The SS Park Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The ship was operated by the Seas Shipping Company. The ship's launched on April 21, 1945, near the end of the war. In 1946 the SS Park Victory was converted to livestock carrier, manned by sea cowboys. The Park Victory loaded up with 485 horses and 322 heifers and steamed out of Baltimore on October 25, 1945. She arrived in Trieste, Italy and unloaded the livestock. The livestock were then transported by train and trucks to Yugoslavia.