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Entry: What is Left? What is Right? Does it Matter? Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/what_is_left_what_is_right_does_it_matter#45 Post contents: The Liberty was only attacked, not sunk. As the Wikipedia artcle you link to notes, the ultimate fate of the Liberty was more anodyne than sinking under enemy attack: Though Liberty was severely damaged, with a 50-foot (15 m) hole and a twisted keel, her crew kept her afloat, and she was able to leave the area under her own power. She was escorted to Malta by units of the U.S. 6th Fleet and was there given interim repairs. After these were completed in July 1967, Liberty returned to the United States. She was decommissioned in June 1968 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Liberty was transferred to United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) in December 1970 and sold for scrap in 1973. Sent at: 2008 07 04