Victory Shipbuilding

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Coordinates: 33°36′58″N 117°54′40″W / 33.616124°N 117.910989°W / 33.616124; -117.910989

A US Navy 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser in July 1943.

Victory Shipbuilding was a shipbuilding company in Newport Beach, California. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Victory Shipbuilding built: Tugboats and two sub chasers. Victory Shipbuilding opened in 1943. After World War 2, the shipyard closed. The shipyard was located at 613 Pacific Coast Hwy, Newport Beach. This was one of the few shipyards not on the waterfront.

Tugboats[]

Victory Shipbuilding built small harbor tugboats for the US Army in 1943 and 1944. The tugs had a length of 63 feet (19 m), a depth of 8.3 feet (2.5 m), a beam of 17.8 feet (5.4 m), and measured 56 gross register tons (GRT) and 23 net register tons (NRT). The tugs were numbered from MTL 1222 to MTL 1257. MTL was the hull classification symbol for Motor Launch Tugs.[1]

Submarine chaser[]

Victory Shipbuilding built two submarine chasers that were of the SC-497-class submarine chaser design that had a displacement of 94 tons with a length of 110 feet (34 m), a beam of 17 feet (5.2 m), a draft of 6 feet (1.8 m), a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). They had a crew of 28. Power was provided by two 1,540-brake-horsepower (1,150 kW) General Motors, Electro-Motive Division, 16-184A diesel engines, and two propellers. They were armed with one Bofors 40 mm gun, two Browning M2 .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y guns", and two depth charge tracks.[2][3][4]

  • SC-1063 – Commissioned on February 13, 1943. The vessel was part of the Battle of the Atlantic. Decommissioned in October 1945. Transferred to the US Coast Guard as Air Skimmer (WAVR-463). In 1951 became the fishing vessel Perry B and Continental in 1972.[5][6]
  • SC-1064 – Commissioned USS SC-1064 on May 4, 1943. Transferred to the US Coast Guard on October 30, 1945 as USCGC Air Skylark (WAVR-464). Sold as a fishing vessel on July 23, 1947.[7]

See also[]

  • California during World War II
  • Maritime history of California
  • Ackerman Boat Company
  • South Coast Shipyard
  • Peyton Company

References[]

  1. ^ ugboatinformation.com Victory Shipbuilding Tug, DUNCAN FOSS
  2. ^ navsource.org Submarine Chaser, SC-723
  3. ^ Submarine Chaser (SC) Index, retrieved 21 March 2009
  4. ^ Splinter Fleet, retrieved 16 January 2019
  5. ^ World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands: The Boats and Ships, By Greg H. Williams, pag 249
  6. ^ uboat.net SC-1063
  7. ^ navsource.org
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