Second ship, with V-5 on the hull, is the SS Philippines Victory, the fifth Victory ship.
History
United States
Name
Philippines Victory
Namesake
Philippines
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
Alcoa Steamship Company
Port of registry
Los Angeles
Builder
California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles
Laid down
January 17, 1944
Launched
March 11, 1944
Completed
May 9, 1944
Fate
Sold April 23, 1947, to Belgium
Belgium
Name
Mahenge
Namesake
Mahenge offensive
Owner
Cie. Maritime Congolaise
Operator
Cie. Maritime Congolaise
Port of registry
Antwerp
Fate
Sank after collision with SS Granville in the English Channel on June 30, 1952
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 Philippines Victory was the fifth Victory ship built during World War II. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 11, 1944, and completed on May 9, 1944. She was built in 113 days under the Emergency Shipbuilding program.
Philippines Victory was one of the new 10,500-ton class ship to be known as Victory ships 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]
Philippines Victory served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
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Global Information
Los Angeles
Antwerp