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USNS Victoria sister ship off Guam 1981
History
USNS VictoriaUnited States
NameEthiopia Victory
NamesakeEthiopia
OwnerWar Shipping Administration
OperatorWaterman Steamship Corporation
Orderedas type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 526
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Laid down20 January 1944
Launched20 April 1944
Completed17 July 1944
FateTransferred to US Navy in 1964
NotesInternational Radio Call Sign: NMQQ
USNS VictoriaUnited States
NameVictoria
OperatorUS Navy
In service22 May 1965
Stricken31 March 1986
IdentificationHull symbol: T-AK-281
FateScrapped 15 October 1987
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, then rebuilt in 1963 to USNS Victoria (T-AK-281)
Displacement
  • 4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard)
  • 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × steam turbine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement
  • 12 officers
  • 87 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun (Ethiopia Victory only)
  • 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (Ethiopia Victory only)
  • 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon (Ethiopia Victory only)
  • None as USNS Victoria
Notes[2]

USNS Victoria (T-AK-281) was a Norwalk-class fleet ballistic missile cargo ship, which was launched as a World War II commercial Victory cargo ship SS Ethiopia Victory under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The Ethiopia Victory was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1963.

  1. ^ "USNS Victoria (T-AK-281)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.

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