SS Durham Victory
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The SS Durham Victory was the 19th Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The SS Durham Victory was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 30, 1944, and completed on July 5, 1944. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 18 (V-19). SS Durham Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and was operated by Agwilines Inc.
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Typical Victory Ship. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Durham Victory |
Namesake | Durham, North Carolina |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Agwilines Inc |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles |
Laid down | March 30, 1944 |
Launched | March 30, 1944 |
Completed | July 5, 1944 |
Fate | Sold to the Netherlands, 1946 |
Netherlands | |
Name | SS AVERDIJK |
Owner | Holland America Line |
Operator | Holland America Line |
Fate | Sold to Panama, 1967 |
Panama | |
Name | SS DOMINA |
Owner | Consolidated Mariner S.A, Panama |
Fate | Scrapped in Taiwan, 1972 |
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) |
Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
Propulsion | HP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller, by Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Essington |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
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Notes | [1] |
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