Advertisement with 'Rosie the Riveter' image, USS Pampanito and SS Jeremiah O' Brien images, entrance to Pier 45, San Francisco
The SS Jeremiah O'Brien, at Pier 45. Fisherman's Wharf, is one of two remaining fully functional, World War 2 Liberty Ships. The ship, one of 2710 built and launched during World War 2, was built in 1943 at South Portland, Maine, by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation. It was named after the first American to capture a British naval vessel during the Revolutionary War (War of Independence). The Jeremiah O'Brien made seven voyages during World War 2, ranging from England and Northern Ireland to South America, India and Australia. The ship also made eleven crossings of the English Channel carrying personnel and supplies to the Normandy beaches in support of the D-Day Landings. The O'Brien was mothballed after the war and saved from the scrapyard in 1979. Liberty Ships were quick and easy to build, moving at a slow knots ( mph) and having a 4-inch (102 mm) stem mounted deck gun for use against surface submarines. The USS Pampanito is a Balao-class diesel-electric submarine, launched 12 July 1943 at the Portsmouth Yard, Kittery, Maine. Sinking six Japanese ships and damaging four others, the submarine completed six war patrols in the Pacific 1944-1945, serving as a Naval Reserve Training Ship 1960-1971. It is now a National Historic Landmark, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association memorial and museum ship moored at Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf. The 'Rosie the Riveter' image represents the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War 2. The original image bore the words 'We Can Do It !' and was one of a series of posters for the war effort commissioned in 1942. Its aim was to boost morale.
Size: 4659px × 2124px
Location: Historic Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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