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
In His Life: The John Lennon Story was the first time the owner of the Menlove Avenue house allowed a film crew inside, and also allowed them to knock down a downstairs wall to make room for the cameras. This resulted in 150 bricks, which later were sold to Beatles' fans. The film was nominated for an award in 2001 for "Best Edited Motion Picture for Commercial Television", by the American Cinema Editors. In His Life: The John Lennon Story In His Life: The John Lennon Story is a 2000 British-American made-for-television biographical film about John Lennon's teenage years, written by the film's executive producer, Michael O'Hara,