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VICTORY SHIPS - N - O



NAME
TYPE
BLDR
COMP
HISTORY
Nampa Victory 02 05 6.44 1944 NAMPA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.(International Freighting Co), troop transport.
1946 Laid up Wilmington.
1951 ANTARES (AK 258), U.S. Navy cargo ship
1959 ANTARES (AKS 33), U.S. Navy general stores issue ship.
1964 Decommissioned, laid up James River.
1974 Scrapped USA.
Napa 04 05 9.44 1944 NAPA (APA 157), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1946 USMC laid up James River.
1959 Reacquired by U.S. Navy (AKA 258)
1959 Reclassified (AKS 33)
1960 Laid up James River.(as APA 157)
1983 Scrapped.
Nashua Victory 01 01 9.45 1945 NASHUA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (Calmar SS Co)
1947 Laid up James River
1966 Reactivated for Vietnam War (Weyerhauser SS Co)
1973 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1988 Scrapped Kaohsiung.
Natrona 04 04 11.44 1944 NATRONA (APA 214), U.S. Navy attack transport
1946 Decommissioned to Pacific reserve fleet at Stockton.
1959 Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up Suisun Bay.
1975 Scrapped USA.
Navajo Victory 02 02 6.44 1944 NAVAJO VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (Luckenbach SS Co)
1950 Laid up Astoria
1966 Reactivated for Vietnam War (American Mail Line)
1973 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1985 Scrapped Kaohsiung.
Navarro 04 04 11.44 1944 NAVARRO (APA 215), U.S. Navy attack transport
1946 Decommissioned to Pacific reserve fleet at Stockton.
1950 Recommissioned for Korean War and Vietnam Wars.
1969 Stricken from service but redesignated LPA 215, laid up Suisun Bay.
1982 Scrapped.
Neshoba 04 04 11.44 1944 NESHOBA (APA 216), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1946 Decommissioned to Reserve fleet at Stockton.
1958 Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up Suisun Bay
1975 Scrapped USA.
Netherlands Victory 02 05 4.44 1944 NETHERLANDS VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (McCormick SS Co)
1949 PELICAN STATE, States Marine Corp. of Delaware, Wilmington, Del.
1960 States Marine Lines Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1969 SILVER ROBIN, Oswego Shipping Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1970 PACROBIN, West Pacific SS Co, Panama..
1971 Scrapped Taiwan.
New Bern Victory 01 01 3.45 1945 NEW BERN VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (Prudential SS Co), troop transport.
1947 CONSTANTIA, South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town.
1961 SOUTH AFRICAN VANGUARD, same owners.
1966 S. A. VANGUARD, same owners.
1969 ISABENA, Fairwind Maritime Corp, Panama.
4th Jul.1972 Listed in heavy weather off Karachi after lightening 9,400 tons of grain without shifting boards from tanker OVERSEAS JOYCE . Capsized and sank.
New Kent 04 04 11.44 1944 NEW KENT (AKA 217), U.S .Navy attack transport.
1949 Decommissioned at Orange, Tex. and laid up.
1951 Recommissioned for Korean War.
1954 Decommissioned at Orange, Tex.  
1959 Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up Mobile.
1972 Scrapped Panama City
New Rochelle Victory 01 01 10.45 1945 NEW ROCHELLE VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (West India SS Co)
1948 Laid up Wilmington.
1972 Scrapped Taiwan.
New World Victory 01 04 6.45 1945 NEW WORLD VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco. (Sudden & Christenson)
1950 Laid up Olympia.
1972 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
New Zealand Victory 02 02 5.44 1944 NEW ZEALAND VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (Waterman SS Co)
1948 Laid up Suisun Bay, later transferred to Astoria.
1965 Chas. Kurz & Co (Keystone Shipping Co), Wilmington, Del.
1967 HALCYON TIGER, Halcyon Steamship Co, Wilmington, Del.
1971 PALONA, Universal Mariners S.A, Panama.
1973 Scrapped Taiwan.
Newberry 04 05 10.44 1944 NEWBERRY (APA 158), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1946 USMC laid up James River
1983 Scrapped.
Newberry Victory 01 03 9.45 1945 NEWBERRY VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco. (Parry Navigation Co)
1949 Laid up Beaumont.
1950 Seatrade Corp. of Delaware, New York.
1952 Prudential Steamship Corp., New York.
1963 Prudential Lines Inc., New York.
1968 U.S. Dep't of Commerce, New York, leased back to Prudential Lines.
1971 Laid up James River.
1974 Scrapped Brownsville, Texas.
Newcastle Victory 01 03 11.44 1944 NEWCASTLE VICTORY Completed as AK 233 for U.S.Navy..
1946 U.S.Maritime Commission, laid up Astoria.
1955 leased to United Fruit Co.
1956 Laid up James River.
1992 Scrapped Alang.
Niagara Victory 01 02 6.45 1945 NIAGARA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (General SS Co)
1948 Laid up Hudson River
1950 OCEAN VICTORY, Atlantic Ocean Transport Corp, New York.
1952 Stockard Steamship Corp., New York. 
1962 SMITH DEFENDER, Defender Shipping Co, Wilmington, Del.
1965 U. S. DEFENDER, same owner.
1967 AEC Shipping Corp., Wilmington, Del.
17.11.68 Damaged by Vietcong gunfire at Da-Nang, Vietnam.
1970 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Niantic Victory 02 05 5.44 1944 NIANTIC VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (American-Hawaiian SS Co)
1948 Laid up Wilmington, later transferred to Suisun Bay.
1960 WATERTOWN (T-AGM 6), U.S. Navy - MSTS Missile Range Instrumentation Ship.
1972 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1974 Scrapped Pusan.
Nicaragua Victory 02 03 9.44 1944 NICARAGUA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco. (Ishmian SS Corp)
1946 FLETERO, Compania Argentina de Nav.Dodero, Buenos Aires.
1949 Flota Argentina de Nav. de Ultramar, Buenos Aires.
1961 Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Buenos Aires.
1979 Scrapped Argentina.
Noble 04 04 11.44 1944 NOBLE (APA 218), U.S. Navy attack transport
1964 ARAGON (TA 11), Spanish Navy transport.
1987 Scrapped.
North Platte Victory 01 02 9.45 1945 NORTH PLATTE VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (Black Diamond  SS Co)
1948 Laid up Mobile
1966 Reactivated for Vietnam War (American Mail Line)
1973 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1984 Scrapped Kaohsiung.
Northeastern Victory 01 03 6.45 1945 NORTHEASTERN VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco. (American-Hawaiian SS Co)
24th Dec.1946 Aground on Goodwin Sands, Kent. Broke in two, total loss.
Northwestern Victory 02 05 4.45 1945 NORTHWESTERN VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (Northland Transportation Co)
1949  Victory Carriers Inc,  New York.
1971 Scrapped Taiwan.
Norwalk Victory 02 05 8.45 1945 NORWALK VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (Waterman SS Co)
1948 Laid up Beaumont.
1950 Reactivated for Korean War.
1957 Laid up James River.
1963 NORWALK (T-AK 279), US Navy ballistic missile re-supply ship.
1979 U.S. Maritime Commission, laid up James River.
1994 Scrapped.
Norway Victory 02 05 3.44 1944 NORWAY VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (American Mail Line)
1946 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1947 INDIAN TRADER, India Steamship Co, Calcutta.
1971 SAMUDRA DHAN, Pent-Ocean Steamships Ltd, Bombay.
1977 Scrapped Bombay.
Norwich Victory 01 02 3.45 1945 NORWICH VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (De La Rama SS Co)
1950 Laid up.
1969 Reactivated from reserve for Vietnam War.
Oct.1969 Grounded at Da-Nang, Vietnam, refloated and towed to Yokosuka. Sold by auction and scrapped at Hiroshima.
Notre Dame Victory 02 05 4.45 1945 NOTRE DAME VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (Interocean SS Co)
1948 Laid up James River.
1950 CLIFFS VICTORY , Cleveland Cliffs S.S.Co, Wilmington, Del., rebuilt to 9,305 g.t., 601ft, for Great Lakes use as bulk carrier.
1957 Lengthened to 716ft., 11,151 grosss tons.
1981 Laid up Chicago.
1985 SAVIC, Hai International Inc., Panama for voyage to shipbreakers in South Korea.
1987 Scrapped Masan
N. Y. U. Victory 01 01 6.45 1945 N. Y. U. VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (Shepard SS Co)
1946 Laid up James River.
1947 CORDOBA, Compana Argentine de Nav.Dodero, Buenos Aires.
1949 Flota Argentina de Nav, de Ultramar, Buenos Aires.
1955 Fitted with passenger accommodation.
1961 Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Buenos Aires.
1972 Scrapped Campana.





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Oberlin Victory 01 03 4.45 1945 OBERLIN VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco.  (Matson Nav. Co)
1949 Laid up Beaumont, later transferred to James River.
1988 Scrapped Kaohsiung.
Ocala Victory 01 01 1.45 1945 OCALA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (McCormick SS Co)
1947 Laid up Astoria.
1966 Reactivated for Vietnam War (Olympic SS Co)
1973 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1993 Scrapped Huangpu, China.
Occidental Victory 01 02 5.45 1945 OCCIDENTAL VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (South Atlantic SS Lines)
1947 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1966 Reactivated for Vietnam War (Matson Nav. Co)
1973 Laid up Suisun Bay.
2006 Contracted to All Star Metals, Brownsville, Tex. for scrapping..
Oconto 04 06 9.44 1944 OCONTO (APA 187), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1946 USMC laid up James River.
1974 Scrapped USA.
Oglethorpe Victory 02 05 6.45 1945 OGLETHORPE VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore. (James Griffiths & Sons)
1948 Laid up Hudson River, later transferred to Beaumont.
1949 BUCKEYE STATE, States Marine Corp of Delaware, Wilmington, Del.
1957 GARDEN STATE, same owner.
1960 Global Bulk Transport Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1970 RELIANCE EQUALITY, Reliance Carriers SA, Panama
1971 Scrapped Taiwan.
Okaloosa 04 04 11.44 1944 OKALOOSA (APA 219), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1949 Decommissioned to Atlantic Reserve fleet.
1959 Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up Mobile.
1972 Scrapped Panama City.
Okanogan 04 04 11.44 1944 OKANOGAN (APA 220), U.S. Navy attack transport
1969 Stricken from service but redesignated LPA 220
1971 laid up Suisun Bay.
1979 Scrapped.
Olmsted 04 06 9.44 1944 OLMSTED (APA 188), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1947 Decommissioned to reserve fleet at Norfolk,, Va.
1952 Recommissioned for Korean War.
1960 USMC laid up James River
1986 Scrapped Spain.
Oneida 04 04 11.44 1944 ONEIDA (APA 221), U.S. Navy attack transport
1946 Decommissioned to Reserve fleet at Long Beach.
1958 Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up Suisun Bay
1975 Scrapped USA.
Oneida Victory 01 01 11.44 1944 ONEIDA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Baltimore. (United Fruit Co)
31st.Mar.1946 Collided with tanker W. L. R. EMMET off Santa Barbara, Cal, severely damaged and towed to Los Angeles.
16th.May 1946 Towed to San Francisco and laid up unrepaired at Suisun Bay.
1949 Scrapped Terminal Island.
Oshkosh Victory 01 02 9.45 1945 OSHKOSH VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (Mississippi Shipping Co)
1948 Laid up Suisun Bay, later transferred to James River.
1992 Scrapped Alang.
Ouachita Victory 01 02 5.45 1945 OUACHITA VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., Los Angeles. (Mississippi Shipping Co)
1949 GREEN VALLEY, Central Gulf Steamship Corp, Wilmington, Del.
1962 Rebuilt to 9,482 g.t., length 545.3ft.
1970 Scrapped Taiwan.
Owensboro Victory 01 04 8.45 1945 OWENSBORO VICTORY, U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco. (Coastwise (Pacific Far East) Line)
1947 PVT. JOE E. MANN, U.S.Army Transportation Corps.
1950 U.S. Maritime Commission.laid up Beaumont.
1950 U.S. Navy - MSTS, classified T-AK 253.
1958 Converted to Instrumentation and Telemetry ship for Pacific Missile Range.
1960 RICHFIELD (T-AGM 4), Satellite Tracking and Recovery Ship.
1968 Laid up Suisun Bay.
1970 Stricken from service.
1976 Sold to Nicolai Joffe Corp for scrapping.
Oxford 04 06 9.44 1944 OXFORD (APA 189), U.S. Navy attack transport.
1946 USMC laid up James River
1974 Scrapped.

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