SS Mexico Victory
 The fourth ship, with V-7 on the hull, is the SS Mexico Victory.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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] |
The SS Mexico Victory was the 7th
World War II
SS Mexico Victory served in the Atlantic Ocean in World War II as a troopship. She severed as a troop ship take troop to Europe. SS Mexico Victory and 96 other Victory ships were converted to troop ships to bring the US soldiers home as part of Operation Magic Carpet.[5][6][7][8][9] She depart February 27, 1945 from New York Port of Embarkation and arrived March 11, 1945 at Liverpool, England.[10] On January 3, 1946 she arrived at
She was laid up for a short time in 1947 in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, till she was put back in service for the Korean War.
Korean War
The Mexico Victory served in the Korean War from 1950 until 1953 helping American forces engaged against
Post war
In 1967 she was sold to Gdynia-America Shipping Lines in Gdańsk, Poland and renamed SS Kilinski. In 1971 she was sold to Poul Christensen in Denmark and renamed SS Lin. In 1973 she was scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[18]
See also
- List of Victory ships
- Liberty ship
- Type C1 ship
- Type C2 ship
- Type C3 ship
References
- ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
- ^ National parks, Reading 2: Victory Ships
- ^ shipbuildinghistory.com, Victory ships
- ^ National Parks, Victory Ships
- ^ ww2troopships.com crossings in 1945
- ^ Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357
- ^ Our Troop Ships
- ^ Milford W. Crumplar, Corporal
- ^ Lud Lekson Collection
- ^ Military-History, 539th motor ambulance company
- ^ Cumberland Evening Times from Cumberland, Maryland · Page 9, January 3, 1946
- ^ Battle of the Bulge, By Turner Publishing Co, page 177
- ^ The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio · Page 2, January 2, 1946
- ^ Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York · Page 26, December 6, 1945
- ^ Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War, By Paul M. Edwards, page 175
- ^ Korean War Educator, Merchant Marine, Accounts of the Korean War
- ^ Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War, By Paul M. Edwards
- ^ Mariners, The Website Of The Mariners Mailing List. Victory Ships
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]
