Victory ships

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Victory ships were a class of faster, more durable American cargo vessels built during World War II to replace Liberty ships and support Allied logistics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II ship type
class of cargo ship
builtAt Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
California Shipbuilding Corporation
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Permanente Metals Corporation
builtDuringConflict World War II
builtForProgram United States wartime infrastructure programs
surface form: Emergency Shipbuilding Program
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedInPeriod World War II
designedServiceLife longer than Liberty ships
developedBy United States Maritime Commission
firstYearLaidDown 1944
hasHullType welded steel hull
hasNotableFeature longer hull than Liberty ships
more powerful engines than Liberty ships
raised forecastle
thinner smokestack set farther aft
hasPropulsion single screw
steam turbine
hasStandardDesignation VC2
VC2-M-AP4
VC2-S-AP1
VC2-S-AP2
VC2
surface form: VC2-S-AP3

VC2-S-AP5
isFasterThan Liberty ship
isMoreDurableThan Liberty ships
surface form: Liberty ship
notableExample SS American Victory
SS Lane Victory
SS Red Oak Victory
numberBuilt more than 500
operatedBy War Shipping Administration
operatedInTheater Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
postwarUse commercial cargo service
military sealift
purpose cargo transport
support Allied logistics
replaced Liberty ships
surface form: Liberty ship
somePreservedAs museum ship
supportedOperation Operation Overlord
surface form: Allied invasion of Europe

Pacific island campaigns
typicalSpeed 15–17 knots
usedAs ammunition ship
cargo ship
store ship
troop transport
usedBy Allied merchant fleets
United States Army
United States merchant marine
surface form: United States Merchant Marine

United States Navy

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