SS N. Y. U. Victory was a Type C2 Victory ship-based VC2-S-AP2 troop transport built for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps late in World War II. Launched in May 1945, it saw service in the European Theater of Operations in the immediate post-war period repatriating U.S. troops.
 VC2-S-AP2 type transport
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| Name | SS N. Y. U. Victory |
| Namesake | New York University |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Corp. (Baltimore, Maryland)[2][1] |
| Laid down | 26 March 1945 |
| Launched | 16 May 1945 |
| Acquired | 1 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 26 July 1945[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1947 |
| Renamed | Cordoba (1947) |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Campana, March 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,607 Tons (Gross), 4,551 Tons (Net) |
| Displacement | 15,200 Tons (Full Load), 10,8750 Tons (Lightweight) |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 B&W oil-fired steam boilers, 2 steam turbines, single propeller, 6,000shp |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Capacity | 1597 |
| Armament | 5" 38 Dual Purpose Gun, 3" Anti-Aircraft Gun, 8 20MM Caliber Guns |
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After being laid up in the U.S., SS N. Y. U. Victory was purchased by Argentinian shipping line Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas and renamed Cordoba. She was scrapped at Campana in March 1972.
History
editConstruction and operation
editSS N. Y. U. Victory was laid down 26 March 1945 as a U.S. MARCOM Type C2 ship-based VC2-S-AP2 hull by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard of Baltimore, Maryland.[2] Launched 26 May 1945, she was then converted into a dedicated troopship,[4] and delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 23 June 1945.
World War II
editUnits transported
editUnits transported by the SS N. Y. U. Victory include:
- 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion, August 1945.[5][6]
Post-war
editAfter being briefly laid up in the U.S., SS N.Y.U. Victory was purchased by Argentinian shipping line Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas and renamed Cordoba. She was scrapped at Campana in March 1972.[2]
See also
edit- SS Maritime Victory, a similar VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship conversion into a dedicated troopship
- SS American Victory, a similar VC2-S-AP2 vessel preserved as a museum ship
References
edit- ^ a b c "N. Y. U. VICTORY". MARAD (published 1946-06-16). 2019-11-14.
- ^ a b c SS NYU Victory at shipsnostalgia.com
- ^ Vessel Status Card
- ^ APPENDIX B: VICTORY TROOPSHIP CONVERSIONS [1] Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Compiled from Roland W. Charles, Troopships of World War II (Washington, DC: The Army Transportation Association, 1947), Appendix E, pp. 356-357
- ^ "1269th Engineer Combat Battalion History". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ^ As documented in "SS NYU Victory, GI Cruise Chronicle", cited in Company A!: Combat Engineers Remember World War II, Robert L. Thalhofer