SS Swarthmore Victory
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SS Swarthmore Victory (MCV-737) was a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory-class cargo ship built for the United States during World War II. The ship was built as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding program by Permanente Metals Corporation in Yard 2 of the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California. Named after Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.[2] Caomplete on April 7, 1945 Swarthmore Victory delivered supplies for the Pacific War and was operated by the United States Lines.[3]
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Typical Victory ship | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania |
Operator | United States Lines and then Pacific Far East Line |
Builder | Permanente Metals, plant No. 2 |
Yard number | 737 |
Laid down | January 31, 1945 |
Launched | March 14, 1945 |
Completed | April 7, 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1988 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
Tonnage | 7,612 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 (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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