Jeremiah O’Brien is product of an emergency shipbuilding program of World War II that resulted in the construction of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. Designed as cheap quickly built simple cargo steamers, the liberty ships formed the backbone of a massive sealift of troops, arms, and material to every theater of the war. The ship made wartime voyages between the east coast, Canada, and the United Kingdom, to South America, Australia, and the Philippines. From June until December 1994, O’Brien made 11 trips between the United Kingdom and Normandy to Normandy in support of the D-Day invasion, including a trip from Belfast, lreland to Normandy with troops from Patton’s Fifth Division.
Item No 05755
Item Name SS Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty Ship
Bar Code 9580208057552
Scale 1:700
Item Type Static Kit
Model Brief Length: 192.2mm Width: 24.8mm Height: 48.5mm
Total Parts 151pcs
Metal Parts n/a
Photo Etched Parts n/a
Film Parts n/a
Resin Parts n/a
Total Sprues 4 sprues, upper hull, deck, lower hull and waterline plate
Paint Schemes SS Jeremiah O’Brien
Released Date 2008-12
More Features " -Two-directional slide-molded upper hull
-Lower hull made from two-directional slide molds
-Two-directional slide-molded deck with freeing port"