Victory (razred ladij)

Victory ladje je bil razred tovornih ladij, ki so jih Američani množično gradili med 2. Svetovno vojno. Bazirane so na ladjah tipa Liberty, imajo pa močnejši motor, so malce večjih dimenzij, imajo večjo hitrost in doseg. Skupaj so zgradili 531 ladij tega razreda Victory, planiranih je bilo 631. ^[1]

Sprva so imele oznako EC2-S-AP1, EC2 = Emergency Cargo (nujen tovor), tip 2 = dolžina trupa med 400 in450 čevlji), S = steam propulsion (parni pogon), 1=en propeler. Ime "Victory" se uradno uporablja od 28. aprila 1943.

Victory ladje so bile 139 m dolge, 19 m široke z ugrezom 7,6 m. Nosilnost je bila 10 600 ton, izpodriv pa 15200 ton.

Hitrost plovbe je bila 15 do 17 vozlov (28 do 31 km/h), 4-6 vozlov hitreje od Liberty.

Na voljo so bili različni tipi pogona, batni parni stroj, parna turbina in dizelski motor. Moč motorja je bil med 6000 in 8500 KM (4,5 - 6 MW). Večina je uporabljala parne turbine.

VC2-S-AP2,VC2-S-AP3 in VC2-M-AP4 so bile oborožene s 5 inčnim (127mm) topom na krmi za obrambo proti podmornicam in površinskim ladjam. Imele so še en 3 inčni top (na premcu) in 8 Oerlikon 20 mm topov za obrambo proti letalom. VC2-S-AP5 "Haskel" so imele štiricevni Bofors 40 mm top, štirkrat dvocevni Bofors 40 mm in en 20 mm top.

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Sklici in reference

↑ Jaffee, Capt. Walter W., The Lane Victory: The Last Victory Ship in War and in Peace, 2nd ed., p. 14, The Glencannon Press, Palo Alto, CA, 1997.

Bibliografija

SS American Victory Web site
SS Lane Victory Web site
U-Boat net
United States National Park Service document on historical significance of SS Red Oak Victory
Lane, Frederic, Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8018-6752-5
Sawyer L. A., and W. H. Mitchell, Victory Ships and Tankers; the history of the "Victory" type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II. Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1974
Heal, S. C., A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts and Parks. Vanwell, 1993 ISBN 978-1551250236

Zunanje povezave

Liberty Ships and Victory Ships, America's Lifeline in War Arhivirano 2007-06-11 na Wayback Machine. - a lesson on Liberty ships and Victory ships from the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places
"Victory Ship Makes 15 knots, Outstrips Liberty" Popular Mechanics, December 1943

[1] Jaffee, Capt. Walter W., The Lane Victory: The Last Victory Ship in War and in Peace, 2nd ed., p. 14, The Glencannon Press, Palo Alto, CA, 1997.

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