SS Chanute Victory information

	Typical Victory Ship.
History
United States
Name	SS Chanute Victory
Namesake	Octave Chanute
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Builder	California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles
Laid down	November 29, 1944
Launched	January 19, 1945
Completed	February 20, 1945
Fate	Sold in 1947
Netherlands
Name	SS Alphacca in 1947
Operator	N.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam.
Fate	Sold in 1964
Taiwan
Name	SS Hai-Fu 1964
Acquired	China Merchants S.N.Co, Port of Keelung
Fate	Sold in 1973
Taiwan
Name	SS Kai-Ming 1973
Acquired	Yang Ming Marine Transport Co, Taipei
Renamed	SS Ming Cathay in 1977
Identification	IMO number: 5012448
Fate	Scrapped in 1978 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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
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; 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon;
Notes

The SS Chanute Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on January 19, 1945, and completed on February 20, 1945. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 79 (V44).

^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.

[1] Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.

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