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Bessemer (AG-186)

  • Laid down, 28 May 1945, as SS Bessemer Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 806) at California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Launched, 26 July 1945
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 30 August 1945
  • Scheduled to be acquired by the US Navy in February 1966 for conversion to a Forward Depot Ship, the forerunner of the Fast Deployment Logistic Ships
  • Scheduled to be renamed Bessemer (AG-186) and placed in service with the Military Sea Transport Service
  • Program canceled, 1 February 1966
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1991 at Alang, India
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 15,589 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    094918601    		 154k SS Bessemer Victory moored, pierside, date and location unknown.
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    Bessemer
    094918602    		 180k SS Bessemer Victory underway in U.S. waters in Waterman charterer's colors, circa. 1947-48.
    © World Ship Society    		 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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