DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of deck gun being lifted off Liberty ship William Wirt at Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, July 16, 1945. 7" x 9" high print, press photo. Photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, N.Y. Credit stamp on reverse with duplicated caption; dated file inkstamp: Ref. Dept. 7-27 '45 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association.] Caption on back: ===== 765959 New York Bureau First Liberty Ship to Lose Arms Hoboken, N.J. -- After three years of plying the West Indies, The Liberty ship William Wirt has her 5-inch 50 cal. deck gun removed at Todd Shipyards Corp. Hoboken Division. Vessel was the first American merchant ship to be disarmed since the war's end in Europe. BU SPEC #1A MGS S&S Credit line (ACME) 7-16-45 (RM) BU Credit Line (Acme) 6/6/44 (EO) ==== ==== The S.S. William Wirt did see action outside of the West Indies. It was responsible for shooting down 5 bombers as part of a 13 ship convoy to Algeria in January 1943. Ship returned to civilian duty and was scrapped in 1966. ---- war / military / Todd Shipyards Corporation / Tietjen & Lang / vessel