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| Career (United States) | |
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| Builder: | California Shipbuilding (Calship) |
| Launched: | 1945 Los Angeles, California |
| Maiden voyage: | 27 June 1945 |
| Homeport: | San Pedro, California |
| Fate: | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | VC2-S-AP2 Victory Ship |
| Tonnage: | 10,750 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 455 feet |
| Beam: | 62 feet |
| Draft: | 28 feet 6 inches |
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| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Range: | 23,500 miles |
| Capacity: | 500,000 cubic feet (approximate) |
| Complement: | 62 United States Merchant Marine and United States Navy Armed Guard |
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SS Lane Victory
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| Location: | Berth 94, Port of San Pedro, San Pedro, California |
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| Built: | 1945 |
| Architect: | California Shipbuilding Corporation |
| NRHP Reference#: | 90002222 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | 14 December 1990[1] |
| Designated NHL: | 14 December 1990[2] |
SS Lane Victory is a U.S.A Military Victory class Cargo ship used in the Second World War. The Ship was preserved in 1998 to serve as a museum ship in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, California. As a rare surviving Victory ship, it is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
She was named after Lane College, which was established as a high school for black youths in 1882 by Isaac Lane, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jackson, Tennessee. The school grew into a prominent liberal arts college.
The Lane Victory was built by the California Shipbuilding Corporation in Los Angeles, California and launched on 31 May 1945. On her first voyage, 27 June 1945, Lane Victory carried supplies in the Pacific. She was operated by the American President Lines.
In 1950 the Lane Victory was used to evacuate Korean civilians and U.N. personnel at Wonsan, North Korea during the Korean War. The ship also saw duty during the Vietnam War. In 1970, she was placed in the reserve fleet. Because of her excellent condition, the Maritime Administration decided to set aside the Lane Victory for preservation.
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In 1988, the Lane Victory was acquired by the U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II and turned into a museum at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, California. In 1990, the Lane Victory was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The Lane Victory is an operational vessel and currently makes three one-day cruises over three weekends to Catalina Island each year.
The ship's wakes were used in the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic for the titular ocean liner's wakes. It was also used as the setting for the climax of the comedy film The Pest the same year.
In 1999 the ship was used in a Ford Super Duty commercial.
The engine housed in the Lane Victory's cargo hold was used as the engine for the USS San Pablo in The Sand Pebbles.
King of the Hill Returning Japanese: Part 2 (2002) In this episode we see Cotton being sent back to the U.S. aboard the Lane Victory.
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