The <a about="#mwt62" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Patrick Henry"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Patrick_Henry" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Patrick Henry" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Patrick Henry</i></a> is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.