From the Wilmington (NC) Star-News Back Then Column.
March 1, 1960, the US Maritime Administration announced its decision to close the reserve fleet operation on the Brunswick River near Wilmington, citing a surplus of Liberty Ships as well as the high cost of maintaining them.
Fourteen "priority" ships were to be moved to another area. That would be the newest and ones in best shape. The rest would be sold and scrapped.
In 1946, there were 426 shipw moored in the river and nearly 300 employees involved with them.
The last ship left the area in 1970.
I remember seeing them. Quite an impressive, though rusty sight.
The Old War Horses. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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