SS Canada Victory
Typical Victory ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Canada Victory |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration |
| Operator | Alaska SS Company |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | January 22, 1944 |
| Launched | March 20, 1944 |
| Completed | April 19, 1944 |
| Fate | Sank in action April 27, 1945, at Okinawa, with loss of 3 crew members |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
| Tonnage | |
| 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 & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 Lifeboats |
| Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |
| Armament | |
| Notes | |
The SS Canada Victory was one of 531 Victory ships built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation on January 12, 1944, and was completed on February 28, 1944. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 93 (1009). The Maritime Commission turned her over to a civilian contractor, the Alaska SS Company, for operation.