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History
United States
Name SS Alfred Victory
Builder
Permanente Metals
Yard No. 2, Richmond , California
Laid down 28 February 1945
Launched 11 April 1945
In service 7 May 1945
Out of service 1984
Identification
IMO number :
5010725
Fate Scrapped, 1988
General characteristics
[1]
Type Type VC2-S-AP2
Victory ship
Displacement
4,512
long tons (4,584
t ) light
15,589 long tons (15,839 t) full load
Length 455 ft (139 m)
Beam 62 ft (19 m)
Draft 29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion
Cross-compound steam turbine
8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Single screw
Speed 15.5
knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
USNS Antioch (T-AG-180) was the
United States Navy name assigned to the
United States Merchant Marine
Victory Ship SS Alfred Victory . She was built in 1945 and had a tonnage of 7,607
GRT .
[2]
World War II
During
World War II the Alfred Victory was operated by the
Hammond Shipping Company under
charter with the
Maritime Commission and
War Shipping Administration . On February 14, 1946, Alfred Victory was off
Beachy Head in the
English Channel when she was involved in a collision with a British
coastal
collier , the 1,552 GRT
SS Fulham VII , which then sank.
[2]
In 1947 the Alfred Victory was placed in the
James River, Reserve Fleet .
Vietnam War
In 1965 she was removed from the
Reserve fleet and activated for the
Vietnam War as the USNS Antioch . Alfred Victory was one of 12 ships scheduled to be acquired by the
United States Navy in February 1966 and converted into Forward Depot Ships for the
Military Sea Transport Service . Alfred Victory (MCV-745) was chosen for this conversion and assigned the name
USNS Antioch (T-AG-180), but the program was cancelled and the ships were not acquired by the Navy.
[1] From 1 July 1984, Alfred Victory was laid up in
Suisun Bay , California, as part of the
National Defense Reserve Fleet . In 1988 she was scrapped at Kaohsiung.
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946
Shipwrecks
1 Jan:
USS Dorsey
2 Jan:
U-516 ,
U-2502
3 Jan:
Empire Tigachi ,
U-825 ,
U-2336 ,
U-2351
5 Jan:
U-541 ,
U-901 ,
U-2506
6 Jan:
U-1109 ,
U-2356
7 Jan:
U-1010 ,
U-1023 ,
U-2511
8 Jan:
HMS Safari
14 Jan:
USS Snowbell ,
USS Southard
28 Jan:
Bluenose
30 Jan:
Luray Victory
January (unknown date):
Akagi Maru
2 Feb:
U-764
3 Feb:
I-505
5 Feb:
U-1228
10 Feb:
U-975
12 Feb:
I-501 ,
U-3514
14 Feb:
Fulham VII
15 Feb:
I-502 ,
I-506
February (unknown date):
U-1197
1 Mar:
Sackett's Harbor
4 Mar:
USS Extricate
6 Mar:
George W. Norris
11 Mar:
USS Roche
16 Mar:
Karl Leonhardt
26 Mar:
Z34
27 Mar:
HM LST-405
1 Apr:
Charles S. Haight ,
Ha-103 ,
Ha-105 ,
Ha-106 ,
Ha-107 ,
Ha-108 ,
Ha-109 ,
Ha-111 ,
Ha-201 ,
Ha-202 ,
Ha-203 ,
Ha-208 ,
I-36 ,
I-47 ,
I-53 ,
I-58 ,
I-156 ,
I-157 ,
I-158 ,
I-159 ,
I-162 ,
I-366 ,
I-367 ,
I-402 ,
Ro-50
4 Apr:
USS S-35
5 Apr:
Ha-207 ,
Ha-210 ,
Ha-216 ,
I-202 ,
Ro-31
8 Apr:
USS Despatch
9 Apr:
Empire Bridge
16 Apr:
I-503 ,
I-504
21 Apr:
Empire Christopher
24 Apr:
Alfios
30 Apr:
Georgetown Victory ,
I-121 ,
Ro-68 ,
Ro-500 ,
USS Solar ,
HMS Stubborn ,
HMAS Tolga
1 May:
HMS Tarantula
8 May:
I-153 ,
I-154 ,
I-155
9 May:
Ha-205
14 May:
USS Bellona
21 May:
I-203
23 May:
I-201
24 May: DD-224 (ex-
USS Stewart )
28 May:
I-14
31 May:
I-401
May (unknown date):
Ro-62 ,
Ro-63
4 Jun:
I-400 ,
Kunashiri
7 Jun:
Kamikaze
8 Jun:
Myōkō
9 Jun:
USS Solar
1 Jul:
USS Anderson ,
USS Carlisle ,
USS Gilliam ,
USS Lamson ,
Sakawa
25 Jul:
USS Apogon ,
USS Arkansas ,
USS LSM-60 ,
USS Pilotfish ,
USS Saratoga ,
USS Skipjack
30 Jul:
Nagato
2 Aug:
Empire Cross
August (unknown date):
I-372
19 Sep:
Ohio
16 Oct:
Cassius Hudson
17 Oct:
HMAS Waree
19 Oct:
Takao
13 Nov:
U-977
20 Nov:
Albany
27 Nov:
Laksnes
2 Dec:
HMCS Middlesex
6 Dec:
N35
8 Dec:
Liberté ,
HMS Saltburn
16 Dec:
Leipzig ,
Z29
22 Dec:
Prinz Eugen
24 Dec:
Northeastern Victory
26 Dec:
Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski
31 Dec:
Monte Pascoal ,
Schwabenland
Unknown date:
Claus Von Bevern ,
Yu 1007
Other incidents
World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs Emergency cargo Tanker Special-purpose Miscellaneous-cargo Tugs
Lists Subtypes Museum ships Other Sunk in action Damaged in action Sunk in service Damaged in service Sank in private use
Seagoing cowboys ships See also