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Difference between Liberty boat and Liberty ship

liberty boat—(UK Nautical) a boat carrying sailors with leave to go ashore:

  • They knew that the liberty-boat would be on shore for them at that hour.

liberty ship—(WWII) a prefabricated U.S.-built merchant vessel:

  • Some of the wartime “liberty” ships fractured when lying in port, without operational loads.