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Ex-USS Provo Victory (AK-228) in Pope & Talbot colors.
History
United States
Name
Provo Victory
Namesake
City of Provo, Utah
Ordered
as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 537
Builder
Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number
Yard No.1
Laid down
28 June 1944
Launched
9 September 1944
Acquired
18 October 1944
Commissioned
18 October 1944
Decommissioned
10 April 1946
Stricken
8 May 1946
Identification
Hull symbol: AK-228
IMO number: 5286219
Fate
traded out for scrapping, 10 February 1984, to Nissho-Iwi Corp. Tokyo, Japan
USS Provo Victory (AK-228) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations through the end of the war, and then returned to the United States for disposal.
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