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that the ship had an emergency need of food for the hungry 6 four year elephants for a circus and tropical birds for zoos. The Navy sent a large flying boat, a
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was a round trip of 1,500 miles (2,400 km). The six
Elephants and tropical birds arrived safely in the United States. One elephant, Sue arrived at the
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November 1948 and lived at the zoo until her death in April 1989. In 1950 she was laid up at the
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558:"Navy Sends Rescue Plane to Feed Eight Baby Bulls," The Billboard Vol 60 No 47, Page 62, 1948-11-20
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In 1948 Catalina Wild Life
Expeditions, owned by Noel Rosefelt, hired
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took several direct hits from an ambush. In 1973 she was laid up at
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In 1966 she was removed from the
Reserve Fleet and reactivated for
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to import animals including elephants. The four baby
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238:62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards
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220:16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
347:was delayed by two typhoons coming from
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508:mariners-l.co.uk SS Swarthmore Victory
484:Marine Engineering and Shipping Review
18:
497:shipbuildinghistory.com Victory ships
445:conversion into a dedicated troopship
38:
7:
295:. The ship was built as part of the
412:Military Sea Transportation Service
291:built for the United States during
250:5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun
256:3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
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384:United States Navy reserve fleets
16:Victory ship of the United States
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482:(April 1944). "Victory Ships".
284:(MCV-737) was a type VC2-S-AP2
422:. In 1988 she was scrapped at
406:. She delivered goods for the
297:Emergency Shipbuilding program
82:
1:
408:United States Merchant Marine
315:. Caomplete on April 7, 1945
70:United States Lines and then
319:delivered supplies for the
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1684:See also, similar role:-
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548:elephant.se/database, Sue
529:All Hands, Issues 383-394
364:Naval Air Station Alameda
129:
81:Permanente Metals, plant
33:
21:
420:Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
323:and was operated by the
172:455 ft (139 m)
665:-class attack transport
188:28 ft (8.5 m)
130:General characteristics
1502:Pass Christian Victory
1414:Jefferson City Victory
441:, a similar VC2-S-AP2
362:s captain radioed the
180:62 ft (19 m)
1598:Virginia City Victory
737:Port Chicago disaster
681:-class telemetry ship
673:-class telemetry ship
646:List of Victory ships
404:Pacific Far East Line
72:Pacific Far East Line
1334:Cedar Rapids Victory
1278:Battle Creek Victory
1077:St. Lawrence Victory
970:Northeastern Victory
480:Babcock & Wilcox
402:and operated by the
305:Richmond, California
225:Boats & landing
28:Typical Victory ship
1582:Spartanburg Victory
1406:Hattiesburg Victory
1390:Gainesville Victory
1342:Clarksville Victory
1294:Blue Island Victory
1184:Philippines Victory
1087:Sank in private use
1013:Baton Rouge Victory
744:Baton Rouge Victory
325:United States Lines
1622:Yugoslavia Victory
1574:South Bend Victory
1566:Santa ClaraVictory
1478:Occidental Victory
1462:Morgantown Victory
1438:Lindenwood Victory
1224:St. Albans Victory
1152:Luxembourg Victory
1128:Hagerstown Victory
1069:Morgantown Victory
996:Damaged in service
962:Middlebury Victory
946:Georgetown Victory
922:Clarksdale Victory
887:Swarthmore Victory
416:Swarthmore Victory
357:Swarthmore Victory
345:Swarthmore Victory
337:Swarthmore Victory
317:Swarthmore Victory
309:Swarthmore College
301:Richmond Shipyards
281:Swarthmore Victory
57:Swarthmore College
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1614:Woodstock Victory
1590:Villanova Victory
1534:Rock Hill Victory
1382:Frontenac Victory
1374:Flagstaff Victory
1350:Creighton Victory
1270:Attleboro Victory
1192:Rushville Victory
1104:Augustana Victory
1061:Frontenac Victory
1005:Attleboro Victory
798:Damaged in action
742:Attack on the SS
568:Tom Packs' Circus
353:Operation Haylift
293:World War II
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1606:Wesleyan Victory
1542:Rockland Victory
1518:Plymouth Victory
1486:Ouachita Victory
1310:Bucknell Victory
1251:Seagoing cowboys
1240:U.S.S.R. Victory
1168:New Bern Victory
1136:Lewiston Victory
1112:Brainerd Victory
1029:Colombia Victory
986:Quinault Victory
938:Escanaba Victory
823:Bucknell Victory
704:American Victory
686:List of Subtypes
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1702:
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1558:Saginaw Victory
1550:Roswell Victory
1470:Norwalk Victory
1430:Lanaina Victory
1422:Lahaina Victory
1398:Harvard Victory
1366:Earlham Victory
1326:Carroll Victory
1302:Boulder Victory
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1208:Skagway Victory
1200:Rutland Victory
1144:Lincoln Victory
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913:Sunk in service
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871:Oshkosh Victory
807:Bozeman Victory
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368:Martin JRM Mars
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200:(6,300 kW)
193:Installed power
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1526:Queens Victory
1521:
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1510:Pierre Victory
1505:
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1457:
1454:Moline Victory
1449:
1446:Mercer Victory
1441:
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1417:
1409:
1401:
1393:
1385:
1377:
1369:
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1358:DePauw Victory
1353:
1345:
1337:
1329:
1321:
1318:Calvin Victory
1313:
1305:
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1286:Beloit Victory
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1262:Adrian Victory
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1021:Baylor Victory
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1216:Smith Victory
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1160:India Victory
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1037:Berea Victory
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863:Minot Victory
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815:Brown Victory
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788:Logan Victory
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1127:
1120:Cody Victory
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1053:Enid Victory
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1045:Cuba Victory
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584:the original
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161:Displacement
140:Victory ship
61:Pennsylvania
1686:Empire ship
400:Vietnam War
394:Vietnam War
321:Pacific War
230:4 Lifeboats
196:8,500
164:15,200 tons
90:Yard number
1730:1945 ships
1714:Categories
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590:2019-12-23
466:References
370:named the
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235:Complement
205:Propulsion
138:VC2-S-AP3
1694:Park ship
1690:Fort ship
855:La Grange
671:Kingsport
424:Kaohsiung
341:elephants
114:Completed
98:Laid down
1669:Category
1632:See also
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847:Hinsdale
837:SS
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754:incident
718:SS
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655:Subtypes
457:SS
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436:SS
430:See also
331:Post war
243:Armament
210:turbines
153:, 4,553
106:Launched
67:Operator
53:Namesake
1659:Article
895:Telfair
831:Colbert
663:Haskell
185:Draught
146:Tonnage
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78:Builder
34:History
355:. The
169:Length
149:7,612
1253:ships
730:Other
639:Lists
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270:Notes
217:Speed
1679:List
893:USS
853:USS
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349:Siam
260:8 ×
254:1 ×
248:1 ×
177:Beam
122:Fate
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