The Greenville Victory-class cargo ship was a cargo ship design used for shipping during the Korean War by the United States Navy. Greenville Victory-class cargo ships were built for use during World War II. The Greenville Victory-class ships are the same as the Victory ships built of the World War II United States Merchant Navy. A total of nine Greenville Victory-class ships were built in 1944 and 1945. The ships were built under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for the War Shipping Administration for World War II. Some of the Greenville Victory class were launched as merchant ship Victory ships and then acquired by the United States Navy for the Korean War effort. The lead ship of the class, Greenville Victory was commissioned on 30 March 1948. The Greenville Victory build was complete on 7 July 1944, she took part in Battle of Okinawa from 27 May to 19 June 1945 as a merchant ship.[1] Some of the Greenville Victory class also saw service in the Vietnam War, 21 years after construction. Some of the vessels were acquired by the United States Army and used in the U.S. Army Transportation Service.[2]

Ships in class

A total of nine Greenville Victory-class cargo ships were built and commissioned:

Design

Main article: Victory ship

Victory ships replace the numerous built Liberty ships. Victory ship/Greenville Victory-class cargo ships were as fast as and better built than the Liberty ship, with a top speed of 15–17 knots (28–31 km/h; 17–20 mph). Liberty ships had a top speed of only 11–11.5 knots (20.4–21.3 km/h; 12.7–13.2 mph). Victory ships had more powerful steam turbine engines compared to the Liberty ship's triple-expansion steam engine. Victory ships were also slightly larger than the Liberty ships. Both Liberty ships and Greenville Victory-class ships had large hatches on the holds, and kingpost with large capacity boom cranes. This allowed the ships to unload and load without a dock crane.[11][2] Most of the Greenville Victory-class cargo ships were upgraded to have a helicopter deck added to the stern deck in place of the original dual-purpose gun. Some ships had a twin hangar on the read deck to protect the embarked helicopters from bad weather. Advanced radar was also added. The 50-caliber dual-purpose guns were replace by four or eight 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns.

Builders

Crew

Greenville Victory-class cargo ships were crewed by 99 to 145 officers and enlisted. This included: captain, executive officer (XO), radioman, signalman, radar operator, navigation officer, engineering officer, deckhands, chefs, and stewards, boatswain's mate, and quartermasters, gunners and fire controlman for the one stern 5 in (127 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun; the one bow 3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber dual-purpose gun and the eight 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  2. ^ a b c Culver, John A. "A time for Victories" United States Naval Institute Proceedings February 1977 pp. 50–56
  3. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  4. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  5. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  6. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  7. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  8. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  9. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  10. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  11. ^ "Cargo hold tour, SS Lane". Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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