SS John B. Lennon SS John B. Lennon SS "John B. Lennon" was an American Liberty ship in World War II. The ship was built by the J.A. Jones Construction shipyard at Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. F.R. Bustin, and launched on 22 December 1943. The ship was named after John B. Lennon, the treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, later appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the U.S. Department of Labor's board of mediators and Commission of Conciliation, and also served on the U.S. Commission of Industrial Relations. "John B. Lennon" sailed from the shipyard at Brunswick to New York City in early
Mind Games (John Lennon album) on "Mind Games", "Meat City" contains a Lennon curse, "Fuck a pig!", sped up and backwards, while the mix used as the B-side to the "Mind Games" single gave the same treatment to the phrase "Check the album!" "Rock and Roll People" was also recorded during the album's sessions and given to Johnny Winter for his "John Dawson Winter III" album. Lennon's version remained unreleased until 1986's posthumous "Menlove Ave." album. Tony King, vice-president of Apple Records in Los Angeles at the time, convinced Lennon to promote "Mind Games", arranging interviews for Lennon with "Billboard" and "Record World". He also