USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237)

History

United States
Name:	SS Greenville Victory
Owner:	War Shipping Administration - 1948 US Navy
Operator:	Seas Shipping Company (1944-1948)
Ordered:	as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 18
Builder:	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Laid down:	21 March 1944, as SS Greenville Victory
Launched:	28 May 1944
Sponsored by:	Miss Mary J. Vukov
Completed:	7 July 1944
Commissioned:	30 March 1948, as USAT Greenville Victory
Decommissioned:	1 March 1950
In service:	1 March 1950 as USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237)
Out of service:	22 March 1976
Struck:	16 January 1987
Identification:	Hull symbol:T-AK-237
Fate:	sold for scrapping, 26 May 1983, to Andy Corp.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Greenville Victory-class cargo ship
Displacement:	4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard) 15,580 metric tons (15,330 long tons) (full load)
Length:	455 ft (139 m)
Beam:	62 ft (19 m)
Draft:	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power:	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × Westinghouse turbine 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 525psi 750° double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears 1 × shaft
Speed:	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement:	12 Officers 87 Enlisted
Armament:	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts

SS Greenville Victory was a cargo Victory ship built in 1944, during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3, hull number 18 (V-18). Post-war she was acquired by the U.S. Army and renamed as USAT Greenville Victory. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1950, renamed USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237) and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) who operated her safety through the Korean War and Vietnam War campaigns. She returned home with two battle stars to her credit and was struck in 1987.

Greenville Victory was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission contract by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California; 21 March 1944; launched 28 May 1944; sponsored by Miss Mary J. Vukov; and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) 8 July 1944.

During the remainder of the World War II, SS Greenville Victory served as a merchant ship under charter to Sea Shipping Company of New York City. She served in the Pacific War, participating in the Battle of Okinawa. In Okinawa from 27 May 1945 to 19 June 1945 she supplied goods as a cargo ship and used her deck guns to defend herself and other ships from attacks.

Following World War II, she transported cargo in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean as the USAT Greenville Victory. She was transferred to the Army Transportation Service in the spring of 1948. Acquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, she was assigned to MSTS as a (T-AK-237).

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