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The SS Sharon Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for the owner War Shipping Administration. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on April 15, 1944, and completed on September 28, 1944. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was 'VC2- S- AP3, hull number 29'. She was operated by the W. R. Grace and Company and later Matson Navigation Company of Hawaii . The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II compared to Victory ships, which were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. Victory ships differed from Liberty ships in that they were faster, longer and wider, taller, had a thinner

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rdfs:label	SS Sharon Victory (en)
rdfs:comment	The SS Sharon Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for the owner War Shipping Administration. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on April 15, 1944, and completed on September 28, 1944. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was 'VC2- S- AP3, hull number 29'. She was operated by the W. R. Grace and Company and later Matson Navigation Company of Hawaii . The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II compared to Victory ships, which were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. Victory ships differed from Liberty ships in that they were faster, longer and wider, taller, had a thinner (en)
foaf:name	SS Sharon Victory (en)
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dcterms:subject	United States Merchant Marine Ships built in Los Angeles Victory ships 1944 ships Cargo liners World War II merchant ships of the United States
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Wikipage revision ID	1106310455 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	United States Merchant Marine Net register tonnage Reserve Fleet Victory ship James River, Reserve Fleet Ships built in Los Angeles Liberty Ship California Shipbuilding Corporation Victory ships Superstructure Matson Navigation Company W. R. Grace and Company 3"/50 caliber gun 5"/38 caliber gun Forecastle Hawaii States Marine Lines, Inc. 1944 ships Cargo liners Kaohsiung, Taiwan C-ration Philippines campaign (1944–1945) World War II merchant ships of the United States Gross register tonnage Emergency Shipbuilding program Korean War Naval Base Okinawa Oerlikon 20 mm cannon World War II United States Maritime Commission War Shipping Administration Steam turbine United States Navy Armed Guard California Shipbuilding Company
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Ship operator	W. R. Grace and Company
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Ship armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun *8 × 20 mm Oerlikon (en)
Ship builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation
Ship caption	Typical Victory ship (en)
Ship class	VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship (en)
Ship complement	62 (xsd:integer)
Ship completed	1944-09-28 (xsd:date)
Ship country	United States (en)
Ship displacement	15200 (xsd:integer)
Ship fate	Scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1988 (en)
Ship image	File:RedOakVictory-2013-07-20.jpg (en)
Ship laid down	1944-04-15 (xsd:date)
Ship launched	1944-06-24 (xsd:date)
Ship name	SS Sharon Victory (en)
Ship owner	War Shipping Administration
Ship propulsion	HP & LP turbines geared to a single propeller (en)
Ship tonnage	7612 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	The SS Sharon Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program for the owner War Shipping Administration. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on April 15, 1944, and completed on September 28, 1944. The ship's United States Maritime Commission designation was 'VC2- S- AP3, hull number 29'. She was operated by the W. R. Grace and Company and later Matson Navigation Company of Hawaii . The 10,500-ton Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for World War II compared to Victory ships, which were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war. Victory ships differed from Liberty ships in that they were faster, longer and wider, taller, had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure, and had a long raised forecastle. Sharon Victory United States Navy Armed Guards were credited with the probably shooting down of plane at the Battle in the Philippines A plane bomb landed about 55 feet from the Sharon Victory. Sharon Victory was also credited with an assist of downing a plane on December 6, 1944. The delivered C-rations to the troops on Okinawa at the Naval Base Okinawa, during unloading came under attack. Sharon Victory fought off a Japanese kamikaze plane attacking the ship. After World War II, in 1948 she was placed in the Mobile Reserve Fleet and later transferred to the James River, Reserve Fleet. Sharon Victory also served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1955, operated by the States Marine Lines, Inc. After the war the Sharon Victory was mothballed at the James River, Reserve Fleet and was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1988. (en)
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length (mm)	138684.0 (millimetre)
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completion date	1944-09-28 (xsd:date)
laying down	1944-04-15 (xsd:date)
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ship launched	1944-06-24 (xsd:date)
status	Scrapped inKaohsiung, Taiwan, 1988
builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation
class	Victory ship
operator	W. R. Grace and Company
owner	War Shipping Administration
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