| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Builder | California Shipbuilding, Los Angeles |
| Yard number |
|
| Laid down | 9 March 1945 |
| Launched | 2 May 1945 |
| Completed | 26 May 1945 |
| Identification | Official number: 247865 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,607 GRT, 10,850 DWT |
| Length | 455 ft (138.7 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (18.9 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 15–17 knots (28–31 km/h) |
SSBates Victory was aWorld War IIVictory ship named afterBates College in Maine.[1]
The ship was a standard Victory cargo type VC2-S-AP2 constructed by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, inLos Angeles for theUnited States Maritime Commission (MC).[2][3]
Herkeel was laid down on March 9, 1945. She was launched and christened asBates Victory in Los Angeles Harbor at midnight on May 2, 1945.[2][3] The ship was completed and delivered to theWar Shipping Administration (WSA) on May 26, 1945.[2][4] TheGeneral Steamship Corporation operated the ship under agreement with WSA until July 3, 1946. At that time the wartime operating agreement with General Steamship was changed to a bareboat charter to American Export Lines, first by WSA and when that organization was abolished after the war under MC auspices. On March 17, 1948, the ship was turned over under MC agreement toA. L. Burbank & Company and she laid up in theReserve Fleet in theHudson River Reserve Fleet.
In support of theKorean War, theBates Victory was brought out of the fleet in September 1950 and sold toIsbrandtsen Line on December 18, 1950.[note 1] The ship was renamedRemsen Heights and in 1964 Isbrandtsen merged withAmerican Export Lines to becomeAmerican Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. On November 21, 1968, the ship was sold to Valmar Shipping Agency, New York, and renamedEastern Star.[4]
Eastern Star was sold to the Panamanian company Cia Comercial Transatlantica S.A., Panama and changed herflag to Panamanian registry asPhilomila. In 1971 The ship was scrapped inTaiwan in 1971.[4][5]
