John W. Brown Comes to Town ; Two Grandsons of the Ship's Namesake Are Among the Greeters.
Portland Press Herald › August 17, 2007
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Louis McDonald Orr scowled at the chain-link fence.
He stood near the security gate at Portland's Maine State Pier, peering toward the gray hulk of the S.S. John W. Brown, which had just docked.See the full content of this document
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John W. Brown Comes to Town ; Two Grandsons of the Ship's Namesake Are Among the Greeters.
Of the 2,710 Liberty Ships built during World War II - including nearly 300 in South Portland - only two of the historic vessels remain: the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, and the John W. Brown, named after a labor leader from Maine who organized workers at Bath I...
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