SS N. Y. U. Victory

VC2-S-AP2 type transport
History
United States
Name	SS N. Y. U. Victory
Namesake	New York University
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Corp. (Baltimore, Maryland)[2][1]
Laid down	26 March 1945
Launched	16 May 1945
Acquired	1 June 1945
Commissioned	26 July 1945[1]
Decommissioned	1947
Renamed	Cordoba (1947)
Refit	Troop transport (1945) Freight and passenger ship (1947) Freighter (1955)
Identification	MARAD: 247726[1] Call sign: LQAS IMO number: 5079719
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 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
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	Hull Type: C2-S-AP2 MCV hull #612[3]

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.

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 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.[2] 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:

• 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion, August 1945.[5][6]

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 1972.[2]

See also

• SS Maritime Victory, a similar VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship conversion into a dedicated troopship
• SS American Victory, a similar VC2-S-AP2 vessel preserved as a museum ship

References

1. "N. Y. U. VICTORY". MARAD (published 1946-06-16). 2019-11-14.
2. SS NYU Victory at shipsnostalgia.com
3. Vessel Status Card
4. APPENDIX B: VICTORY TROOPSHIP CONVERSIONS [1] Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine 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". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
6. As documented in "SS NYU Victory, GI Cruise Chronicle", cited in Company A!: Combat Engineers Remember World War II, Robert L. Thalhofer