# SS Liberty Glo

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For the Bali shipwreck sometimes referred to as "USAT *Liberty Glo*", see [USAT Liberty](/source/USAT_Liberty).

The aft part of SS Liberty Glo, still afloat after her collision with a mine in December 1919. History Name Liberty Glo Owner 1919: U.S. Shipping Board 1928: South Atlantic SSC 1936: American Foreign SSC 1947: North Star Co. Builder American International Shipbuilding Co. Yard number 517 Launched 14 June 1919 Christened Scooba Completed August 1919 Renamed Liberty Glo 1919 North Glow 1947 Fate Scrapped at Baltimore, 1950 General characteristics Type Design 1022 cargo ship Tonnage 7,500 dwt Length 390 ft (120 m) Beam 54 ft (16 m) Draft 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) Installed power Oil-fired steam turbines Propulsion Single screw

**SS *Liberty Glo*** (originally *Scooba*) was built by [American International Shipbuilding](/source/American_International_Shipbuilding) at [Hog Island](/source/Hog_Island%2C_Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I), but was not completed until after the November 1918 [armistice](/source/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)). While off the Dutch coast in December 1919, it struck a [mine](/source/Naval_mine) which broke her in two, but the aft part of the vessel remained afloat and was repaired. She served as a civilian cargo ship during World War II and was scrapped in 1950 in Baltimore.

## Early career

Hog Island Hull No. 517 was laid down as SS *Scooba* on June 12, 1918 but by the time it was launched on June 14, 1919 it had been renamed SS *Liberty Glo*. Delivered to the [U.S. Shipping Board](/source/United_States_Shipping_Board) on August 2, 1919, she was a [cargo ship](/source/Cargo_ship) of 5,000 [GT](/source/Gross_tonnage) and 7,825 long tons [deadweight](/source/Deadweight_tonnage) (DWT), 394 feet (120 m) long and 54 feet (16 m) beam. *Liberty Glo* was the 36th [Hog Islander](/source/Hog_Islander) built and one of twelve built as "Type B" troop carriers. (*Liberty Glo* was not a [Liberty Ship](/source/Liberty_Ship), which were a similar concept of vessel built during World War II.)

On December 5, 1919, the *Liberty Glo* struck a mine 10 mi (19 km) northwest of [Terschelling](/source/Terschelling) on the coast of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). The explosion broke the hull in two from waterline to waterline at number two cargo hold, the deck plates and bulwarks holding the ship together so that, despite the heavy sea running, the captain was able to get it ashore with no casualties and save most of the US$2,000,000 cargo. Captain Stousland paid the following tribute to the Hog Island product:

- *She broke close to the rivets but they remained intact, notwithstanding the fact that the number three bulkhead is now the bows and against it the breakers hammered without mercy to my great surprise it remained intact. The*Liberty Glo*was built as good as any ship afloat and how she hung together after being cut in two was most remarkable.* [\[1\]](http://tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_039/TECH_V039_S0311_P003.txt)

## Later career

On 28 February 1929, *Liberty Glo* ran aground off [Terneuzen](/source/Terneuzen), [Zeeland](/source/Zeeland), the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).[1] She was refloated on 2 March 1929.[2]

By 1939, *Liberty Glo* was one of four ships sailing for the [American Foreign Steamship Corporation](/source/American_Foreign_Steamship_Corporation) of New York.[3] During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the ship sailed in several Atlantic convoys to the Mediterranean.[4] The ship was renamed *North Glow* in 1947, but only sailed for three more years. In November 1950, the ship was [broken up](/source/Ship_breaking) in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Casualty Reports". *The Times*. No. 45140. London. March 1, 1929. col. G, p. 22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Casualty Reports". *The Times*. No. 45142. London. March 4, 1929. col. G, p. 23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jordan, Roger W. (1999). *The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars And Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships*. London: Chatham. p. 383. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-86176-023-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86176-023-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Convoyweb.org.uk](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Liberty+Glo%22+site:convoyweb.org.uk&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en-gb&num=50&filter=0)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Miramar_5-0)** ["*Liberty Glo* (2218597)"](https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/2218597). [Miramar Ship Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miramar). Retrieved July 17, 2009.

- [http://www.usmm.org/ww1merchant.html](http://www.usmm.org/ww1merchant.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200725224849/http://www.usmm.org/ww1merchant.html) July 25, 2020, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [Full history of Hog Islanders](https://web.archive.org/web/20150419131808/http://smmlonline.com/articles/hogislanders/hogislanders.html)

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1929 Shipwrecks 2 Jan: Malakoff 16 Jan: Hsin Wah 12 Feb: Alloway 19 Feb: Kanowna 22 Mar: I'm Alone 25 Mar: Muggia 29 Mar: Selje 26 May: Aleutian 9 Jul: HMS H47 17 Jul: USS General Alava 1 Aug: Asakaze 30 Aug: San Juan 7 Sep: Kuru 9 Sep: Andaste 11 Sep: Acielle 2 Oct: Commandant Bultinck 22 Oct: Milwaukee 29 Oct: Wisconsin 31 Oct: Senator 4 Nov: Gilbert San 29 Nov: Norwich City 7 Dec: Ägir 18 Dec: Fort Victoria Unknown date: San Antonio Other incidents 5 Jan: Siboney 20 Jan: President Garfield 29 Jan: City of Cairo 28 Feb: Liberty Glo 7 Mar: Thétis 10 Mar: Pengreep 22 Mar: USCGC Dexter 25 Mar: Germaine L D 26 Mar: Europa 28 Mar: Libia 30 Mar: Naïade 6 Apr USS Childs 7 Apr Paris 18 Apr Paris 27 Apr: Duchess of Richmond April (unknown date) Franconia 15 May: Irwell May (unknown date): Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Rothesay 9 Jul: HMS L12 11 Jul: I-55, Kinugasa 3 Aug: Medway Queen 9 Aug: Viceroy of India 20 Aug Paris September (unknown date): Binnendijk, Eider 5 Oct: NRP Adamastor 12 Oct: USFS Widgeon 13 Oct: Empress of Canada 19 Oct: Bowes Castle 20 Oct: USAT Liberty 6 Nov: Barbana G 13 Nov: Ro-63 22 Nov: Parizhskaya Kommuna 7 Dec: Aba 18 Dec: Algonquin 24 Dec: Roosevelt 1928 1930

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