SS Enid Victory
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The SS Enid Victory' (MCV-712), was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory ship built by Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard 2, of Richmond, California. The Maritime Administration cargo ship was named after Enid, Oklahoma. It was the 730th ship built at the Kaiser yards. Its keel was laid on May 17, 1945. The ship was christened on June 27, 1945, with Enid Mayor Luther A. Wells in attendance.[2] The ship was in service during World War II, Korea War, and Vietnam war.
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Typical Victory ship | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Enid Victory (MCV-712) |
Namesake | Enid, Oklahoma |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | General Steamship Company |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Launched | 1945-06-27 |
Sponsored by | Marie Michau-Jordaan |
Christened | 1945-06-27 |
Identification | IMO number: 5104423 |
Fate | Sold for scrap August 16, 1993 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
Tonnage | |
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 (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
Armament | |
Notes | [1] |
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