SS Pratt Victory
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SS Pratt Victory was a United States Victory ship which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the last few months of World War II. The ship's US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 782 (V-782). SS Pratt Victory was named after Pratt Institute in New York City. It was built in 76 days at the California Shipbuilding Yard (Calship) in Los Angeles, California and was delivered on 9 May 1945.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Pratt Victory |
Namesake | Pratt Institute |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Waterman Steamship Company |
Builder | California Shipbuilding (Calship) |
Yard number | 272 |
Laid down | 22 February 1945 |
Launched | 14 April 1945 |
Acquired | 9 May 1945 |
In service | 1945 |
Fate | Sold 1961, resold 1965 & 1968, scrapped 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship |
Tonnage | 10,750 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
Range | 23,500 mi (20,400 nmi; 37,800 km) |
Capacity | 500,000 cu ft (14,000 m3) (approx.) |
Complement | 62 United States Merchant Marine and United States Navy Armed Guard |
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SS Pratt Victory was the 782nd of the 10,500-ton class known as Victory ships, built under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used solely for World War II. 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 it was faster, longer, wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and a long raised forecastle.[1][2][3]