SS Mexico Victory
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The SS Mexico Victory was the 7th Victory ship built during World War II. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 27, 1944, and completed on May 19, 1944. She was built in 114 days under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 7 (V-7). SS Mexico Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just 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 they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle.[2] SS Mexico Victory was the 7th of a long line of Victory ships to leave the Calship building. The launching of the SS Mexico Victory splashed into the water of Wilmington, Los Angeles.[3][4]
The fourth ship, with V-7 on the hull, is the SS Mexico Victory. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Mexico Victory |
Namesake | Mexico |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Luckenbach Line |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles |
Laid down | January 26, 1944 |
Launched | March 27, 1944 |
Completed | May 19, 1944 |
Fate | Sold, 1947 |
Poland | |
Name | SS Kilinski |
Namesake | Jan Kiliński |
Owner | Gdynia-America Shipping Lines, Gdańsk. |
Fate | Sold, 1973 |
Denmark | |
Name | SS Lin |
Owner | Poul Christensen of Denmark. |
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] |