SS Phillips Victory

History
United States
Namesake	Phillips University
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	General Steamship Company
Builder	Permanente Metals,
Launched	1945-05-26
Christened	1945-05-26
General characteristics
Class & type	Victory ship
Displacement	4,480 long tons (4,550 t) (standard); 15,580 long tons (15,830 t) (full load);
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 525psi 750°; 6,000 shp (4,500 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse turbine; double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears; 1 × shaft;
Speed	15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Capacity	7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT; 453,210 cu ft (12,833 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards
Armament	During WW2; 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber dual-purpose gun; 8 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts;

NamesakePhillips University

OwnerWar Shipping Administration

OperatorGeneral Steamship Company

BuilderPermanente Metals,

The SS Phillips Victory (MCV-758), was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory ship built by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond shipyard #2,^[1] of Richmond, California. It was one of 150^[2] victory ships named after educational institutions. The Phillips Victory was named after Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma.^[3] The ship was christened on May 26, 1945, at Richmond Yard 2 by Mrs. Edward Stettinius in the presence of United Nations delegates and Native Americans.^[3] Shipyard manager C.P. Bedford spoke of the history of the university, and Captain H.G. Gatlin, the Treasure Island Navy chaplain gave the invocation.^[3]

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SS Phillips Victory

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