SS Georgetown Victory
From Our Contribution
 SS Georgetown Victory aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland | |
 Typical Victory ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USAT Georgetown Victory |
| Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Corp. Baltimore, Maryland |
| Launched | 28 Apr 1945 |
| Completed | 22 May 1945 |
| In service | May 1945 |
| Out of service | 30 Apr 1946 |
| Fate | Wecked and sank 30 Apr 1946 off Ireland |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |
| Tonnage | 7,612 tons |
| Length | 455' (139m) |
| Beam | 62' (19m) |
| Depth | 28' (8.5m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 16.5 knots |
| Capacity | up to 1,500 |
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Remarks
One of the 75 cargo ships converted to carry troops, she was operated by the American Export Lines. She was the 53rd in her class built at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard at Baltimore. Entering service near the end of the war, the Georgetown Victory and others like her, were given the happy task of transporting the troops for demobilization. In Dec 1945 she returned 1,400 Australian servicemen from Morotai to Brisbane, before travelling to Labuan in north Borneo to deliver troops to Rabaul in New Britain, and Brisbane.
Her last voyage saw her board 1,400 British service men in Sydney for Glasgow, but on 30 Apr 1946 just before midnight she ran ashore at almost top speed at Killard Point in Northern Island. All aboard were rescued, but the ship broke apart. These sections were finally salvaged in 1951 and consigned to the ship-breakers at Troon.