 Typical Victory ship | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | SSCody Victory |
| Namesake | Cody, Wyoming |
| Owner | U.S. Maritime Commission |
| Operator | Alcoa Steamship Company |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Yard number | 69 |
| Laid down | 26 October 1944 |
| Launched | 15 December 1944 |
| Completed | 22 January 1945 |
| Identification | U.S. Official Number: 247094 |
| Fate | Sold toPeru, 1947 |
 Peru | |
| Name | SSYavari |
| Owner | Corporacion Peruana de Vapores,Callao (1947–1968) Gold Shipping,Callao (1968–1969) |
| Renamed | SSNaufraga, 1968 |
| Fate | Sunk on way to scrappers, 21 March 1969 |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Class & type | VC2-S-AP3Victory ship |
| Tonnage | 7612GRT, 4,553NRT |
| Displacement | 15,200 tons |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | HP & LPturbines 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 |
| Armament | |
TheSSCody Victory was aVictory ship (VC2-S-AP3) built duringWorld War II under theEmergency Shipbuilding program. The ship's keel was laid by theCalifornia Shipbuilding Company as hull number 69 on 26 October 1944 with launch on 12 December 1944. The ship was completed on 22 January 1945.[2] On completion the ship, U.S. Official Number 247094, was delivered to theWar Shipping Administration for operation by theAlcoa Steamship Company as agent.[3]
SSCody Victory served as atroop ship in theAtlantic Ocean andPacific Ocean during World War II as part ofOperation Magic Carpet. The SSCody Victory and 96 other Victory ships were converted to troop ships to bring the US soldiers home.[4]Burt Lancaster was with the Army's Twenty-FirstSpecial Services Division on theCody Victory on August 14, 1945, as the ship was at sea heading toHampton Roads,Virginia, when theV-J Day announcement was made.[5][page needed] TheCody Victory boarded troops fromLeghorn, Italy, on August 18, 1945, and then steamed toNaples, Italy on August 20, 1945, taking on more troops. She delivery the 2,032 troops to Hampton Roads Pier 8, including the 101st Ordnance MM Company.[6] On January 14, 1946, she arrived atNew York Harbor fromMarseille, France, with 1,559 troops. On February 20, 1946, she arrived in New York Harbor fromBremerhaven, Germany, with troops.[4][7][8][9]
On April 27, 1946, was laid up in theHudson River until sold on January 28 withdrawn February 13, 1947 and delivered to A. L. Burbank Co. pending delivery to the buyers.[3]
The ship was sold to Corporacion Peruana de Vapores, ofCallao, Peru, and renamedYavari. In 1968, she was sold to the Gold Shipping in Callao and renamed,Naufraga. On October 14, 1968, a cargo fire broke out while she was inLos Angeles. The damage was so severe she was not repaired. She was sold to aship breaker inTaiwan. She was filled withscrap iron in hercargo hold for the trip to Taiwan. While being towed in rough seas the scrap iron shifted in her cargo hold and she took on a heavyangle of list on March 21, 1969. She continued to take on water and sank 1,000 miles southwest of San Francisco at 27° 02'N and 137° 23' W on March 27, 1969.[10][11][12][13][14]
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