SS Liberty Glo
SS Liberty Glo (originally Scooba) was a Hog Island cargo ship built in Philadelphia during World War I but completed after the war. She was launched on June 14, 1919 and delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board on August 2, 1919. The ship was about 390 feet long and carried a large cargo across the Atlantic.
On December 5, 1919, near the Dutch coast northwest of Terschelling, Liberty Glo struck a mine. The explosion split the hull in two, but the stern part stayed afloat and was brought ashore. There were no casualties and the cargo, worth about $2 million, was saved. Captain Stousland later praised the Hog Island ships for their performance.
In February 1929, Liberty Glo ran aground off Terneuzen, Netherlands, and was refloated a few days later. By 1939 she sailed for the American Foreign Steamship Corporation and took part in Atlantic convoys to the Mediterranean during World War II.
The ship was renamed North Glow in 1947 and was scrapped in Baltimore in November 1950.
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