SS Lewiston Victory

{{short description|United States Merchant Marine ship}}

{{Infobox ship begin |display title=}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=OregonShipbuildingCorporation1944.jpg |Ship caption=Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation ships in 1944 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1945}} | Ship name = Lewiston Victory | Ship owner = War Shipping Administration | Ship builder =*Oregon Shipbuilding Company Portland | Ship laid down = October 23, 1944 | Ship launched = December 2, 1944 | Ship completed = January 29, 1944 | Ship in service = | Ship operator = Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Sank at Tuticorin anchorage, refloated damaged and then scrapped Bombay.

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|Ship class=VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship

|Ship tonnage={{GRT|7612}}, {{NRT|4553}}

|Ship displacement=15,200 tons

|Ship length={{convert|455|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship power={{convert|8500|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=HP & LP turbines geared to a single {{convert|20.5|ft|m|adj=on}} propeller

|Ship speed=16.5 knots

|Ship boats=4 Lifeboats

|Ship complement=62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards, as Victory Ship

|Ship armament=

• During World War 2
• 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun
• 1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
• 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon

|Ship notes={{Cite journal |author=Babcock & Wilcox |date=April 1944 |title=Victory Ships |journal=Marine Engineering and Shipping Review}}

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The SS Lewiston Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II. It was built in the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in 1944. It served during the Battle of Okinawa as a troop transport. Its hull number was 1202 and MV number 148 and MO/Off. no.: 247076. Lewiston Victory was converted to a troopship and used to bring troops home as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Lewiston Victory was operated by Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.

The Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty ships that were designed to be used exclusively for World War II. Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war as these were faster, longer, wider, taller, had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure, and had a long raised forecastle.[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2victoryships.htm shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory Ships list]