Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards

Savannah was a site chosen to build liberty ships. They build 36 ships. Both shipyards hired many women because most of the men were over seas. Large amount of African Americans were also hired.

Savannah shipyard
 

 Decades before the war, Brunswick was used for trading purposes. It used three rivers and traded things like cotton and rice. On January of 1941 Emergency Shipbuilding Program was announced by President Franklin Roosevelt. Brunswick was chosen to construct cargo vessels that would aid Allied forces in Europe. After America declared war the cargo vessels were called ‘Liberty Ships”, they went at amazing speed. 16,000 workers built 99 ships and could haul thousand tons across the Atlantic Ocean.

It took 89 day to finish one liberty ship. It would attract politicians and other well-known personalities from around Georgia.

Brunswick shipyard