SS China Victory
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The SS China 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 26, 1944, and completed on April 1, 1944. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was 'VC2- S- AP3, hull number 1'. She was operated by the Matson Navigation Company of Hawaii. SS China Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II compared to Victory ships, which were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. Victory ships differed from Liberty ships in that they were faster, longer and wider, taller, had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure, and had a long raised forecastle.
Typical Victory ship | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS China Victory |
Namesake | Republic of China |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Matson Navigation Company |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles |
Laid down | November 28, 1943 |
Launched | January 26, 1944 |
Completed | April 1, 1944 |
Fate | Sold |
United States | |
Name | SS P & T. Leader 1951 |
Operator | Pope & Talbot, Inc. |
Fate | Sold |
United States | |
Name | SS Smith Leader 1962 |
Operator | Sumner A. Long |
Fate | Sold |
United States | |
Name | SS Transnorthern 1965 |
Operator | Hudson Waterways Corp |
Fate | Sold |
United States | |
Name | SS Buckeye Victory 1969 |
Operator | Buckeye Steamship Co, |
Fate | Scrapped in 1972 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) |
Draft | 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] |
SS China Victory was christened by the Republic of China's Envoy's wife, Wei Tao-ming. The ceremony had both an ancient Chinese invocation to the sea gods and the traditional American tradition of a bottle of champagne breaking. The matron of honor at the launching was Mrs. T. K. Chang, wife of the Chinese consul at Los Angeles. SS China Victory was one of a long line of Victory ships to leave the Calship building.