SS Lewiston Victory
 Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation ships in 1944
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Lewiston Victory |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration |
| Operator | Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Company Portland |
| Laid down | October 23, 1944 |
| Launched | December 2, 1944 |
| Completed | January 29, 1944 |
| Fate | Sank at Tuticorin anchorage, refloated damaged and then scrapped Bombay. |
| 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 |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
| Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards, as Victory Ship |
| Armament |
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| Notes | [1] |
The SS Lewiston Victory was a
Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration
.
The Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier
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.[2]
Post war
After the war, it was owned by two merchant shipping companies. In 1947 it was sold to India S.S. Company of Calcutta and renamed SS Indian Merchange,
See also
- List of Victory ships
- Type C1 ship
- Type C2 ship
- Type C3 ship
References
- ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
- ^ shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory Ships list
- ^ The Website of the Mariners' Mailing List: Victory Ships
- ^ wrecksite.eu Lewiston Victory
- ^ History of a Combat Regiment, 1639-1945, By United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 104th
Sources
- Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships and tankers: The history of the ‘Victory’ type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, Cornell Maritime Press, 1974, 0-87033-182-5.
- United States Maritime Commission: [1]
- Victory Cargo Ships [2]
