USAT Pachaug Victory
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 photo is of Bessemer Victory a sister ship to Pachaug Victory | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Pachaug Victory |
| Owner | US War Shipping Administration |
| Builder | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number | 01 |
| Launched | 13 Oct 1944 |
| Completed | 16 Nov 1944 |
| In service | 1944 |
| Out of service | 1947 |
| Reclassified | Cargo ship modified for troop carrying |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | VC2-S-AP2 |
| Tonnage | 7,612 tons |
| Length | 455.3' (138.78m) |
| Beam | 62' (18.90m) |
| Depth | 38' (11.58m) |
| Propulsion | steam driven single screw |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Capacity | 1,500 troops |
Remarks
During WW2 operated in the Pacific Theatre before being transferred to the Ministry of Transport, London (Managed by Furness Withy & Co.). In 1946 was used to transport 1,500 Australian troops for the British Commonwealth Occupying Force to Kure in Japan. One of the 97 Victory ships fitted out as troopcarriers
Laid up by the US Maritime Commission in the James River in 1947, and scrapped in Philadelphia in 1974.
VC2-S-AP2 = Victory ship Cargo 2 = 400-440 feet in length; Steam; AP = Hull design, 2 conversion number