SS New Zealand Victory
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The SS New Zealand Victory was the sixth Victory ship built during World War II. She was launched at Terminal Island by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 20, 1944 and completed on May 13, 1944. She was built in 109 days under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 6 (V-6). SS New Zealand Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during WW2. SS New Zealand Victory was sixth of the new 10,500-ton class ship to be known as Victory ships. Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for WW2. Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle.[2]
Typical Victory Ship. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS New Zealand Victory |
Namesake | New Zealand |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Waterman Steamship Company |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles |
Laid down | January 25, 1944 |
Launched | March 20, 1944 |
Completed | May 13, 1944 |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
United States | |
Name | SS Halcyon Tiger |
Namesake | Tiger |
Owner | Halcyon Steamship Company, of Wilmington, Del. |
Operator | Halcyon Steamship Company |
Fate | Sold, 1971 |
Panama | |
Name | SS Palona |
Namesake | Dove, a symbol of Peace |
Owner | Universal Mariners S.A, of Panama |
Operator | Universal Mariners S.A |
Fate | Scrapped in Taiwan, 1973 |
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, 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 |
Armament |
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Notes | [1] |
SS New Zealand Victory was christened and sponsored by Mrs. Walter Nash, wife of Mr. Walter Nash, ministry to Washington D,C. from New Zealand. The launching of The SS New Zealand Victory splashed into the water of Wilmington, Los Angeles.[3][4][5][6][7]