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USAT Tusculum Victory

Transport
  • Laid down, 30 April 1945, as SS Tusculum Victory a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 829) at Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 11 June 1945
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 10 July 1945
  • Transferred, 10 July 1945, under a General Agency Agreement to A.L. Burbank & Co.
  • Transferred to the War Department, date unknown
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service, Commissioned USAT Tusculum Victory
  • Further assigned to the A.T.S. Atlantic Fleet
  • Decommissioned in 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission
  • Chartered, 20 June 1946, by the United Kingdom as Hospital Ship, reflagged United Kingdom, operated by Furness Withy & Co.
  • Purchased by the United Kingdom, 27 August 1947, renamed SS Pacific Stronghold, operated by Furness Withy & Co.
  • Reassigned to Prince Line in 1954, renamed SS Malayan Prince, operated by Furness Withy & Co.
  • Returned to US flag and sold, 25 May 1959, to Marine Bulk Carriers Inc., New York, reflagged US, renamed SS Wang Knight
  • Renamed, SS Marine Carrier, 13 November 1959, Marine Bulk Carriers Inc.
  • Sold, 26 April 1960, to Ships and Freights Inc., New York, renamed SS Elie V
  • Sold, 9 March 1964 to American Oceanic Corp., New York, renamed SS Oceanic Wave
  • Sold, 22 March 1966, to Oceanic Pioneer S.S.Co., Cleveland, Ohio., name retained
  • Sold, 17 June 1968, to Oswego Shipping Co. Cleveland, Ohio, renamed SS Silver Falcon
  • Sold for scrapping in 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
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    USAT Tusculum Victory
    Tusculum Victory 173k USAT Tusculum Victory moored pierside in Germany, circa 1945-46 to take aboard US Army 284th Engineering Construction Battalion personnel. Mike Shiling, courtesy John H. Culver
    Merchant Service
    Tusculum Victory
    301307802    		 104k Ex-USAT Tusculum Victory underway as the British flagged SS Pacific Stronghold circa August 1947 to 1954, location unknown. Note the masts of this Victory ship had been cut down in order to enable her to pass beneath the bridges of the Manchester Canal.
    Photo ©Skyfotos.    		 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Tusculum Victory
    301307803    		 76k SS Pacific Stronghold underway, circa August 1947 to 1954, location unknown.
    Photo ©foreign.    		 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Tusculum Victory
    301307804    		 76k Ex-USAT Tusculum Victory moored pierside in port as the United States flagged SS Oceanic Wave, circa March 1964 to June 1968, location unknown.
    Photo ©foreign.    		 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Tusculum Victory
    301307805    		 195k SS Oceanic Wave, underway, circa March 1964 to June 1968, location unknown.
    Photo ©A. Duncan.    		 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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