The SS Clarksdale Victory was the 80th Victory ship built during World War II. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on January 27, 1945...
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examples of Victory troopship are: SS Aiken Victory, SS Chanute Victory, SS Cody Victory, SS Colby Victory, SS Cranston Victory, SS Gustavus Victory, SS Hagerstown...
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USMS North Star III (redirect from SS Emory Victory)
USMS North Star III (originally named MV Emory Victory (MCV-654)) was a Victory ship built in 1945. The ship was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
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at the launching. "Victory Ship to be Museum", Cruise Travel, November 1999, pg 50. Levin, Carl, "Recognition of the SS Wayne Victory", Congressional Record...
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SS Heimara (sometimes spelled as Himara or Chimara, Greek: Χειμάρρα) was a passenger steamer operating the Piraeus – Thessaloniki route. The ship hit a...
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Texas City disaster (redirect from SS Grandcamp)
1946 Federal Tort Claims Act. SS Grandcamp was a recently re-activated 437-foot-long (133 m) Liberty ship. Originally named SS Benjamin R. Curtis in Los Angeles...
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SS Samtampa was a 7,219 ton steamship wrecked on Sker Point, off Porthcawl and Kenfig, Wales, in the Bristol Channel on 23 April 1947. At the time of the...
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Ocean Victory was a 7,174 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1942 for the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1943, she was transferred to the...
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1947 Ramdas ship disaster (redirect from SS Ramdas)
disaster occurred near Bombay (now Mumbai) in India. The Indian passenger ship SS Ramdas, while bound for Rewas in Maharashtra, capsized on 17 July 1947, near...
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RMS Queen Elizabeth (redirect from SS Queen Elizabeth)
Together with Queen Mary and in competition with the American liners SS United States and SS America, Queen Elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger...
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The SS Middlebury Victory was an American Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II. The Middlebury Victory (MCV-726), was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory...
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in 2000 by Seymour Simckes. The book chronicles the life of the captain of SS ExodusYossi Harel]]. Patria disaster Struma disaster Antoinette Feuerwerker...
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The SS Drexel Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II. The SS Drexel Victory (MCV-712), was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory ship built...
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Oct: U-190 11 Nov: Aqueity 20 Nov: U-234 27 Nov: Clarksdale Victory 28 Nov: U-530 25 Dec: Park Victory Unknown date: Ponaganset, U-858, U-889 Other incidents...
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SS Varvassi is a wrecked ship just off the Needles lighthouse, which is at the western end of the Isle of Wight. The ship crashed about 150 metres west...
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SS Ocean Vigour was a British Ocean class freighter, which served on various convoys during World War II, and then as a troopship before being used to...
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SS Empire Chamois was a 5,864 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1918 by Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, Seattle. She was ordered by the Compagnie Générale...
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48°12′2″N 88°29′30″W / 48.20056°N 88.49167°W / 48.20056; -88.49167 SS Emperor was a steel-hulled Canadian lake freighter in service between 1911 and...
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SS Bärenfels was a German steam cargo liner that was launched in 1921 for DDG Hansa. In 1940, she took part in the German invasion of Norway and was sunk...
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SS Sir Harvey Adamson was a coastal passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1914 for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI). She traded...
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USS Osborne (redirect from SS Matagalpa)
Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Fetterly, Don. "The Saga of SS Masaya". Pacific Wrecks. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved...
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Oct: U-190 11 Nov: Aqueity 20 Nov: U-234 27 Nov: Clarksdale Victory 28 Nov: U-530 25 Dec: Park Victory Unknown date: Ponaganset, U-858, U-889 Other incidents...
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USS Bugara (redirect from SS-331)
USS Bugara (SS-331), a Balao-class submarine in commission from 1944 to 1970, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bugara, a multicolored...
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RFA Wave Laird (redirect from SS Empire Dunbar)
Oct: U-190 11 Nov: Aqueity 20 Nov: U-234 27 Nov: Clarksdale Victory 28 Nov: U-530 25 Dec: Park Victory Unknown date: Ponaganset, U-858, U-889 Other incidents...
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early March 1940, the Belpamela was ordered together with the Swedish steamer SS Lagaholm from Baltimore to Malmö by the Royal Navy trawlers HMT Northern Sky...
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shortly after. The ships were assigned as a convoy escort for the ocean liner SS George Washington, carrying President Woodrow Wilson, and arrived with that...
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inception of the SEC Championship Game in 1992, and their 22nd SEC title. The victory over Texas gave Alabama their 13th national championship in football (their...
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000. On 14 November 1947, Orleck collided with the submarine USS Bugara (SS-331) while Bugara was making a submerged practice attack against her in the...
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Oct: U-190 11 Nov: Aqueity 20 Nov: U-234 27 Nov: Clarksdale Victory 28 Nov: U-530 25 Dec: Park Victory Unknown date: Ponaganset, U-858, U-889 Other incidents...
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