Important Dates in the Life of the S.S. Lane Victory
Events from The Lane Victory - The Last Victory Ship In War And In Peace
by Captain Walter Jaffee
And other sources
| 1945 | March | Lane Victory named for Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee |
| April 5 | Keel laid for the Maritime commission, hull #V-794 | |
| May 31 | The Lane Victory christened by Mrs. Florence Cleaves Evans, Bishop Lane's granddaughter | |
| June | Sea trials completed | |
| June 27 | The Lane Victory delivered to the American President Lines by the War Shipping Administration | |
| July 2 | Lane Victory begins her first assignment, World War II | |
| October 8 | Second voyage began | |
| 1946 | February 27 | Second voyage ended. All guns removed |
| March | Lane Victory chartered by American President Lines for use in the Marshall Plan | |
| 1948 | May 11 | Lane Victory laid up at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet |
| 1950 | October | Lane Victory sailed her first trip in the Korean War |
| December 5 | The Lane Victory rescued over 7000 Korean men, women and children | |
| 1953 | October 30 | Lane Victory laid up at Suisan Bay |
| 1966 | September | Lane Victory joins the Vietnam |
| 1971 | February 17 | Lane Victory returns to Suisan Bay Fleet |
| 1988 | October 18 | President Ronald Reagan signed a Bill conveying the Lane Victory to the U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II |
| 1989 | June 7 | The Lane Victory's pink slip arrived |
| June 12 | The Lane Victory arrived in the Los Angeles Harbor | |
| 1990 | Jun 27 | The Lane Victory nominated for consideration as a historic landmark |
| 1990 | December 14 | The Lane Victory recognized as a National Historic Landmark |
| 1992 | April 30 | The Lane Victory goes to dry dock |
| May 15 | The Lane Victory is out of shipyard to Berth 53 | |
| July & August | The United States Coast Guard inspections continue | |
| September 10 | The Lane Victory Sea Trials | |
| October 3 & 4 | The Lane Victory Inaugural Cruise | |
| 1994 | The Lane Victory Steams for Normandy to participate in the "Last Convoy" as part of the 50th anniversary of D-Day celebrations. Unfortunately the Lane's trip is cut short by boiler problems and she has to make port in Acapulco, Mexico for repairs. | |
| June | Participated in a mock Normandy invasion in the Santa Barbra Channel in celebration of the 50th anniversary of D-Day | |
| September | Escorted the Jerrimiah O'brien from San Pedro to San Francisco in celebration of the O'brien's return from her voyage to Normandy, France. | |
| 2007 | October 9 | S.S. Lane Victory receives a Special Heritage Award from the World Ship Trust in San Deigo, CA. |
