NOTRE DAME VICTORY (1945, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: NOTRE DAME VICTORY
Also known as:: CLIFFS VICTORY; SAVIC
Year of Build:: 1945
Official Number:: 247522

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Portland, Oregon, United States
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 1229
Builder Name:: Oregon Shipbuilding Corp
Original Owner:: U.S. Maritime Commission

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steam turbine
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:: 9350 hp engine built by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, 1945; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1945

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 439'
Beam:: 62'
Depth:: 38'
Tonnage (gross):: 7606
Tonnage (net):: 4549

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Masan, South Korea
Date:: 1986
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1945 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1951 Owned Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Co; converted to bulk freighter and lengthened 165' by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co, Baltimore, MD; 9305 gross & 6203 net tons; arrived Great Lakes via Mississippi River through Chicago, IL; renamed CLIFFS VICTORY

1957 Lengthened 96' by American Shipbuilding Co., Chicago, IL

1985 Renamed SAVIC

1986 Scrapped in South Korea

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