USS Bedford Victory (AK-231)

USS Bedford Victory (AK-231)


Career (USA)
Name: Bedford Victory
Namesake: Bedford, Virginia
Ordered: as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 540
Builder: Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number: Yard No.1
Laid down: 20 July 1944
Launched: 23 September 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Raymond A. Kremp
Acquired: by the U.S. Navy on Armistice Day 1944
Commissioned: 11 November 1944 as USS Bedford Victory (AK-231)
Decommissioned: 29 March 1946, at San Francisco, California
Struck: 28 August 1946
Honors and
awards:
one battle star for World War II service
Fate: scrapped in 1972
General characteristics
Type: Boulder Victory-class cargo ship
Displacement: 15,589 tons
Length: 455'
Beam: 62'
Draft: 29' 2"
Propulsion: steam turbine, single propeller, 8,500shp
Speed: 15.5 knots
Complement: 99 officers and enlisted
Armament: one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount; one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

USS Bedford Victory (AK-231) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations through the end of the war, earning one battle star, and then returned to the United States for disposal.

Read more about USS Bedford Victory (AK-231):  Victory Built in California, World War II Operations, Post-war Decommissioning, Honors and Awards

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