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Originally Posted by -SWCowboy.
Wouldn't those ships have be hunted by the u-boats just as desperately the larger cargo ships as well though?
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I think larger ships would have been the priority, unless there was intelligence information that a certain ship had a valuable cargo.
I read somewhere that Liberty Ships tended to get hit often and were considered "unlucky" by merchant crews. IMO this was simply because they were relatively large at 7200 tons. Most dry cargo ships of the era were between 1500 - 6500 tons.