SS N. Y. U. Victory

SS N. Y. U. Victory was a Type C2 Victory ship-based VC2-S-AP2 troop transport built for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps late in World War II. Launched in May 1945, it saw service in the European Theater of Operations in the immediate post-war period repatriating U.S. troops.

VC2-S-AP2 type transport
History
USA
Name: SS N. Y. U. Victory
Namesake: New York University
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Corp. (Baltimore, Maryland)[1][2]
Laid down: 26 March, 1945
Launched: 16 May, 1945
Acquired: 1 June, 1945
Commissioned: 26 July, 1945[2]
Decommissioned: 1947
Renamed: Cordoba (1947)
Refit:
  • Troop transport (1945)
  • Freight and passenger ship (1947)
  • Freighter (1955)
Identification:
Fate: Scrapped in Campana, March 1972
General characteristics
Tonnage: 7,607 Tons (Gross), 4,551 Tons (Net)
Displacement: 15,200 Tons (Full Load), 10,8750 Tons (Lightweight)
Length: 455'
Beam: 62'
Draft: 28' 0"
Propulsion: 2 B&W oil-fired steam boilers, 2 steam turbines, single propeller, 6,000shp
Speed: 16 knots
Capacity: 1597
Armament: 5" 38 Dual Purpose Gun, 3" Anti-Aircraft Gun, 8 20MM Caliber Guns
Notes:

After being laid up in the U.S., SS N. Y. U. Victory was purchased by Argentinian shipping line Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas and renamed Cordoba. She was scrapped at Campana in March of 1972.

History

Construction and operation

SS N. Y. U. Victory was laid down 26 March 1945 as a U.S. MARCOM Type C2 ship-based VC2-S-AP2 hull by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard of Baltimore, Maryland.[1] Launched 26 May 1945, she was then converted into a dedicated troopship,[4] and delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 23 June 1945.

The Cordoba steaming on the North Sea Canal in 1954. Below is the Velsertunnel under construction.

World War II

Units transported

Units transported by the SS N. Y. U. Victory include:

Post-war

After being briefly laid up in the U.S., SS N.Y.U. Victory was purchased by Argentinian shipping line Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas and renamed Cordoba. She was scrapped at Campana in March of 1972.[1]

See also

References
  1. SS NYU Victory at shipsnostalgia.com
  2. "N. Y. U. VICTORY". MARAD (published 1946-06-16). 2019-11-14.
  3. Vessel Status Card
  4. APPENDIX B: VICTORY TROOPSHIP CONVERSIONS Compiled from Roland W. Charles, Troopships of World War II (Washington, DC: The Army Transportation Association, 1947), Appendix E, pp. 356-357
  5. 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion History
  6. As documented in "SS NYU Victory, GI Cruise Chronicle", cited in Company A!: Combat Engineers Remember World War II, Robert L. Thalhofer


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