USNS Greenville Victory
Greeneville Victory during the evacuation of Phan Rang, 4 April 1975 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Greenville Victory |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration – 1948 US Navy |
| Operator | Seas Shipping Company (1944–1948) |
| Ordered | as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 18 |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California |
| Laid down | 21 March 1944, as SS Greenville Victory |
| Launched | 28 May 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Mary J. Vukov |
| Completed | 7 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 30 March 1948, as USAT Greenville Victory |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1950 |
| In service | 1 March 1950 as USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237) |
| Out of service | 22 March 1976 |
| Stricken | 16 January 1987 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: T-AK-237 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping to Andy Corp., 26 May 1983 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Greenville Victory-class cargo ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
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| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
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SS Greenville Victory was a cargo Victory ship built in 1944, during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 18 (V-18). Post-war she was acquired by the United States Army and renamed as USAT Greenville Victory. She was acquired by the United States Navy in 1950, renamed USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237) and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) who operated her safely through the Korean War and Vietnam War campaigns. She was the lead ship in her class of 9 ships that were transferred to the MSTS in 1950. She returned home with two battle stars to her credit and was struck in 1987.