SS Chanute Victory
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The SS Chanute Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on January 19, 1945, and completed on February 20, 1945. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 79 (V44).
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Typical Victory Ship. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Chanute Victory |
Namesake | Octave Chanute |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | American-Hawaiian Steamship Company |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles |
Laid down | November 29, 1944 |
Launched | January 19, 1945 |
Completed | February 20, 1945 |
Fate | Sold in 1947 |
Netherlands | |
Name | SS Alphacca in 1947 |
Operator | N.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam. |
Fate | Sold in 1964 |
Taiwan | |
Name | SS Hai-Fu 1964 |
Acquired | China Merchants S.N.Co, Port of Keelung |
Fate | Sold in 1973 |
Taiwan | |
Name | SS Kai-Ming 1973 |
Acquired | Yang Ming Marine Transport Co, Taipei |
Renamed | SS Ming Cathay in 1977 |
Identification | IMO number: 5012448 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1978 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
Tonnage | 7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT |
Displacement | 15,200 tons |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draught | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
Propulsion | HP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
Armament | |
Notes | [1] |
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