Victory ship

Victory ship

tatus of remaining Victory ships

Several are now museum ships:

* SS "American Victory"
* SS "Lane Victory"
* SS "Red Oak Victory"

A few are laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
:"Status indicated is as of 2008-07-31 MARAD inventory."

At Beaumont Reserve Fleet:
* SS "Hattiesburg Victory" - Hull Number 809, type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal

At James River Reserve Fleet:
* USS "Gage" (APA-168) - Hull Number 134, type VC2-S-AP5, status Historic Hold
* USS "Range Sentinel" (AGM-22) - Hull Number 553, type VC2-S-AP5, status Historic Review (former USS "Sherburne (APA-205)")

At Suisun Bay:
* SS "Earlham Victory" - Hull Number 763, type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal
* SS "Occidental Victory" - Hull Number 748 (possibly 68), type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal
* SS "Pan American Victory" - Hull Number 746, type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal
* SS "Rider Victory" - Hull Number 777, type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal
* SS "Winthrop Victory" - Hull Number 790, type VC2-S-AP2, status Disposal

At Brownsville, Texas:
* SS "Queens Victory" - Hull Number 789, type VC2-S-AP2, status Undergoing Scrapping
* SS "Sioux Falls Victory" - Hull Number 70, type VC2-S-AP2, status Undergoing Scrapping

ee also

* List of Victory ships
* Liberty ship
* T2 tanker
* Type C1 ship
* Type C2 ship
* Type C3 ship

External links

See [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/116liberty_victory_ships/116liberty_victory_ships.htm Liberty Ships and Victory Ships, America's Lifeline in War] for a lesson on Liberty ships and Victory ships from the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places.

Notes

References

* [http://www.americanvictory.org SS "American Victory" website]
* [http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/types.html?class=Victory U-Boat net]
* [http://www.nps.gov/pwro/rori_library/ROVNHLsig.doc United States National Park Service document on historical significance of SS "Red Oak Victory"]
*Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by Frederic C. Lane. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8018-6752-5
*Victory Ships and Tankers; the history of the "Victory" type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, by L. A. Sawyer and W. H. Mitchell. Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1974

A Great Fleet of Ships--the Canadian Forts and Park Victory ship. SC Heal. Vanwell, 1993.


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