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    The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines...
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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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    This is a list of Victory ships. Victory ships were a type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United States during World War II. In the following...
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    and eventual victory over the Axis powers. Liberty ships were followed by the faster Victory ships. Canada built Park ships and Fort ships to meet the...
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    Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept...
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    A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions...
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    built and served in World War II as a VC2-S-AP3 type Victory cargo ship named SS Simmons Victory. Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1945, under a...
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    The SS Meredith Victory was a United States Merchant Marine Victory ship, a type of cargo freighter built for World War II. Under the leadership of Captain...
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  • from 1848 to 1863 Victory ship, a type of naval vessel built by the United States during World War II Carnival Victory, a cruise ship operated by Carnival...
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  • Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victory: English ship Victory (1569), a 42-gun ship, originally named Great Christopher, purchased by...
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  • South Atlantic steamship line operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss. South Atlantic Steamship Company ships were used to help the World War II effort...
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    ship conversions, 30 Type C4 ship-based General G. O. Squier-class, a class of 84 Victory ship conversions, and a small number of Type-C3-S-A2 ship-based...
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    This is a list of historical ship types, which includes any classification of ship that has ever been used, excluding smaller vessels considered to be...
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    SS American Victory is a Victory ship which saw brief service in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the final months of World War II, the Korean...
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  • Administration. Seas Shipping Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Seas Shipping Company crew and the...
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    SS Lane Victory is an American Victory-class cargo ship used in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War. The ship was preserved in 1989 to serve as...
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    HMS Victory was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth...
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    Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in...
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    severely damaged. The Japanese carrier forces achieved a tactical victory, as none of their ships were sunk, but the heavy loss of 100 airplanes and irreplaceable...
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    surplus Liberty ship or Victory ship hull. By 1964, the U.S. Navy took over all the range ships and introduced more. In some Navies, such a ship is also given...
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    1985. ISBN 1-85044-049-2. Jaffee, Capt. Walter W. The Lane Victory: The Last Victory Ship in War and Peace, pp. 4–9, 15–32, 2nd Edition, Glencannon Press...
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    specifications of these ships, see Liberty ship and Victory ship. (dates of commissioning–decommissioning) Oxford class (Liberty ship type) USS Oxford • 1961–1969...
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  • James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. crew...
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    Kingsport Victory, a United States Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP3 (Victory) type cargo ship. During the closing days of World War II the ship was operated...
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  • Laconia Victory Newberry Victory SS Boulder Victory Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victory ships...
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    statue representing the goddess Niké (Victory), whose head and arms are missing and its base is in the shape of a ship's bow. The total height of the monument...
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    merchant cargo ship, one of the numerous VC2-S-AP3 Victory design. The Victory ships, a larger improvement on the basic Liberty ship design, carried...
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    The SS Mexico Victory was the 7th Victory ship built during World War II. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 27, 1944 and...
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    Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious...
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  • USMS North Star III (originally named MV Emory Victory (MCV-654)) was a Victory ship built in 1945. The ship was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
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