Allied shipping losses during the early stages of the Second World War forced the United States Government to rapidly build an efficient and reliable merchant fleet. The Liberty ship, a four hundred and forty one foot long welded constructed vessel capable of carrying anything from jeeps to tanks, ammunition to fuel, and radios to troops, was the workhorse of the Allied supply chain. 2,710 of these massive crafts were constructed during the war, with one built in only four and a half days from stem to stern. One of the fleet was named after millionaire cereal magnate Charles William Post. Ugly Duckling is the definitive look at one of the ships of the Liberty fleet that supplied the Allied Forces from Murmansk to Saipan, Italy to New Zealand, and every other port of call where the Allies fought for liberty.
