S.S. Lane Victory ; Ship Type: VC2-S-AP2; Hull Number V-794
Launched May 31,1945 at Cal Shipyard of Los Angeles, CA
Length:455 feet
Beam:62 feet
Depth of Hold: 38 feet
Draft (loaded): 28 feet
Tonnage:
Gross Tonnage: 7,162 (relative
measure of the volume of the ship's enclosed spaces)
Net Tonnage: 4,555 (relative
measure of the volume of the ship's cargo carrying spaces)
Displacement Tonnage: 15,200 (total
weight of the ship fully loaded)
Deadweight Tonnage: 10,750 (total
weight of the ship's cargo, fuel, water & stores)
Ballast: 3,129 tons
Fuel Oil: 2,833 tons
Fresh Water: 300 tons
Cargo Holds:
5
Ranging 57 to 81 feet long
Hatches: 22 feet wide and ranging from 23 to 35 feet long
All cargo holds have t'ween decks
Cargo Handling:
3x masts with mast-houses, ranging from 104 to 110 feet above the main
deck
4x king posts (2 forward, 2 aft of the mid-ships house)
14x cargo booms rated at 5 tons each*
14x 5-speed electric cargo winches**
1x 50 ton jumbo boom serving cargo hatch #3***
1x 30 ton jumbo boom serving cargo hatch #4***
*Note:
Electirc winches are
powered by 50hp single speed electric motors. Winch speed is controlled
by
switching resistor banks.
**Note:
Due to limitations of
available Coast Guard test weights, cargo booms are currently rated to
2.5 tons max operating weight
***Jumbo booms are
installed but currently are not rated for operation.
Main
Propulsion:
One Allis-Chalmers cross compound steam
turbine with
double reduction gears
Horsepower:
6000, at 90-100 RPM
Propeller:
19 feet in diameter
Max
Speed: 16.3 knots (18.75 mph)
Boilers:
2 sectional-header single pass Babcock-Wilcox boilers
Forced draft, oil fuel, water tube type, with superheaters
and economizers
Rated to 525 psi with a max operating pressure of 465 psi*
Capable of producing 27,500 pounds of steam per hour at 750 degrees
Fahrenheit
Fuel consumption: about 40 tons per day; 1 barrel/mile
*Note: In order
to
reduce wear and tear on the S.S. Lane Victory's steam production and
distribution systems, max operating pressure has been down graded to
400 psi.
Life Boats:
4x 24' lifeboats; total capacity 124 persons
2x
inflatable life rafts intalled on the the boat deck*
16x
rigid life rafts (12 forward, 4 aft)*
4x
wartime** life rafts were mounted on skids fore and aft of the
midship's
house; total
capacity 80 persons
2x
wartime** life floats were mounted aft on the deckhouse; total capacity
30
persons
*Note:
The Lane Victory is configured with modern supplemental life rafts as
required by the Coast Guard in order to carry up to 800 passengers
during her summer cruises.
**Note:
supplemental wartime life rafts and life floats were removed sometime
after
the conclusion
of WWII.
Crew:
Up
to
62 Merchant officers and crew
Up
to
28 Naval Armed Guard officers and enlisted to man the guns during WWII
Armament:
1x
5 inch / 38 caliber dual purpose mount*
1x
3 inch / 50 caliber mount*
8x
20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft mounts*
1x
40mm twin Bofors anti-aircraft mount**
2x
.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns**
*
Note: Entire complement of armament was removed in 1946 after
the conclusion of WWII. The Lane Victory served most of her
career as
an unarmed merchant ship. Armament complement was
re-installed as part
of the Lane Victory's restoration to her WWII condition
**Note:
40mm
mount and .50 cal machine guns were not part of the ship's
original armament, but serve as examples of other types of
weaponry that may have been mounted on other ships during the WWII era
