K 131 Melucta was one of 2,710 Liberty ships completed during the frenzied U.S. shipbuilding programs of World War II. Of those, 253 were lost - sunk by enemy action or from the normal hazards of being at sea, a numbing 9 percent loss rate.
She was a standard EC2-S-C1 cargo vessel. This is Trumpeter's 1/350 Liberty Ship, with the excellent Toms PE set, Preiser figures and vehicles in white metal by GHQ. The vehicles are supposedly 1/285 scale, and a little bit overscale, but look OK to me on the ship. The LCT is cast by myself.