USS Liberty Model Query

[Cobra]

Hey Guys, Does Anyone know there is a Model Available of the ship USS Liberty? i remember seeing a Documentary about the Attack on the USS Liberty, and Wondered if Anyone know if a Model is Available.  Thanks For Looking.Dan

[Maverick]

Dan,

I seem to recall a model of a Liberty ship from Monogram back in the day, but I believe that a ship sunk called the Liberty, more correctly the LSAT Liberty was sunk off Indoesia during WW2.  This wasn't a 'Liberty' ship as such I believe, so the chances of a transport being modelled would be slim in my opinion.

Regards,

Mav

[Cobra]

Mav, this Ship was a Technical research Ship Attacked by Israel! Dan

[Maverick]

My bad Dan.  Wasn't even aware of that one to be honest.

Regards,

Mav

[Jschmus]

Had to do a little research before I could chime in on this topic.  The US Navy operated five "spy ships", of which the USS Liberty was one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGTR

The first three were converted Liberty Ships.  The last two, including Liberty, were actually Victory Ships, the follow-on class to the Liberties.  I seem to remember someone here talking about bashing a Victory ship, but I don't remember who or when.

Trumpeter makes a 1/700 Liberty ship.  I found a resin 1/700 Victory ship, from Loose Cannon Productions:

http://home.earthlink.net/~loosecannonproductions/Kit14.html