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 United States | |
| Name | Purdue Victory |
| Namesake | Purdue University |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Waterman Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCV hull 740 |
| Awarded | 1 January 1942 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2,Richmond, California[1] |
| Cost | $1,149,493[2] |
| Yard number | 740 |
| Way number | 5 |
| Laid down | 11 February 1945 |
| Launched | 24 March 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Paul N. Mulvany |
| Completed | 18 April 1945 |
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| Displacement | 15,200long tons (15,444 t) (standard) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 62 feet (19 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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SSPurdue Victory was aVictory ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterPurdue University,West Lafayette, Indiana.
Purdue Victory was laid down on 11 February 1945, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCV hull 740, by thePermanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2,Richmond, California; she was sponsored by Mrs. Paul N. Mulvany, the wife of the assistant chief of the Construction & Inspection section at the regional office of MARCOM, and was launched on 24 March 1945.[1][2]
She was allocated toWaterman Steamship Corp., on 18 April 1945. On 14 December 1949, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Mobile, Alabama. She was reactivated 26 July 1950, and allocated toW. R. Chamberlin. On 21 March 1951, she was allocated toPacific Far East Lines. On 21 April 1952, she was laid up in theSuisun Bay Reserve Fleet,Suisun Bay, California. She was again reactivated on 5 June 1966, for use by theMilitary Sea Transportation Service and allocated toPacific Coast Transport Co. On 19 January 1970, she was laid up for the last time at Suisun Bay. On 5 February 1992, she was sold for scrapping toMini Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd., for $350,000. She was removed from the fleet on 7 April 1992, with scrapping complete as of 15 December 1992.[3]
Victory cargo ships of the United States Navy | |
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| Boulder Victory class |
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| Greenville Victory class |
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| Lt. James E. Robinson class |
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