Victory Shipbuilding
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Victory Shipbuilding was the name of two
World War 2
.
The first was the Victory Shipbuilding Company, of Holland, Michigan, and the second was the Victory Shipbuilding Corporation, of Newport Beach, California.
Victory Shipbuilding Co.
This company was established in
which were completed in mid-1943.Victory Shipbuilding Corp.
This company was incorporated in October 1942, by Ray V. Marshall,[6] and the boatyard was located at 615 Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California.[7] The company received three contracts, one for the
US Army for ten wooden Towboats (MTL-1222 to MTL-1231) and twenty wooden Mine Yawls ( MT-1338 to MT-1357), respectively in early and December 1943.[1]
All these boats were completed between the end of 1943 and mid-1944. After World War 2, the shipyard closed.
Submarine chaser
Victory Shipbuilding Company built two
Bofors 40 mm gun
, two Browning M2 .50 cal.
machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y guns", and two depth charge tracks.[8][9][10]
- SC-1063 –
- SC-1064 – Commissioned USS SC-1064 on May 4, 1943. Transferred to the US Coast Guard on October 30, 1945 as USCGC Air Skylark (WAVR-464). Sold to Haiti as patrol boat Toussaint Louverture, 1947.[13]
Tugboats
the two Victory Shipbuilding built small harbor
US Navy in 1943 and 1944. The tugs had a length of 63 feet (19 m), a depth of 8.3 feet (2.5 m), a beam of 17.8 feet (5.4 m), and measured 56 gross register tons (GRT) and 23 net register tons (NRT). The tugs were numbered YT-302 to YT-311, and reclassified YTL-302/311, in May 15, 1944; YT was the hull classification symbol for Harbor Tug, YTL for Harbor Tug, Little.[14]
Victory Shipbuilding Corp built, for
US Army, six 47 feet (14 m) and four 46 feet (14 m) Towboats numbered from MTL-1222 to MTL-1231. MTL was the hull classification symbol
for Motor Launch Tugs. The last contract, for Army, was for 26 feet (7.9 m) Mine Yawls, numbered from MT-1338 to MT-1357.
See also
- California during World War II
- Maritime history of California
- Ackerman Boat Company
- South Coast Shipyard
- Peyton Company
References
- ^ a b c "War Supply Contracts". Alphabetic listing of War supply contracts, page 3264. 1946.
- ^ "American shipyards directory of executives - Atlantic, Lakes, Rivers". Pacific Marine Review. 1944-02-01.
- ^ "Ports on Lake Michigan". Port and Terminal Facilities at the U.S. Ports on Lake Michigan, page 297/298. 1943.
- ^ "Launch Chaser". The daily monitor leader. 1942-11-18.
- ^ "Subchaser Launched". Detroit evening times. 1942-11-30.
- ^ "Firm incorporates". Imperial Valley press. 1942-10-29.
- ^ "American shipyards directory of executives - Pacific Coast". Pacific Marine Review. 1944-03-01.
- ^ navsource.org Submarine Chaser, SC-723
- ^ Splinter Fleet, retrieved 16 January 2019
- ^ World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands: The Boats and Ships, By Greg H. Williams, pag 249
- ^ uboat.net SC-1063
- ^ navsource.org
- ^ ugboatinformation.com Victory Shipbuilding Tug, DUNCAN FOSS
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