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SS Logan VictoryUnited States
NameLogan Victory
NamesakeLogan, Utah
OwnerWar Shipping Administration
OperatorAmerican-Hawaiian Steamship Company
BuilderPermanente Metals Yard No. 1, Richmond, California
Laid downNovember 25, 1944
LaunchedJanuary 16, 1945
CompletedFebruary 6, 1945
FateSank in battle April 6, 1945, at Okinawa
General characteristics
TypeVictory ship
Tonnage7,725 GRT
Length139 m (456 ft)
Beam18.9 m (62 ft)
Draft7 m (23 ft)
PropulsionWestinghouse steam turbines, single shaft, 8,500 hp (6,300 kW)
Speed17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) maximum sustained, 21 knots emergency
Range12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
  • 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards as Victory ship.
  • 358 officers and men
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon
Notes[1]

SS Logan Victory was a cargo Victory ship built for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The Logan Victory was launched January 16, 1945, by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California and completed on February 6, 1945. She was operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company under the United States Maritime Commission.[2]

  1. ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
  2. ^ National Parks, Victory ships

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