SS John Brown Liberty Ship

Prior to the Southern Maryland District meeting on 18 October 2009 you are invited to tour the oldest of the last two surviving WW2 Liberty ships, the SS John W. Brown.

The SS John Brown was built and launched in Baltimore Harbor. She made 13 total roundtrip voyages to the European theatre of operations and back, 9 wartime and 4 post-WW2 voyages. The John W.Brown took part in the Anzio operations and later in the D-Day landings of Southern France in August 1944.

The plan is to meet at Patrick Henry Post 34 and leave there in convoy NLT 0945, putting us at the ship shortly after 1000 hours. Or go directly to the ship.

We will tour the ship until about 11:30 hours and then return to Post 34 for our SMD meeting.

All those interested should notify Steve Tatro and/or Larry Barber .

The SS John W. Brown is NOT wheelchair accessible. Embarkation is by a gently sloping stairwell, each step is about 4 inches high. All who come aboard will need to sign in and later sign out prior to leaving. This is for safety reasons and guest accountability.