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bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Weyerhaeuser_Steamship_Company" title="Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company">Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Permanente Metals, plant <abbr title="number">No.</abbr> 2</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>20 January 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>3 March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>28 March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped in 1993</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td>VC2-S-AP3 <a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>7,612 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>, 4,553 <a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>15,200 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>455 ft (139 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>62 ft (19 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>28 ft (8.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>8,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (6,300 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>HP & LP <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">turbines</a> geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Boats & landing <br /> craft carried</td><td>4 Lifeboats</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm Oerlikon</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>SS <i>Berea Victory</i></b> (MCV-734) was a type VC2-S-AP2 <a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a> built for the United States during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The ship was built as part of the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Shipbuilding_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Emergency Shipbuilding program">Emergency Shipbuilding program</a> by Permanente Metals Corporation in Yard 2 of the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Shipyards" title="Richmond Shipyards">Richmond Shipyards</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Launched on 3 March 1945, the <i>Berea Victory</i> delivered supplies for the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. </p><p>The SS <i>Berea Victory</i> keel was laid on January 20, 1945, before being christened on March 28, 1945. The <i>Berea Victory</i> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Administration" title="United States Maritime Administration">US Maritime Administration</a> armed cargo ship. She was named for <a href="/wiki/Berea_College" title="Berea College">Berea College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berea,_Kentucky" title="Berea, Kentucky">Berea, Kentucky</a> as one of 150 educational institutions which had Victory ships named after them. Constructed for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">US Maritime Commission</a> (MARCOM), this 10,600-ton ship was built at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards in just 67 days. The ship was operated by the <a href="/wiki/Weyerhaeuser_Steamship_Company" title="Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company">Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company</a>. under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">United States Merchant Marine</a> act for the <a href="/wiki/War_Shipping_Administration" title="War Shipping Administration">War Shipping Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Victory_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Victory ships">Victory ships</a> were designed to replace the earlier <a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ships</a>. Liberty ships were intended to be used solely for World War II. In contrast, Victory ships were built to last longer and serve the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> after the war. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were faster, longer, wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a> and a long raised <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Berea_Victory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For World War II the <i>Berea Victory</i> was operated by the Weyerhaeuser SS Company. She had <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Armed_Guard" title="United States Navy Armed Guard">United States Navy Armed Guard</a> to man the <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck guns</a>. She took cargo to support troops in the Pacific War. The goods were for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a> operations, that lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. The SS <i>Berea Victory</i> had the dangerous job as being an <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">ammunition ship</a> for the Battle of Okinawa. 27 May 1945 Berea Victory depart Luzon to <a href="/wiki/Nakagusuku_Bay" title="Nakagusuku Bay">Nakagusuku Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> with <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a>. The ships: SS Kota Agoeng, SS Cape Constance and SS Greenville Victory were in her convoy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Nakagusuku Bay she move to Yonabaru as the troops there were low of ammo. The XXIV Corps Ordnance officer unload her 7,200 tons of ammunition with barges, LCMs-<a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Mechanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Craft Mechanized">Landing Craft Mechanized</a> and LCTs-<a href="/wiki/Landing_craft_tank" title="Landing craft tank">Landing craft tank</a>. The quick amphibian unloading and delivery aided in the completion of the invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 6, 1945, the ammunition ships <a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS <i>Logan Victory</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS Hobbs Victory</a></i> sank after <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> attack planes hit them. On April 27, 1945, the ammunition ships <a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">SS <i>Canada Victory</i></a>, sank after a kamikaze attack. The loss of the three ammunition Victory ships severely hurt the combat forces. These ships were carrying a total of 24,000 tons (54 million pounds) of ammunition; including most of the <a href="/wiki/M252_mortar" title="M252 mortar">81 mm mortar shells</a> needed for the invasion. <a href="/wiki/SS_Saginaw_Victory" title="SS Saginaw Victory">SS <i>Saginaw Victory</i></a> and the <i>Berea Victory</i> were the only ammunition ship to survive, <i>Saginaw Victory</i> was able to unload all her ammunition over 12 days with the help of a <a href="/wiki/Naval_Construction_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Construction Battalion">Naval Construction Battalion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-US_Navy,_Armed_Guard_Service_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Navy,_Armed_Guard_Service-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47sunk_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47sunk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More ammunition ships were not needed as the war came to an end without the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, called <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Downfall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US_Navy,_Armed_Guard_Service_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Navy,_Armed_Guard_Service-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forty-seven ships were sunk by <i>kamikaze</i> attack during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1946 she was operated by the Pan-Atlantic to move post war goods.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war in 1948 she was laid up in the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Reserve_Fleet" title="National Defense Reserve Fleet">National Defense Reserve Fleet</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>, and later transferred to <a href="/wiki/Suisun_Bay" title="Suisun Bay">Suisun Bay</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Berea_Victory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Berea Victory</i> served as a merchant marine ship supplying ammunition for the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. About 75 percent of the personnel serving in the Korean War were delivered by the merchant marine ships. <i>Berea Attorney</i> transported goods, mail, and other supplies. About 90 percent of the cargo was moved by merchant marine ships to the war zone. <i>Berea Victory</i> made trips between 1951 and 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 9am in <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Suyong, Korea</a>, on 14 August 1951 Colonel Mattis saw smoke rising from #5 hatch of the <i>Berea Victory</i> as she was being unloaded in the harbor. Colonel Mattis took a small boat and found a lit parachute-flare in the ship's hold. Later it was found that a Korean laborer had put it there. The ship's hold had 575 tons of flares, bombs, and other ammunition. Colonel Mattis went down in the smoke-filled hold and removed the burning flare saving the ship. Following his actions others joined to put out the fire. Later Lieutenant Colonel Mattis was awarded a medal for he actions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Berea_Victory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Berea Victory</i> was removed from the reserve fleet in 1966 and chartered to ferry military equipment to American forces in <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. <i>Berea Victory</i> has the dangerous job of delivering ammunition. It took her 21 days to travel from <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> to <a href="/wiki/Saigon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saigon">Saigon</a>. She took supplies to <a href="/wiki/Qui_Nh%C6%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Qui Nhơn">Qui Nhơn</a> in central Vietnam. On 25 Oct. 1967, while docked at Qui Nhon, Vietnamese civilians placed bombs in a hold. The explosion and fire killed 12 men in LCM and 5 Army on the ship. 10 Army men and 10 merchant seamen were wounded. <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993 she removed from the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve fleet</a> and was <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapped</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Berea_Victory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexington-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Lexington-class aircraft carrier"><i>Lexington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)" title="USS Ranger (CV-4)"><i>Ranger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorktown-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Yorktown-class aircraft carrier"><i>Yorktown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wasp_(CV-7)" title="USS Wasp (CV-7)"><i>Wasp</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Essex-class aircraft carrier"><i>Essex</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Midway-class aircraft carrier"><i>Midway</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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Island-class escort carrier"><i>Long Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charger-class_escort_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Charger-class escort carrier"><i>Charger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon-class_escort_carrier" title="Sangamon-class escort carrier"><i>Sangamon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commencement_Bay-class_escort_carrier" title="Commencement Bay-class escort carrier"><i>Commencement Bay</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming-class_battleship" title="Wyoming-class battleship"><i>Wyoming</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York-class_battleship" title="New York-class battleship"><i>New York</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada-class_battleship" title="Nevada-class battleship"><i>Nevada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-class_battleship" title="Pennsylvania-class battleship"><i>Pennsylvania</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico-class_battleship" title="New Mexico-class battleship"><i>New Mexico</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee-class_battleship" title="Tennessee-class battleship"><i>Tennessee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado-class_battleship" title="Colorado-class battleship"><i>Colorado</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina-class_battleship" title="North Carolina-class battleship"><i>North Carolina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1939)" title="South Dakota-class battleship (1939)"><i>South Dakota</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship" title="Iowa-class battleship"><i>Iowa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana-class_battleship" title="Montana-class battleship"><i>Montana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser#Large_cruisers" title="Battlecruiser">Large cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska-class_cruiser" title="Alaska-class cruiser"><i>Alaska</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola-class_cruiser" title="Pensacola-class cruiser"><i>Pensacola</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton-class_cruiser" title="Northampton-class cruiser"><i>Northampton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland-class_cruiser" title="Portland-class cruiser"><i>Portland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans-class_cruiser" title="New Orleans-class cruiser"><i>New Orleans</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wichita_(CA-45)" title="USS Wichita (CA-45)"><i>Wichita</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore-class_cruiser" title="Baltimore-class cruiser"><i>Baltimore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_City-class_cruiser" title="Oregon City-class cruiser"><i>Oregon City</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines-class_cruiser" title="Des Moines-class cruiser"><i>Des Moines</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omaha-class_cruiser" title="Omaha-class cruiser"><i>Omaha</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn-class_cruiser" title="Brooklyn-class cruiser"><i>Brooklyn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta-class_cruiser" title="Atlanta-class cruiser"><i>Atlanta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland-class_cruiser" title="Cleveland-class cruiser"><i>Cleveland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fargo-class_cruiser" title="Fargo-class cruiser"><i>Fargo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneau-class_cruiser" title="Juneau-class cruiser"><i>Juneau</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester-class_cruiser" title="Worcester-class cruiser"><i>Worcester</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CL-154-class_cruiser" title="CL-154-class cruiser">CL-154</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dubuque-class_gunboat" title="Dubuque-class gunboat"><i>Dubuque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sacramento_(PG-19)" title="USS Sacramento (PG-19)"><i>Sacramento</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville-class_gunboat_(1917)" title="Asheville-class gunboat (1917)"><i>Asheville</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Plymouth_(PG-57)" title="USS Plymouth (PG-57)"><i>Plymouth</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williamsburg" title="USS Williamsburg"><i>Williamsburg</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_St._Augustine" title="USS St. Augustine"><i>St. Augustine</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vixen_(PG-53)" title="USS Vixen (PG-53)"><i>Vixen</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie-class_gunboat" title="Erie-class gunboat"><i>Erie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-1-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-1-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-9-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-9-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-9</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sampson-class_destroyer" title="Sampson-class destroyer"><i>Sampson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell-class_destroyer" title="Caldwell-class destroyer"><i>Caldwell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickes-class_destroyer" title="Wickes-class destroyer"><i>Wickes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson-class_destroyer" title="Clemson-class destroyer"><i>Clemson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1934)" title="Farragut-class destroyer (1934)"><i>Farragut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter-class_destroyer" title="Porter-class destroyer"><i>Porter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gridley-class_destroyer" title="Gridley-class destroyer"><i>Gridley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagley-class_destroyer" title="Bagley-class destroyer"><i>Bagley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somers-class_destroyer" title="Somers-class destroyer"><i>Somers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benham-class_destroyer" title="Benham-class destroyer"><i>Benham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sims-class_destroyer" title="Sims-class destroyer"><i>Sims</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson-class_destroyer" title="Benson-class destroyer"><i>Benson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenson-class_destroyer" title="Stevenson-class destroyer"><i>Stevenson</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer" title="Gleaves-class destroyer"><i>Gleaves</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer"><i>Fletcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyer" title="Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer"><i>Allen M. Sumner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Smith-class_destroyer" title="Robert H. Smith-class destroyer"><i>Robert H. Smith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gearing-class_destroyer" title="Gearing-class destroyer"><i>Gearing</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">Destroyer escorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Evarts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort" title="Edsall-class destroyer escort"><i>Edsall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort" title="John C. Butler-class destroyer escort"><i>John C. Butler</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol frigate">Patrol frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">Asheville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate"><i>Tacoma</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action-class_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Action-class patrol boat"><i>Action</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PT_boat" title="PT boat">PT boat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oglala" title="USS Oglala"><i>Oglala</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wassuc_(CMc-3)" title="USS Wassuc (CMc-3)"><i>Wassuc</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Monadnock_(ACM-10)" title="USS Monadnock (ACM-10)"><i>Monadnock</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Miantonomah_(CMc-5)" title="USS Miantonomah (CMc-5)"><i>Miantonomah</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Terror_(CM-5)" title="USS Terror (CM-5)"><i>Terror</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Keokuk_(CMc-6)" title="USS Keokuk (CMc-6)"><i>Keokuk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Salem_(CM-11)" title="USS Salem (CM-11)"><i>Salem</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weehawken_(CM-12)" title="USS Weehawken (CM-12)"><i>Weehawken</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camanche-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Camanche-class minelayer"><i>Camanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimo-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimo-class minelayer"><i>Chimo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven-class_minesweeper" title="Raven-class minesweeper"><i>Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Captor" title="USS Captor"><i>Eagle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawk-class_minesweeper" title="Hawk-class minesweeper"><i>Hawk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admirable-class_minesweeper" title="Admirable-class minesweeper"><i>Admirable</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_O-class_submarine" title="United States O-class submarine">O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine" title="United States R-class submarine">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_S-class_submarine" title="United States S-class submarine">S</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-1_through_V-3—the_Barracudas" title="V-boat">Barracuda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Argonaut_(SM-1)" title="USS Argonaut (SM-1)"><i>Argonaut</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-5_and_V-6—Narwhal_and_Nautilus" title="V-boat">Narwhal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169)" title="USS Dolphin (SS-169)"><i>Dolphin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cachalot-class_submarine" title="Cachalot-class submarine"><i>Cachalot</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Porpoise-class_submarine" title="United States Porpoise-class submarine">Porpoise</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon-class_submarine" title="Salmon-class submarine"><i>Salmon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargo-class_submarine" title="Sargo-class submarine"><i>Sargo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambor-class_submarine" title="Tambor-class submarine"><i>Tambor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackerel-class_submarine" title="Mackerel-class submarine"><i>Mackerel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gato-class_submarine" title="Gato-class submarine"><i>Gato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balao-class_submarine" title="Balao-class submarine"><i>Balao</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tench-class_submarine" title="Tench-class submarine"><i>Tench</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" title="Tanker (ship)">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T1_tanker" title="T1 tanker">T1 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T2_tanker" title="T2 tanker">T2 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T3_Tanker" class="mw-redirect" title="T3 Tanker">T3 tanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell-class_attack_transport" title="Haskell-class attack transport"><i>Haskell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromeda-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Andromeda-class attack cargo ship"><i>Andromeda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcturus-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Arcturus-class attack cargo ship"><i>Arcturus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemis-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Artemis-class attack cargo ship"><i>Artemis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolland-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Tolland-class attack cargo ship"><i>Tolland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alstede" title="USS Alstede"><i>Alstede</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Aldebaran" title="USS Aldebaran"><i>Aldebaran</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Adria" title="USS Adria"><i>Adria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Acubens" title="USS Acubens"><i>Acubens</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Arctic_(AF-7)" title="USS Arctic (AF-7)"><i>Arctic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Denebola_(AF-56)" title="USS Denebola (AF-56)"><i>Denebola</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hyades" title="USS Hyades"><i>Hyades</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mizar_(AF-12)" title="USS Mizar (AF-12)"><i>Mizar</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">Ammunition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_floating_drydock" title="Auxiliary floating drydock">Floating drydock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_repair_dock" title="Auxiliary repair dock">Repair dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barracks_ship" title="Barracks ship">Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_stores_ship" title="Combat stores ship">Combat stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_tender" title="Destroyer tender">Destroyer tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depot_ship" title="Depot ship">Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">High-speed transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_cream_barge" title="Ice cream barge">Ice cream barge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Net laying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat_tender" title="Motor torpedo boat tender">Motor torpedo boat tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reefer_ship" title="Reefer ship">Reefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">Oiler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underway_replenishment" title="Underway replenishment">Underway replenishment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>C</dt> <dd>Completed after the war</dd> <dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="World_War_II_Maritime_Commission_ship_designs" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_C1_ship" title="Type C1 ship">Type C1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_C2_ship" title="Type C2 ship">Type C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_C3-class_ship" title="Type C3-class ship">Type C3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_C4-class_ship" title="Type C4-class ship">Type C4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_C5_ship" title="Type C5 ship">Type C5</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Type_C6_ship" title="Type C6 ship">Type C6</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Type_C7_ship" title="Type C7 ship">Type C7</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Type_C8-class_ship" title="Type C8-class ship">Type C8</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Type_C9_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Type C9 ships">Type C9</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_N3_ship" title="Type N3 ship">Type N3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Emergency cargo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> ("EC2-S-C1")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory ship</a> ("VC2-S-AP1")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Tanker</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T1_tanker" title="T1 tanker">T1 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T2_tanker" title="T2 tanker">T2 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T3_tanker" title="T3 tanker">T3 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> ("Z-ET1-S-C3")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Special-purpose</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Type S2 ("<a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate"><i>Tacoma</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a>")</li> <li>Type S3-S2-BP ("<a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank" title="Landing Ship, Tank">Landing Ship, Tank</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Neptune_(ARC-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Neptune (ARC-2)">Type S3-S2-BP1</a> ("<a href="/wiki/USNS_Neptune_(ARC-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Neptune (ARC-2)"><i>Neptune</i>-class cable layer</a>")</li> <li>Type S4-S2-BB3 ("<a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a>")</li> <li>Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("<a href="/wiki/Gilliam-class_attack_transport" title="Gilliam-class attack transport"><i>Gilliam</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a>")</li> <li>Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("<a href="/wiki/Artemis-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Artemis-class attack cargo ship"><i>Artemis</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_cargo_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack cargo ship">attack cargo ship</a>")</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crane_vessel" title="Crane vessel">Crane vessel</a>-<a href="/wiki/Derrick" title="Derrick">Derrick</a> <a href="/wiki/Barge" title="Barge">Barge</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Miscellaneous-cargo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_L6_ship" title="Type L6 ship">Type L6</a> ("Lakers")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_N3_ship" title="Type N3 ship">Type N</a> ("Coastal Cargo")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_P1_ship" title="Type P1 ship">Type P1</a> ("Passenger")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P2_transport" title="P2 transport">Type P2</a> ("Passenger")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_R_ship" title="Type R ship">Type R</a> ("Refrigerated")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_B_ship" title="Type B ship">Type B</a> ("Barge")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Tugs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_V_ship" title="Type V ship">Type V</a> ("Tugs")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>See also:- <a href="/wiki/Empire_ship" title="Empire ship">Empire ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_ship" title="Fort ship">Fort ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_ship" title="Park ship">Park ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_ship" title="Ocean ship">Ocean ship</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Victory_ships" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Subtypes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haskell-class_attack_transport" title="Haskell-class attack transport"><i>Haskell</i>-class attack transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Kingsport_(T-AG-164)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164)"><i>Kingsport</i>-class telemetry ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sherburne_(APA-205)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Sherburne (APA-205)"><i>Range Sentinel</i>-class telemetry ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship#Ships_in_class" title="Victory ship">List of Subtypes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Museum ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_American_Victory" title="SS American Victory">SS <i>American Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Lane_Victory" title="SS Lane Victory">SS <i>Lane Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Red_Oak_Victory" title="SS Red Oak Victory">SS <i>Red Oak Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster" title="Port Chicago disaster">Port Chicago disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Baton_Rouge_Victory#Vietnam_War" title="SS Baton Rouge Victory">Attack on the SS <i>Baton Rouge Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Columbia_Eagle_incident" title="SS Columbia Eagle incident">SS <i>Columbia Eagle</i> incident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sunk in action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">SS <i>Canada Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS <i>Hobbs Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS <i>Logan Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Damaged in action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Bozeman_Victory" title="SS Bozeman Victory">SS <i>Bozeman Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Brown_Victory" title="SS Brown Victory">SS <i>Brown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Bucknell_Victory" title="SS Bucknell Victory">SS <i>Bucknell Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Colbert_(APA-145)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Colbert (APA-145)">USS <i>Colbert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Elmira_Victory" title="SS Elmira Victory">SS <i>Elmira Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hinsdale_(APA-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Hinsdale (APA-120)">USS <i>Hinsdale</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_La_Grange_(APA-124)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS La Grange (APA-124)">USS <i>La Grange</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Minot_Victory" title="SS Minot Victory">SS <i>Minot Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Oshkosh_Victory" title="SS Oshkosh Victory">SS <i>Oshkosh Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Pratt_Victory" title="SS Pratt Victory">SS <i>Pratt Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Swarthmore_Victory" title="SS Swarthmore Victory">SS <i>Swarthmore Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Telfair_(APA-210)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Telfair (APA-210)">USS <i>Telfair</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_United_Victory" title="SS United Victory">SS <i>United Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sunk in service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Clarksdale_Victory" title="SS Clarksdale Victory">SS <i>Clarksdale Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Drexel_Victory" title="SS Drexel Victory">SS <i>Drexel Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Regulus_(AF-57)" title="USS Regulus (AF-57)">SS <i>Escanaba Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Georgetown_Victory" title="SS Georgetown Victory">SS <i>Georgetown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Luray_Victory" title="SS Luray Victory">SS <i>Luray Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Middlebury_Victory" title="SS Middlebury Victory">SS <i>Middlebury Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Northeastern_Victory" title="SS Northeastern Victory">SS <i>Northeastern Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Park_Victory" title="SS Park Victory">SS <i>Park Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Quinault_Victory" title="SS Quinault Victory">SS <i>Quinault Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Damaged in service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Attleboro_Victory" title="SS Attleboro Victory">SS <i>Attleboro Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Baton_Rouge_Victory" title="SS Baton Rouge Victory">SS <i>Baton Rouge Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Baylor_Victory" title="SS Baylor Victory">SS <i>Baylor Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Betelgeuse_(AK-260)" title="USS Betelgeuse (AK-260)">SS <i>Colombia Victory</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SS <i>Berea Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cuba_Victory" title="SS Cuba Victory">SS <i>Cuba Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Enid_Victory" title="SS Enid Victory">SS <i>Enid Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Frontenac_Victory" title="SS Frontenac Victory">SS <i>Frontenac Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Morgantown_Victory" title="SS Morgantown Victory">SS <i>Morgantown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_St._Lawrence_Victory" title="SS St. Lawrence Victory">SS <i>St. Lawrence Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sank in private use</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Alamo_Victory" title="SS Alamo Victory">SS <i>Alamo Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Augustana_Victory" title="SS Augustana Victory">SS <i>Augustana Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Brainerd_Victory" title="SS Brainerd Victory">SS <i>Brainerd Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cody_Victory" title="SS Cody Victory">SS <i>Cody Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Hagerstown_Victory" title="SS Hagerstown Victory">SS <i>Hagerstown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Lewiston_Victory" title="SS Lewiston Victory">SS <i>Lewiston Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Lincoln_Victory" title="SS Lincoln Victory">SS <i>Lincoln Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Luxembourg_Victory" title="SS Luxembourg Victory">SS <i>Luxembourg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_India_Victory" title="SS India Victory">SS <i>India Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_New_Bern_Victory" title="SS New Bern Victory">SS <i>New Bern Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Sgt._Jack_J._Pendleton" title="USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton">SS <i>Mandan Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Philippines_Victory" title="SS Philippines Victory">SS <i>Philippines Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Rushville_Victory" title="SS Rushville Victory">SS <i>Rushville Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Rutland_Victory" title="SS Rutland Victory">SS <i>Rutland Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Skagway_Victory" title="SS Skagway Victory">SS <i>Skagway Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Smith_Victory" title="SS Smith Victory">SS <i>Smith Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_St._Albans_Victory" title="SS St. Albans Victory">SS <i>St. Albans Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Tufts_Victory" title="SS Tufts Victory">SS <i>Tufts Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_U.S.S.R._Victory" title="SS U.S.S.R. Victory">SS <i>U.S.S.R. Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seagoing_cowboys" title="Seagoing cowboys">Seagoing cowboys</a> ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Adrian_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Adrian Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Adrian Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Attleboro_Victory" title="SS Attleboro Victory">SS <i>Attleboro Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Battle_Creek_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Battle Creek Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Battle Creek Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Beloit_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Beloit Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Beloit Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Blue_Island_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Blue Island Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Blue Island Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Boulder_Victory_(AK-227)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Boulder Victory (AK-227)">SS <i>Boulder Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Bucknell_Victory" title="SS Bucknell Victory">SS <i>Bucknell Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Calvin_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Calvin Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Calvin Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Carroll_Victory" title="SS Carroll Victory">SS <i>Carroll Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cedar_Rapids_Victory" title="SS Cedar Rapids Victory">SS <i>Cedar Rapids Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Clarksville_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Clarksville Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Clarksville Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Creighton_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Creighton Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Creighton Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_DePauw_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS DePauw Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>DePauw Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Earlham_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Earlham Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Earlham Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Flagstaff_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Flagstaff Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Flagstaff Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Frontenac_Victory" title="SS Frontenac Victory">SS <i>Frontenac Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Gainesville_Victory" title="SS Gainesville Victory">SS <i>Gainesville Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Harvard_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Harvard Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Harvard Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Hattiesburg_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Hattiesburg Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Hattiesburg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Jefferson_City_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Jefferson City Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Jefferson City Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Lahaina_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Lahaina Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Lahaina Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Lanaina_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Lanaina Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Lanaina Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Clemson_(T-AG-184)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Clemson (T-AG-184)">SS <i>Lindenwood Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Mercer_Victory" title="SS Mercer Victory">SS <i>Mercer Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Moline_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Moline Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Moline Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Morgantown_Victory" title="SS Morgantown Victory">SS <i>Morgantown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Norwalk" title="USNS Norwalk">SS <i>Norwalk Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Occidental_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Occidental Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Occidental Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Ouachita_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Ouachita Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Ouachita Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Park_Victory" title="SS Park Victory">SS <i>Park Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Pass_Christian_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Pass Christian Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Pass Christian Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Pierre_Victory" title="SS Pierre Victory">SS <i>Pierre Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Plymouth_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Plymouth Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Plymouth Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Queens_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Queens Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Queens Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Rock_Hill_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Rock Hill Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Rock Hill Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alcor_(AK-259)" title="USS Alcor (AK-259)">SS <i>Rockland Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Roswell_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Roswell Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Roswell Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Saginaw_Victory" title="SS Saginaw Victory">SS <i>Saginaw Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Santa_ClaraVictory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Santa ClaraVictory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Santa ClaraVictory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Bowditch_(T-AGS-21)" title="USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-21)">SS <i>South Bend Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Spartanburg_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Spartanburg Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Spartanburg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Villanova_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Villanova Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Villanova Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Virginia_City_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Virginia City Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Virginia City Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Wesleyan_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Wesleyan Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Wesleyan Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Woodstock_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Woodstock Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Woodstock Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Yugoslavia_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Yugoslavia Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Yugoslavia Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> (predecessor)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/16px-Symbol_question.svg.png" decoding="async" 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title="Category:Victory ships">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Victory_ships" title="List of Victory ships">List</a></li></ul> <p>See also, similar role:- <a href="/wiki/Empire_ship" title="Empire ship">Empire ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_ship" title="Fort ship">Fort ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_ship" title="Park ship">Park ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_ship" title="Ocean ship">Ocean ship</a>. </p> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    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