Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission  Vessels

The Victories and her Subdesigns

All Drawings by Karsten-Kunibert Krueger-Kopiske 2007 

Design: VC2-M-AP4	Bethlehem-Fairfield SY's Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Cargo	MCV-654 / (1 Built / Diesel) Emory Victory
Emory Victory was an experimental vessel, equipped with an internal combustion machinery. It tooks the Commission two years to bring her to sea. Vessel was delivered by Bethlehem- Fairfield end of April 1945 and was then towed to Sun SB & DD Co.for machinery installing and finally delivered to her operator on October 6th 1945. Removed from service in 1949, she was laid-up like many other ships at the James River Reserve Fleet. She was removed from Reserve Fleet between 1951 and 1953 and operated by an civilian operator for the M.S.T.S. In October 1953 laid-up at Suisun Bay. Removed in 1962, the vessel was renamed to NORTH STARII and transferred to the Department of the Interior and operated for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and served the Alaska area of arctic, transporting goverment supplies and cargo to places not served by any commercial ocean carriers. Drawing shows her as North Star III.

Design: VC2-S-AP2	Bethlehem-Fairfield SY's Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Cargo	MCV-602 to 653 and 816 to 856 / (93 Built / Turbine) Frederick Victory, Madawaska Victory, Woodstock Victory, St.Albans Victory, Pachaug Victory, Malden Victory, Westerly Victory, Oneida Victory, Montclair Victory, Towanda Victory, Claymont Victory, Blue Ridge Victory, Fairmont Victory, Chapel Hill Victory, Aiken Victory, Valdosta Victory, Eufaula Victory, Ocala Victory, Kokomo Victory, Blue Island Victory, Frostburg Victory, La Crosse Victory, Albion Victory, Frontenac Victory, Zanesville Victory, Sedalia Victory, Pontotoc Victory, Clarksville Victory, Bardstown Victory, Lake Charles Victory, Morgantown Victory, Pittston Victory, Hagerstown Victory, Milford Victory, Coaldale Victory, Mahanoy City Victory, Kingston Victory, New Bern Victory, Winchester Victory, Stamford Victory, Attleboro Victory, Laconia Victory, Central Falls Victory, East Point Victory, Woodbridge Victory, Rock Hill Victory, Fayetteville Victory, Wesbrook Victory, Brandon Victory, Rushville Victory, William and Mary Victory, Georgetown Victory, Antioch Victory, Williams Victory, Vassar Victory, M.I.T.Victory, N.Y.U.Victory, Maritime Victory, Howard Victory, Marshall Victory, Smith Victory, Stevens Victory, Goucher Victory, Kings Point Victory, Hood Victory, Tusculum Victory, Stetson Victory, Sheepshead Bay Victory, Haverford Victory, Webster Victory, C.C.N.Y.Victory, Rollins Victory, Wilson Victory, Muhlenberg Victory, Gustavus Victory, Hampden-Sydney Victory, Waycross Victory, Altoona Victory, Waterbury Victory, Nashua Victory, Barre Victory, Spartanburg Victory, Baton Rouge Victory, Lynn Victory, Biddeford Victory, St.Augustine Victory, New Rochelle Victory, High Point Victory, Waterville Victory, Lynchburg Victory, Parkersburg Victory, Atlantic City Victory, Pass Christian Victory
	California SB Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
	MCV-67 to 84, 767 to 811 and 885 to 890 (69 Built / Turbine) Jericho Victory, Koloa Victory, Cody Victory, Sioux Falls Victory, Flagstaff Victory, Anadarko Victory, Taos Victory, Douglas Victory, Texaskana Victory, Bartlesville Victory, Cedar Rapids Victory, Chanute Victory, Monroe Victory, Clarksdale Victory, Alhambra Victory, Rutgers Victory, Dickinson Victory, Colby Victory, Rensselaer Victory, Maryville Victory, Norwich Victory, Amherst Victory, Tufts Victory, Baylor Victory, Santa Clara Victory, Beaver Victory, Lehigh Victory, Wheaton Victory, Rider Victory, Cornell Victory, Calvin Victory, Vanderbilt Victory, Pratt Victory, Cooper Union Victory, Occidental Victory, Villanova Victory, Southwestern Victory, Bates Victory, Ouachita Victory, Queens Victory, Winthrop Victory, Niagara Victory, American Victory, Wayne Victory, Lane Victory, Kenyon Victory, Wabash Victory, Rice Victory, Whittier Victory, Meredith Victory, Pacific Victory, Amarillo Victory, Pine Bluff Victory, Tucson Victory, Roswell Victory, Bloomington Victory, Bessemer Victory, North Platte Victory, Oskhosh Victory, Hattiesburg Victory, Trinidad Victory, Bowling Green Victory, Petersburg Victory, Mesa Victory, Warwick Victory, Clarksburg Victory, San Angelo Victory, Council Bluffs Victory
	Permanente Metals Corp.(Richmond Yard No.1), Richmond, California
	MCV-535 to 551, 581 to 596 and 702 to 711 (43 Built / Turbine) Legion Victory, USS Boulder Victory AK-227, USS Provo Victory AK-228, USS Las Vegas Victory AK-229, USS Manderson Victory AK-230, USS Bedford Victory AK-231, USS Mayfield Victory AK-232, USS Newcastle Victory AK-233, USS Bucyrus Victory AK-234, USS Red Oak Victory AK-235, USS Lakewood Victory AK-236, Salina Victory, Hastings Victory, Elko Victory, Durango Victory, Devils Lake Victory, Berkeley Victory, Halaula Victory, Logan Victory, Clearwater Victory, Anniston Victory, Moline Victory, Medina Victory, Princeton Victory, Bowdoin Victory, Wesleyan Victory, Xavier Victory, Mercer Victory, Oberlin Victory, Tulane Victory, Wake Forest Victory, Denison Victory, St.John's Victory, Macmurray Victory, Northeastern Victory, Fenn Victory, Hobart Victory, Catawba Victory, Hamilton Victory, Hillsdale Victory, Ripon Victory, Carthage Victory, Newberry Victory
	Permanente Metals Corp.(Richmond Yard No.2), Richmond, California
	MCV-574 to 580, 597 to 601 and 712 to 766 (67 Built / Turbine) Anchorage Victory, Colorado Springs Victory, Muncie Victory, Elgin Victory, Massillon Victory, Hannibal Victory, Beatrice Victory, Virginia City Victory, Brigham Victory, Hobbs Victory, El Reno Victory, Lahaina Victory, Enid Victory, San Mateo Victory, Greeley Victory, Berwyn Victory, Battle Creek Victory, Great Falls Victory, Lakeland Victory, Owensboro Victory, Waltham Victory, Burbank Victory, Gretna Victory, Laredo Victory, Harvard Victory, Yale Victory, Middlebury Victory, De Pauw Victory, Bucknell Victory, Grinnell Victory, Mount Holyoke Victory, Duke Victory, Fordham Victory, Citadel Victory, Berea Victory, St.Lawrence Victory, Central Victory, Swarthmore Victory, Carleton Victory, Loyola Victory, Purdue Victory, Mills Victory, Barnard Victory, Radcliffe Victory, Drexel Victory, Alfred Victory, Pan American Victory, Trinity Victory, Park Victory, Fisk Victory, Grove City Victory, Hope Victory, Lafayette Victory, Marquette Victory, Hunter Victory, Augustana Victory, Berry Victory, Drake Victory, Phillips Victory, New World Victory, Adelphi Victory, Drury Victory, Alleghenny Victory, Earlham Victory, Asbury Victory, Canton Victory, Lindenwood Victory
By 1943 the Maritime Commission was planning the production of a number of new types of ships, of which, by far the most important was a fast type of cargo ship - which subsequently became known as the Victory ship. The intention was that these new fast ships would be built in the emergency yards that were then in their stride with the building of Liberty ships. The AP2 had the same dimensions like the AP1, but a 6,000 shp turbine instead of 5,500 shp turbine or Lentz diesel engines planned for the AP1. The basic design of an AP2  called for an single screw vessel of full scantling type, although every effort was made to secure the cubic capacity sufficient for the deadweight involved. The ship had a raked stem and cruiser stern. All Ap2's served as cargo ships by the War Shipping Administration, operated by various Steamship Companies under General Agent Agreement. The only exception were MCV-566 to 545, forming the "Boulder Class" AK-227 to 236 and operated for the Navy. 273 AP2's were built at the four yards involved. After WWII a number of AP2's were sold under the Merchant Sales act of 1946 to U.S.and foreign Companies, and other vessels were laid up in Reserve. The first wave of reactivation came after the outbreak of the Korean war. Some vessels were later transferred for Navy use, others were laid up again. AP2's saw next time of service during the Vietnam war. After Vietnam war again send to the Reserve Fleet, some vessels still lay at Suisun Bay. Drawing shows LANE VICTORY in her WWII configuration.

Design: VC2-S-AP3	California SB Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Cargo	MCV-1 to24, 27, 29, 31 to 33, 37 and 41 to 42 (32 Built / Turbine) China Victory, Greece Victory, U.S.S.R. Victory, United States Victory, Philippines Victory, New Zealand Victory, Mexico Victory, Brazil Victory, Panama Victory, Colombia Victory, Atchison Victory, Joplin Victory, Lincoln Victory, Sapulga Victory, Navajo Victory, Bluefield Victory, Luray Victory, Greenville Victory, Durham Victory, Kingsport Victory, Dalton Victory, Gainesville Victory, Selma Victory, Meridian Victory, Carroll Victory, Sharon Victory, Pomona Victory, Clovis Victory, Grange Victory, Waco Victory, Arcadia Victory, Alamo Victory,
	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
	MCV-85 to 116, 147 to 189, 682 to 701and 872 to 875 (109 Built / Turbine) United Victory, Czechoslovakia Victory, Poland Victory, Britain Victory, Norway Victory, Luxenbourg Victory, Netherlands Victory, Belgium Victory, Canada Victory, Iran Victory, El Salvador Victory, Dominican Victory, South African Victory, Yugoslavia Victory, Plymouth Victory, Niantic Victory, Rockland Victory, Claremont Victory, Cranston Victory, Rutland Victory, Elmira Victory, Marshfield Victory, Nampa Victory, Silverbow  Victory, Mandan Victory , Aberdeen Victory , Beloit Victory , Escanaba Victory , Hibbing Victory , Joliet Victory , Quinault Victory , Skagway Victory , Longview Victory , Lewiston Victory , Minoit Victory , Pierre Victory , Bozeman Victory , Saginaw Victory , Coeur D'Alene Victory , Kodiak Victory , West Lynn Victory , Loma Victory , Kelso Victory , St.Cloud Victory , Green Bay Victory , Rock Springs Victory , La Grande Victory , Appleton Victory , Ames Victory , Adrian Victory , Jefferson City Victory , Terre Haute Victory , Twin Fallls Victory , Paducah Victory , Dartmouth Victory , Colgate Victory , Brown Victory , Davidson Victory , Northwestern Victory , Furman Victory , Notre Dame Victory , Westminster Victory , Wellesley Victory , Creighton Victory , Temple Victory , Willamette Victory , Reed Victory , Simmons Victory , Capital Victory , Knox Victory , Lawrence Victory , Western Reserve Victory , Whitman Victory , Macalester Victory , Coe Victory , Tuskegee Victory , Union Victory , Clark Victory , Skidmore Victory , Seton Hall Victory , Oglethorpe Victory , Gonzaga Victory , Linfield Victory , Midland Victory , Drew Victory , Alma Victory , Middlesex Victory , South Bend Victory , Coffeyville Victory , Norwalk Victory , Chelsea Victory , Binghampton Victory , Jackson Victory , Dothan Victory , Bellingham Victory , Mankato Victory , Billings Victory , Boise Victory , Brainerd Victory
	Permanente Metals Corp.(Richmond Yard No.1), Richmond, California
	MCV-525 to 534 (10 Built / Turbine) Australia Victory , Ethiopia Victory , India Victory , Iraq Victory , Costa Rica Victory , Cuba Victory , Honduras Victory , Haiti Victory , Guatemala Victory , Nicaragua Victory ,
	Permanente Metals Corp.(Richmond Yard No.1), Richmond, California
	MCV-525 to 534 (10 Built / Turbine) Australia Victory , Ethiopia Victory , India Victory , Iraq Victory , Costa Rica Victory , Cuba Victory , Honduras Victory , Haiti Victory , Guatemala Victory , Nicaragua Victory ,
Between the early and mid 1960's the Orient Overseas Line, a subsidiary of the C.Y.Tung Group bought from private interests seven former warbuilt AP3's for their service. The Vessels were renamed to Hongkong Delegate, Hongkong Grace, Hongkong Banner, Hongkong Amber, Hongkong Producer, Hongkong Manufacturer, Hongkong Clipper and registered under Liberian Flag and Registry, they were operated by three different Shipping Companies for the C.Y.Tung Group. Later three of them were converted into Container Vessels.

Design: VC2-S-AP5	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Wilmington, California
Navy Amphibious Attack Transport	MCV-25 to 26, 28, 30, 34 to 36, 38 to 40, 43 to 62 (30 Built / Turbine) USS Haskell APA-117, USS Hendry  APA-118, USS Highlands APA-119, USS Hinsdale APA-120, USS Hocking APA-121, USS Kenton APA-122, USS Kittson APA-123, USS Lanier APA-124, USS La Grange APA-125, USS St.Marz|s APA-126, USS Allendale APA-127, Arenac APA-128, USS Arlington APA-129, USS Attala APA-130,  USS Bandera APA-131,  USS Barnwell APA-132,  USS Beckham APA-133,  USS Bland APA-134,  USS Bosque APA-135,  USS Botetourt APA-136,  USS Bowie APA-137,  USS Braxton APA-138,  USS Broadwater APA-139,  USS Brookings APA-140,  USS Buckingham APA-141,  USS Clearfield APA-142,  USS Clermont APA-143,  USS Clinton APA-144,  USS Colbert APA-145,  USS Collingsworth APA-146
	Kaiser Company Inc., Vancouver, Washington
	MCV-655 to 681 and 812 to 815 (31 Built / Turbine) USS Oconto APA-187, USS Olmstead APA-188, USS Oxford APA-189, USS Pickens APA-190, USS Pondera APA-191, USS Rutland APA-192, USS Sanborn APA-193, USS Sandoval APA-194, USS Lenawee APA-195, USS Logan APA-196, USS Lubbock APA-197, USS McCracken APA-198, USS Magoffin APA-199, USS Marathon APA-200, USS Menard APA-201, USS Menifee APA-202, USS Meriwether APA-203, USS Rawlins APA-226, USS Renville  APA-227, USS Rockbridge APA-228, USS Rockingham APA-229, USS Rockwell APA-230, USS Saint Croix APA-231, USS San Saba APA-232, USS Sevier APA-233, USS Bollinger APA-234, USS Bottineau APA-235, USS Cottle APA-147, USS Crockett APA-148, USS Audubon APA-149, USS Bergen APA-150
	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
	MCV-117 to 146, 860 to 863 (34 Built / Turbine) , USS La Porte APA-151, USS Latimer APA-152, USS Laurens APA-153, USS Lowndes APA-154, USS Lycoming APA-155, USS Mellette APA-156, USS Napa APA-157, USS Newberry APA-158, USS Darke APA-159, USS Deuel APA-160, USS Dickens APA-161, USS Drew APA-162, USS Eastland APA-163, USS Edgecomb APA-164, USS Effingham APA-165, USS Fond Du Lac APA-166, USS Freestone APA-167, USS Gage APA-168, USS Gallatin APA-169, USS Gosper APA-170, USS Granville APA-171, USS Grimes APA-172, USS Hyde APA-173, USS Jeraud APA-174, USS Karnes APA-175, USS Kershaw APA-176, USS Kingsbury APA-177, USS Lander APA-178, USS Lauderdale APA-179, USS Lavaca APA-180, USS Bronx APA-236, USS Bexar APA-237, USS Dane APA-238, USS Glynn APA-239

Design: VC2-S1-AP7	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Passenger / Cargo	MCV-866 and 876 to 877 (3 Built / Turbine) Alcoa Corsair (ex- Iredell APA-242), Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Clipper
By 1943 the Maritime Commission was planning the production of a number of new types of ships, of which, by far the most important was a fast type of cargo ship - which subsequently became known as the Victory ship. The intention was that these new fast ships would be built in the emergency yards that were then in their stride with the building of Liberty ships. The AP2 had the same dimensions like the AP1, but a 6,000 shp turbine instead of 5,500 shp turbine or Lentz diesel engines planned for the AP1. The basic design of an AP2  called for an single screw vessel of full scantling type, although every effort was made to secure the cubic capacity sufficient for the deadweight involved. The ship had a raked stem and cruiser stern. All Ap2's served as cargo ships by the War Shipping Administration, operated by various Steamship Companies under General Agent Agreement. The only exception were MCV-566 to 545, forming the "Boulder Class" AK-227 to 236 and operated for the Navy. 273 AP2's were built at the four yards involved. After WWII a number of AP2's were sold under the Merchant Sales act of 1946 to U.S.and foreign Companies, and other vessels were laid up in Reserve. The first wave of reactivation came after the outbreak of the Korean war. Some vessels were later transferred for Navy use, others were laid up again. AP2's saw next time of service during the Vietnam war. After Vietnam war again send to the Reserve Fleet, some vessels still lay at Suisun Bay

One sample of the kinds of conversion of warbuilt Victory Ships, is the CASTELBIANCO (ex- Vassar Victory). Purchased by Societa Italiana Trasporti Maritima S.A. and transferred to Italian Flag and Registry. The vessel was converted  into an emigrant ship to serve in the South-America run from Genoa. During conversion passenger accomodation for 480 third-class and steerage passengers were added. Drawing shows the CASTEL BIANCO in the 1947 - 1952 outfit.

In 1952 CASTEL BIANCO became a major refit by her owners, passenger accomodation increased to 940. Drawing shows her in 1952 to 1957 outfit.

N.Y.U.VICTORY was sold in 1947 to Compania Argentina de Navegacion Dodero S.A.and transferred to Argentinan Flag and Registry. Owner added additional passenger accomodations and she was renamed CORDOBA, like she appears in the drawing.

COLORADO SPRINGS VICTORY was chartered in 1946 to the British Ministry of Transport and operated by Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. In 1947 ret'd to U.S.Flag and Registry, she was simultaneously sold under the Ship Sales Act of 1946 to Silver Line Ltd., transferred to British Flag and Registry and renamed to SILVERMAPLE. Resold in December 1952 to Borges Rederi AS / DS transferred to Norwegian Flag and Registry, she was renamed to SUN KAREN. Between March and May 1953 the vessel was lenghtened 30 ft. by Mercantile Graving Docks S.A.at Antwerp, Belge. Drawing shows her after lenghtening.

In 1948 the Pocahontas Steamship Co.bought from the Commission the LACONIA VICTORY for conversion into an collier by the Newport News SB& DD Co.of Newport News, Virginia. Vessel was renamed by owner to OAKEY L.ALEXANDER´.

The beginnings of the well known OCCL (Orient Overseas Container Lines) began in the late sixties when a batch of former AP3's managed by the Orient Overseas Line where converted by the Hongkong & Whampoa Dry Dock Co.,Hongkong into Containerships. They were name Oriental Arrow, Oriental Express, Oriental Despatcher and Oriental Comet. Oriental Comet was the only vessel who was converted by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co.,Hongkong.

The Royal Netherland Goverment bought under the terms of Merchant Sales Act of 1946 in April 1947 three surplus Victory ships. LA GRANDE VICTORY, CRANSTON VICTORY and COSTA RICA VICTORY. All vessels transferred to Netherland Flag and Registry and operated by the N.V.Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd as troop transport for the Royal Netherland Goverment and renamed to WATERMAN, ZUIDERKRUIS and GROOTE BEER. In 1951 all three vessel were converted into emigrant ships by Netherlands Dry-Dock Shipyards Company in Amsterdam. Passenger accomodations for 900 passengers were installed and the vessels transported emigrants to Australia-New Zealand and to New York. Drawing shows WATERMAN in her 1951 - 1963 outfit.