Typical Victory Ship.
History
United States
NameSS Chanute Victory
NamesakeOctave Chanute
OwnerWar Shipping Administration
OperatorAmerican-Hawaiian Steamship Company
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles
Laid downNovember 29, 1944
LaunchedJanuary 19, 1945
CompletedFebruary 20, 1945
FateSold in 1947
Netherlands
NameSS Alphacca in 1947
OperatorN.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam.
FateSold in 1964
TaiwanTaiwan
NameSS Hai-Fu 1964
AcquiredChina Merchants S.N.Co, Port of Keelung
FateSold in 1973
TaiwanTaiwan
NameSS Kai-Ming 1973
AcquiredYang Ming Marine Transport Co, Taipei
RenamedSS Ming Cathay in 1977
IdentificationIMO number: 5012448
FateScrapped in 1978 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
General characteristics
Class and typeVC2-S-AP3 Victory ship
Tonnage7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT
Displacement15,200 tons
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draught28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
PropulsionHP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller
Speed16.5 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried
4 Lifeboats
Complement62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards
Armament
Notes[1]

The SS Chanute Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on January 19, 1945, and completed on February 20, 1945. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 79 (V44).

World War II

SS Chanute Victory served as a troop ship in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II. She was operated by the American-Hawaiian SS Company. Just before the end of the war, the Chanute Victory's Captain Larz Neilson steamed out of New York City to take new troops to Europe. But, three day out she was told to turn around and go home, back up the East River, as the war was nearing an end in Europe.[2] She served as a troop ship again, but as part of Operation Magic Carpet to bring troops home. SS Chanute Victory and 96 other Victory ships were converted to troop ships to bring the US soldiers home at the end of World War II.[3][4][5] Some of her noted trips: Chanute Victory returned 1,403 Army veterans to San Francisco from Yokohama, Japan on Jan. 24, 1946.[6] On May 17, 1946 she arrived in New York City returning Army veterans to the States.[7] December 1946 she sailed from Piraeus, Greece to Genoa, Italy, then to Lisbon, Portugal picking up troops and returning them to New York. Chanute Victory, returned 1061 troops from Bremen, Germany on June 25, 1946 .[8] In December 1945 she returned troop home from Le Havre, France.[9][10][11][12][13][14] [15][16]

Post war

After the war in 1947 she was sold to N.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, of Rotterdam, Netherlands and renamed SS Alphacca. In 1964 she was sold to China Merchants S.N.Co, in Port of Keelung, Taiwan and renamed SS Hai-Fu . In 1973 she was sold to Yang Ming Marine Transport Company in Taipei, Taiwan and renamed SS Kai Ming. In 1977 Yang Ming Marine Transport Company renamed her the SS Ming Cathay. In 1978 she was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [17][18]

See also

References

  1. Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
  2. Home News, Capt. Neilson’s 100th birthday, June 24, 2011, By LARZ F. NEILSON and PETER A. NEILSON
  3. ww2troopships.com crossings in 1945
  4. Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357
  5. 69th infantry division, newsletter, 1986
  6. The Kane Republican from Kane, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1946 Page 6
  7. The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana, Page 24, May 18, 1946
  8. [The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1946
  9. skylighters,Going Home
  10. Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1945 - Fulton History, Oct. 15, 1945
  11. ww2troopships.com crossings in 1945
  12. Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357
  13. Our Troop Ships
  14. Troop Crossings, 1946
  15. Photo Chanute Victory and crew
  16. Photo Chanute Victory
  17. Mariners, The Website Of The Mariners Mailing List., Victory Ships
  18. shipbuildinghistory.com, List of Victory ships

Sources

  • Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships and tankers: The history of the ‘Victory’ type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, Cornell Maritime Press, 1974, 0-87033-182-5.
  • United States Maritime Commission:
  • Victory Cargo Ships
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