SS Berea Victory

rdf:langString SS Berea Victory

rdf:langString *1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun *1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun *8 × 20 mm Oerlikon

rdf:langString Permanente Metals, plant 2

rdf:langString VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship

rdf:langString United States

rdf:langString Scrapped in 1993

rdf:langString HP & LP turbines geared to a single propeller

rdf:langString The SS Berea Victory (MCV-734) was a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory-class cargo ship built for the United States during World War II. The ship was built as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding program by Permanente Metals Corporation in Yard 2 of the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California.Launched on 3 March 1945, the Berea Victory delivered supplies for the Pacific War. The SS Berea Victory keel was laid on January 20, 1945, before being christened on March 28, 1945. The Berea Victory was a US Maritime Administration armed cargo ship. She was named for Berea College in Berea, Kentucky as one of 150 educational institutions which had Victory ships named after them. Constructed for the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), this 10,600-ton ship was built at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards in just 67 days. The ship was operated by the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company. under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration. Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty ships. Liberty ships were intended to be used solely for World War II. In contrast, Victory ships were built to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were faster, longer, wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and a long raised forecastle.