SS Middlebury Victory
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The SS Middlebury Victory was an American Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II. The Middlebury Victory (MCV-726), was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory ship built by Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard 2, of Richmond, California. The Maritime Administration cargo ship was the 726th ship built. Her keel was laid on December 16, 1944. The ship was christened on March 1, 1945. SS Middlebury Victory was an armed cargo ship named for Middlebury College in Vermont, one of 150 educational institutions that had Victory ships named after them. She was built at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards in just 75 days, under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for World War II. The 10,600-ton ship was constructed for the Maritime Commission. She was operated by the General SS Company under the United States Merchant Marine Act for the War Shipping Administration.[2]
Typical Victory Ship. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Middlebury Victory |
Namesake | Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | General SS Company |
Builder | Permanente Metals, plant No. 2 |
Laid down | December 16, 1944 |
Launched | February 3, 1945 |
Completed | March 1, 1945 |
Fate | Sank 27 January 1947 in the Mediterranean Sea |
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] |
Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II, while Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the United States Navy after the war. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were faster, longer and wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and a long raised forecastle.
Middlebury Victory served in the Atlantic Ocean, taking supplies to troops still in Europe after VE Day, May 8, 1945. She was operated by the General SS Company as a charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.