SS United States Victory

{{short description|Victory ship of the United States}}

{{Infobox ship begin |display title=}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:RedOakVictory-2013-07-20.jpg |Ship caption=Typical Victory Ship. }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1945}} | Ship name = SS United States Victory |Ship namesake = United States | Ship owner = War Shipping Administration | Ship builder = California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles | Ship laid down =January 9, 1944 | Ship launched = March 6, 1944 | Ship completed = April 30, 1944 | Ship operator = Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company | Ship fate = Sold 1947

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| Ship country = India

| Ship flag = 55px

| Ship name = SS Indian Shipper 1947

|Ship namesake = India

| Ship owner = India Steamship Co, Calcutta.

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| Ship operator = India Steamship Company

| Ship fate = 1971 Scrapped in Taiwan.

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|Ship class=VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship

|Ship tonnage=7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT

|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, by Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Essington

|Ship speed=16.5 knots

|Ship boats=4 Lifeboats

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

|Ship armament=*1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun as Victory ship

• 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 United States Victory was the fourth Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 6, 1944 and completed on April 30, 1944. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 3 (V-3). SS United States 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, had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle.[https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/116liberty_victory_ships/116facts2.htm National parks, Reading 2: Victory Ships]

SS United States Victory was christened and launched at the yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation. Major General Parker spoke at the christening. The widow of William E. Dyess was at the Ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel Dyess was air war hero who died on December 22, 1943.The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California · Page 17, March 7, 1944 SS United States Victory was the fourth of a long line of Victory ships to leave the Calship building. The launching of The SS United States Victory splashed into the water of Wilmington, Los Angeles.[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2victoryships.htm /shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory ships][https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/116liberty_victory_ships/116facts2.htm National Parks, Victory Ships][https://stefsap.wordpress.com/category/maritime-museum/san-francisco-maritime-national-historical-park/ an Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, SS United States Victory Model]