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USAT Antioch Victory

Transport

Laid down, 12 March 1945, as SS Antioch Victory a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 816) at Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 2 May 1945

Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 22 May 1945

Transferred, 22 May 1945, under a General Agency Agreement to Wessel Duval Co. for operation

Transferred to the War Department, date unknown

Assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service, Commissioned USAT Antioch Victory

Further assigned to the A.T.S. Atlantic Fleet

Decommissioned in 1947 and returned to the Maritime Commission for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C.

Sold in 1947 to N.V. Konink.Nederland Stoom.Maats, Amsterdam, Netherlands. reflagged Netherlands, renamed SS Breda

Sold in 1966 to Trade Lines Inc, Piraeus, Greece, reflagged Greece, renamed SS Trade Ambassador

Scrapped at Taiwan in 1970

Specifications:
Displacement 7,612 gross tons
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Draft 29'
Depth of Hold 38'
Speed 15 kts.

Armament

one stern mounted single 5"/38 dual purpose gun

one bow mounted single 3"/50 dual purpose gun

eight 20mm gun mounts

Propulsion cross compound steam turbine

single screw, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USAT Antioch Victory
	22k	USAT Antioch Victory moored pierside at Bremen Germany, circa 1945-47 to take aboard returning USAAF personnel.	Tommy Trampp
Merchant Service
	48k	Ex-SS Antioch Victory at anchor, date and location unknown.	Gerhard Muller-Debus
	280k	Ex-SS Antioch Victory as the Dutch merchantman SS Breda underway on the Weser River, leaving Bremen, Germany circa 1957. ©E. Maack.	Gerhard Muller-Debus
	389k	SS Breda working cargo in the port of Bremen, Germany, late 1959.	Gerhard Muller-Debus
	113k	SS Breda underway on the Weser River, leaving Bremen, Germany in March 1965.	Photo by Gerhard Muller-Debus

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