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SS Lane Victory is an American Victory-class cargo ship used in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War. The ship was preserved in 1989 to serve as a museum ship in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, California. As a rare surviving Victory ship, she was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
Cargo Ship [60] SS Lane Victory: United States California: San Pedro: United States: 1945 Victory Ship: Cargo Ship: U.S. Merchant Marine [61] SS Red Oak Victory: United States California: Richmond: United States: 1944 Victory Ship: Cargo Ship: PT 309 United States Texas: Fredericksburg: United States 1944 78' Higgins Type PT Boat [62] PT 617 ...
The surviving museum ships: SS American Victory and SS Lane Victory, were built in the Calship yard. The SS American Victory is in Tampa, Florida and the SS Lane Victory is in Los Angeles. They are open to the public for dockside tours and also sail periodically.
Became USS Red Oak Victory (AK-235), Boulder Victory-class cargo ship, now Museum ship: 545 SS Lakewood Victory: VC2-S-AP2 16 September 1944: 17 November 1944: 11 December 1944: Became USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236), Boulder Victory-class cargo ship. 546 SS Salina Victory: VC2-S-AP2 23 September 1944: 24 November 1944
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum: California: San Diego: San Diego Maritime Museum: Y California: San Francisco: San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park: Y California: San Francisco: San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, USS Pampanito: Y California: San Francisco: National Liberty Ship Memorial: California: San Pedro
Additionally, the United States Maritime Commission commissioned private San Pedro and Long Beach shipbuilders such as the Calship to build attack transports, Liberty ships, and Victory ships during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program, including the SS Lane Victory, now a designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark museum ...
Exhibits include a history of commercial diving in Los Angeles Harbor and a Navy Hall that features large ship models such as the U.S. Navy cruiser Los Angeles and the SS Poseidon model from the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure. The museum also has an exhibit that chronicles the once thriving San Pedro fishing industry.
This list of museum ships in North America is a list of notable museum ships located in the continent of North America and it may include ones in overseas parts of Canada and the United States. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly, but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable ...