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CHAPEL HILL VICTORY

S.S. CHAPEL HILL VICTORY 12.1944 Built by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, yard # 2429 as "Chapel Hill Victory" for U.S. War Shipping Administration (Marine Transport Lines Inc.) Baltimore Ship Type Victory AP 2 7650 GRT 4579 Net Tonn 10810 dwt Loa 138,88 m Lpp 134,15 m B 18,96 m H 11,59, m D 8,71 m 2 Watertube Boilers with 3 burners each, evaporating surface 1050 msq,, press 36,8 atm, 2 Double Reduction Steam Turbines by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Pittsburgh 6000bhp 1 screw, speed 15 knots Keel laid down October 9, 1944 , Launch December 4, 1944 , Delivered December 31, 1944 as S.S. “Chapel Hill Victory” to the U.S. War Shipping Administration (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), Baltimore 1946 (September): as “Chapel Hill Victory” transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), Baltimore 1947 (March) Sold to Dutch Government, ‘s Gravenhage (Den Haag) 1947 (April 9) Renamed “ALWAKI” (PCOD) , Owners: Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. Stoomvaart Maatschappije N.V. Rotterdam Dutch Flag 1965 (January 6) Renamed “KAOHSIUNG VICTORY”, Owners: China International Union Lines (C.Y. Tung), Taipei (sold at Rotterdam) Liberian Flag 1973 (January) Laid up at Kaohsiung 1974 (January) Sold for scrapping The ship was chartered to Vereenigde Nederlandsche Matschappije N.V. (United Netherlands Navigation Co.) on a sharing basis since 1955 until December 1964

Username	Mario_from_Genoa
Shipowner	U.S. War Shipping Administration (Marine Transport Lines Inc.) Baltimore
Ship manager	U.S. War Shipping Administration (Marine Transport Lines Inc.) Baltimore
IMO Number
Type of ship	General Dry Cargo Ship USMC VC2-S-AP2 Type "Victory"
Year of build and builder	Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1944
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Added on	06/01/2013
Dimension	1433 x 582
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