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Victory ships under construction at California Shipbuilding, c. April 1944, are seen in this press photo released by the War Shipping Administration in May 1945.

This is a list of Victory ships. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II.

List[edit]

In the following list, Keel refers to the date of the keel laying, Launch to the launch date, and Delivery to the ship's completion date.

The MC Hull No. is a unique number assigned by the United States Maritime Commission (MC for Maritime Commission).

Gaps in the hull numbers correspond to ships whose contracts were cancelled.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Colton, Tim. "Victory Ships". ShipbuildingHistory.com. The Colton Company. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "News Flashes". Pacific Marine Review. January 1947. p. 82. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Pomona Victory". Maritime Administration, Vessel Status Card. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ K.E. Heaton, "Shipwrecks in British Columbia’s Waters", Harlow Marine, July 8, 2004 Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ World Ship Society
  6. ^ "Westminster Victory". Maritime Administration, Vessel Status Card. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. ^ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/israel-attacks-uss-liberty
  8. ^ Dowell, Spright, A history of Mercer University, 1833-1953, Mercer University, 1958, pg 348.
  9. ^ a b "Mariners, Victory Ships - T". Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Mariners, Victory Ships - N - O". Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  11. ^ "New Bern Victory MV (1945~1947) Isabena SS [+1972]". Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "The Black American in the Merchant Marine", Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation: A Pictorial Documentary of the Black Male and Female Participation and Involvement in the Military Affairs of the United States of America, DIANE Publishing Company, 1990, Page 135
  13. ^ "Ship Named for Cooper Union". San Pedro News Pilot. 19 April 1945. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection. The SS Cooper Union Victory, named for the New York institute, will be launched at 7 o'clock tonight at Calship, the yard's 433rd vessel. [...] Harry Baccigaluppi, Italian Vinyard Co., Guasti, Calif., executive and a Cooper Union alumnus, represented the institute at the launching.
  14. ^ "Victory Ship to be Museum", Cruise Travel, November 1999, pg 50.
  15. ^ Levin, Carl, "Recognition of the SS Wayne Victory", Congressional Record, V. 145, Pt. 17, October 6, 1999, pg 24148
  16. ^ Geller, Eric. "Obscura Day at the Greenslade Archives". The Kenyon Collegian. Kenyon College. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

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