the whole revolutionary event, and gave me a picture of a Liberty Ship. 8.          "National Liberty Ship Memorial" http://www.ssjeremaihobrien.org/links.html April 1, 2002 This website is were I got information on the O'Briens location, and on this website they put my a link to my website so all can look at my site.