Pacific Far East Line of San Francisco. 1951 to 1957
Trans-Pacific Company of Philadelphia. 1957 to 1960
Long Island Tankers Corporation of Wilmington, Del. 1960 to 1962
Pacific Far East Line of San Francisco. 1962 to 1969
Fate
Sold, 1969
United States
Name
SS Columbia Wolf
Owner
Columbia Steamship Company of San Francisco
Fate
Scrapped in Hong Kong, 1970
General characteristics
Class and type
VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship
Tonnage
7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT
Displacement
15,200 tons
Length
455 ft (139 m)
Beam
62 ft (19 m)
Draught
28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power
8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion
HP & LP turbines geared to a single 20.5-foot (6.2 m) propeller, by Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Essington
Speed
16.5 knots
Boats & landing craft carried
4 Lifeboats
Complement
62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards
Armament
1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun as Victory ship
1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon
Notes
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The SS Bluefield Victory was the 16th Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on May 9, 1944, and completed on June 30, 1944. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 15 (V-15). SS Bluefield Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and was operated by the Mississippi Shipping Company. The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II. Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure, and had a long raised forecastle.[2]
The SSBluefieldVictory was the 16th Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California...
at the launching. "Victory Ship to be Museum", Cruise Travel, November 1999, pg 50. Levin, Carl, "Recognition of the SS Wayne Victory", Congressional Record...
Coastwise Line: SS Canada Bear (was SS Paducah Victory) SS Hawaii Bear SS Alaska Bear (was SSBluefieldVictory) SS India Bear SS California Bear SS Peter Silvester...
SSBluefieldVictory, ammunition cargo SS Elmira Victory, ammunition cargo SS Iran Victory, ammunition cargo SS Durham Victory, ammunition cargo SS Bluefield...
– No. 23 Virginia Union Panthers (7–1) vs Bluefield State Big Blues (1–7) at Mitchell Stadium • Bluefield, West Virginia Date: Saturday, October 28,...
Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays. After an off-day to begin September, the Blue Jays battled the Rays at Tropicana Field. As the Bluefield season ended...
has an unhappy ending Archived May 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1991. Retrieved 27 October 2019. Top fugitive...
replaced the future Hall of Famer Weaver with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their most recent to...
July 6 to August 7, U.S. forces sought to protect American interests at Bluefields following a revolution.[RL30172] 1894–1895: China: Marines were stationed...
defeated the Orioles 12–0, setting a record for the largest margin of victory in a shutout win on Opening Day. September 7, 1988: Curt Schilling made...
boarded a banana boat and made his way to the Nicaraguan port city of Bluefields, where he made his way to Honduras through “tick-infested mountains” and...
During the ovation, Cal was convinced by his teammates to take an impromptu victory lap around the entire Camden Yards to shake hands and give high-fives to...
bomber victories during WWII". Sovietempire.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019. "ShCh-317 of the Soviet Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 1 July 2013. "Bluefields". Uboat...
Arizona Diamondbacks. On August 29, optioned Josh Thole to Rookie-Advanced Bluefield and Danny Dorn to Triple-A Buffalo, recalled Drew Hutchison, and designated...
by starting pitchers Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn (who combined for 39 victories), and the hitting of Bob Elliott, Jeff Heath, Tommy Holmes and rookie...
franchise history in Toronto's 7–1 victory. New York would end the Blue Jays three-game winning streak with an 11–5 victory the following day. The Yankees...
the Brooklyn Dodgers, attracted 19,482 fans, who witnessed a 5–3 Boston victory. However, some 13,000 of those fans were dismayed to discover that their...
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