| 词条 | SS Chanute Victory | |||||||||||||
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| Hide header = title | Ship country = Netherlands | Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|Netherlands}} | Ship name = SS Alphacca in 1947 | Ship operator = N.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam. | Ship route = | Ship renamed = | Ship fate = Sold in 1964 |}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Taiwan | Ship acquired = China Merchants S.N.Co, Port of Keelung | Ship flag = {{flagicon|Taiwan}} | Ship name = SS Hai-Fu 1964 | Ship renamed = | Ship fate = Sold in 1973 |}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Taiwan | Ship acquired = Yang Ming Marine Transport Co, Taipei | Ship flag = {{flagicon|Taiwan}} | Ship name = SS Kai-Ming 1973 | Ship renamed = SS Ming Cathay in 1977 | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|5012448}} | Ship fate = Scrapped in 1978 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |}}{{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship |Ship tonnage=7612 GRT, 4,553 NRT |Ship displacement=15,200 tons |Ship length={{convert|455|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power={{convert|8500|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=HP & LP turbines geared to a single {{convert|20.5|ft|m|sing=on}} propeller |Ship speed=16.5 knots |Ship boats=4 Lifeboats |Ship complement=62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards |Ship armament=*1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun
|Ship notes=[1] }} |} The SS Chanute Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on January 19, 1945 and completed on February 20, 1945. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 79 (V44). World War IISS Chanute Victory served as Troop ship in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II. She was operated by the American-Hawaiian SS Company. Just before the end of the war, the Chanute Victory's Captain Larz Neilson steamed out of New York City to take new troops to Europe. But, three day out she was told to turn around and go home, back up the East River, as the war was nearing an end in Europe.[2] She served as a troop ship again, but as part of Operation Magic Carpet to bring troops home. SS Chanute Victory and 96 other Victory ships were converted to troop ships to bring the US soldiers home at the end of World War II.[3][4][5] Some of her noted trips: Chanute Victory returned 1,403 Army veterans to San Francisco from Yokohama, Japan on Jan. 24, 1946.[6] On May 17, 1946 she arrived in New York City returning Army veterans to the States.[7] December 1946 she sailed from Piraeus, Greece to Genoa, Italy, then to Lisbon, Portugal picking up troops and returning them to New York. Chanute Victory, returned 1061 troops from Bremen, Germany on June 25, 1946 .[8] In December 1945 she returned troop home from Le Havre, France.[9][10][11][12][13][14] [15][16]Post warAfter the war in 1947 she was sold to N.V.Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, of Rotterdam, Netherlands and renamed SS Alphacca. In 1964 she was sold to China Merchants S.N.Co, in Port of Keelung, Taiwan and renamed SS Hai-Fu . In 1973 she was sold to Yang Ming Marine Transport Company in Taipei, Taiwan and renamed SS Kai Ming. In 1977 Yang Ming Marine Transport Company renamed her the SS Ming Cathay. In 1978 she was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [17][18]See also
References1. ^{{Cite journal |author=Babcock & Wilcox |date=April 1944 |title=Victory Ships |journal=Marine Engineering and Shipping Review}} 2. ^Home News, Capt. Neilson’s 100th birthday, June 24, 2011, By LARZ F. NEILSON and PETER A. NEILSON 3. ^ww2troopships.com crossings in 1945 4. ^Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357 5. ^69th infantry division, newsletter, 1986 6. ^The Kane Republican from Kane, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1946 Page 6 7. ^The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana, Page 24, May 18, 1946 8. ^[The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1946 9. ^skylighters,Going Home 10. ^Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1945 - Fulton History, Oct. 15, 1945 11. ^ww2troopships.com crossings in 1945 12. ^Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357 13. ^Our Troop Ships 14. ^Troop Crossings, 1946 15. ^[https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilwar_veterans_tombstones/5898245912 Photo Chanute Victory and crew] 16. ^Photo Chanute Victory 17. ^Mariners, The Website Of The Mariners Mailing List., Victory Ships 18. ^shipbuildinghistory.com, List of Victory ships Sources
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