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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1914-built Greek steamship EMMY owned by Andreas Vergottis, became a total loss after going ashore on 25 May 1942. Its insurance compensation was the subject of litigation between the Greek government in Cairo and the Cephallonian owner. (1\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tLeading personalities in the case of the acquisition of the 100 Liberty ships in 1946. Pictured from left: shipowners George C. Lemos and Manolis Kulukundis, the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Nicholaos Avraam, the publisher of the Greek magazine Naftika Chronika Dimitrios Kottakis and shipowner John Theodoracopulos. (2\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tKyriakos Varvaressos (1884-1957), Finance Minister of the Greek government in Cairo. (3\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe banquet in honour of the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Nicholaos Avraam on 10 January 1947 in New York. (4\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"5_SEABOARD_RANGER_1944-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/5_SEABOARD_RANGER_1944-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1944-built Canadian-flag cargo ship SEABOARD RANGER, 7,192 gross tons, placed under the management of Goulandris Bros. Group in 1946. (5\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"6_ARISTOTELIS_LI_1943_Soc_Arm_Aristomenis-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/6_ARISTOTELIS_LI_1943_Soc_Arm_Aristomenis-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1943-built Liberty-type ship ARISTOTELIS, acquired by the Onassis Group in 1946 and placed under Honduras flag. (6\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"7_NORTHWESTE_N_VICTORY-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/7_NORTHWESTE_N_VICTORY-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1945-built US-flag NORTHWESTERN VICTORY, acquired in 1949 by the Onassis Group. (7\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the British magazine Sea Breezes, dated January 1946, depicting the construction of Liberty ships (1 of 3). (8\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the British magazine Sea Breezes, dated January 1946, depicting the construction of Liberty ships (2 of 3). (9\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"8c_SEABREEZES-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/8c_SEABREEZES-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the British magazine Sea Breezes, dated January 1946, depicting the construction of Liberty ships (3 of 3). (10\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"9_GEORGE_H_THOMAS_ARISTARCHOS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/9_GEORGE_H_THOMAS_ARISTARCHOS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1942-built Liberty ship GEORGE H. THOMAS during the War. (11\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 33rd President of the United States of America Harry S. Truman, took the decision for the sale of Liberty ships to foreign countries after the end of the War. (12\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"10_ROOSEVELT_copy-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/10_ROOSEVELT_copy-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 32nd President of the United States of America Franklin D. Roosevelt. By his decision the United States Maritime Commission was established in 1936 with first president Joseph P. Kennedy, father of the later President of the United States of America John F. Kennedy. Roosevelt adopted and put the shipbuilding program of the Liberty ships into effect. (13\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Liberty ship I. B. PERRINE, built in November 1944, was immediately after its completion renamed ELEFTHERIA and placed under Greek flag. On 22 March 1945 she was mined and sunk. (14\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe crew of the Liberty-type cargo ship ELEFTHERIA before its first sailing. (15\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the Greek magazine Naftika Nea, dated 1 June 1945, referring to the crew of the lost Liberty ship ELEFTHERIA. (16\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1927-built British-flag cargo ship BAYSWATER, acquired in 1946 by Diamantis Pateras family interests. (17\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe AMERIKI, one of 15 Liberty ships that operated under Greek flag during the War. (18\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe HELLAS, one of 15 Liberty ships that operated under Greek flag during the War. (19\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tFrom the mass construction of Liberty ships during the War. (20\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tKonstantinos Tsaldaris administration in late 1946. (21\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tKonstantinos Tsaldaris (1884-1970) and Sofoklis Venizelos (1894-1964), played an important role in the acquisition of the 100 Liberty ships. (22\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"21_PAN_EPAGG_ENOSIS_27_1947-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/21_PAN_EPAGG_ENOSIS_27_1947-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA letter by the Union of Masters and Mates of the Greek Merchant Marine to the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Nicholaos Avraam expressing their gratitude for the acquisition of the 100 Liberty ships. (23\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"22_PAN_NAYT_OMOSP_25_12_46-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/22_PAN_NAYT_OMOSP_25_12_46-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPress release of the Panhellenic Seamen\u2019s Federation regarding the purchase of the 100 Liberty ships. (24\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"23_ABRAAM_NICHOLAS_TSALDARHS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/23_ABRAAM_NICHOLAS_TSALDARHS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPrime Minister of Greece Konstantinos Tsaldaris with Archbishop of North and South America and later Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras. Also in the picture are the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Nicholaos Avraam and two leading personalities of the Greek community in New York, Vassilios Helis and Spyros Skouras. (25\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"24_GEORGIOS_F_ANDREADHS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/24_GEORGIOS_F_ANDREADHS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe GEORGIOS F. ANDREADIS was the first of the 100 Liberty ships acquired in 1946-1947 and placed under Greek flag. (26\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"25a_SYMFONITIKO_MICHALOS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/25a_SYMFONITIKO_MICHALOS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe contract for the purchase of the Liberty ships (1 of 2). (27\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"25b_SYMFONITIKO_MICHALOS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/25b_SYMFONITIKO_MICHALOS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe contract for the purchase of the Liberty ships (2 of 2). (28\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"26a_GREEK_SHIPPING_1944-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/26a_GREEK_SHIPPING_1944-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the British magazine Shipbuilding and Shipping Record referring to the possibility of selling surplus tonnage to Greeks after the War (1 of 2). (29\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"26b_GREEK_SHIPPING_1944_B-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/26b_GREEK_SHIPPING_1944_B-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle from the British magazine Shipbuilding and Shipping Record referring to the possibility of selling surplus tonnage to Greeks after the War (2 of 2). (30\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"27_KYMA-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/27_KYMA-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe KYMA, owned by Nikolas Livanos, was one of the 100 Liberty ships acquired massively in 1946-1947 and placed under Greek flag. (31\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"28_KYMA_Tsakos-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/28_KYMA_Tsakos-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPanagiotis N. Tsakos, founder of Tsakos Shipping & Trading S.A. in the early 1970s, as an apprentice officer on the Liberty KYMA. (32\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"29_AKTI-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/29_AKTI-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Liberty AKTI, owned by Nikolas Livanos, was one of the 100 Liberty ships acquired massively in 1946-1947 and placed under Greek flag. (33\/64)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>