This work gives a brief history of the Liberty ship John W. Brown from its launch in 1942 through 1991. The ship's seagoing years were from 1942 to 1946 and then the ship served as a maritime high school in New York City from 1946 to 1982. Project Liberty Ship acquired the John W. Brown in 1983. Since 1991, she has been an operational museum ship moored in Baltimore, Maryland.