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Victory Ships

Follow the links below to find information about and wartime and postwar pictures of Victory ships in which the men of the Navy Armed Guard and the merchant marine served.

Victory Ship Nomenclature; names of all Victory ships, alphabetical

Victory Ships – detailed information on all Victory ships

SS COALDALE VICTORY, launched 1945; here as APPINGEDYK, Holland America Line, 1953-1962

SS COLBY VICTORY, launched 1945; here as AXELDYK, Holland America Line, 1947-1963

SS DOMINICAN VICTORY

SS DURHAM VICTORY, launched 1944; here as AVERDYK, Holland America Line, 1947-1967

SS GUATAMALA VICTORY, launched 1944; here as AALSDYK, Holland America Line, 1946-1960

SS HILLSDALE VICTORY

SS INDIA VICTORY, launched 1944; here as ARNEDYK, Holland America Line, 1947-1962

SS LAKE CHARLES VICTORY, launched 1945; here as AKKRUMDYK, Holland America Line, 1948-1962

SS LINCOLN VICTORY, launched 1944; here as AARDYK, Holland America Line, 1947-1962

USAT MARITIME VICTORY

SS MILFORD VICTORY, launched 1944; here as ABBEDYK, Holland America Line, 1947-1961

SS ROLLINS VICTORY, launched 1945; here as ARENDSDYK, Holland America Line, 1948-1961

SS TEXARKANA VICTORY; also as AAGTEDYK, Holland America Line, 1950-1963

SS PHILIPPINE VICTORY and SS CLOVIS VICTORY shipboard pictures

SS SIOUX FALLS VICTORY and SS HANNIBAL VICTORY in tow to Brownsville, TX, for scrapping; contributed by Mike Janson

SS LANE VICTORY

SS LANE VICTORY website

SS LANE VICTORY by Roy and Bonnie Bryan

SS LANE VICTORY by Floyd Farrar

SS LANE VICTORY Sails Again

More on SS LANE VICTORY

SS AMERICAN VICTORY website

SS RED OAK VICTORY website

U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association

The U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association is the official organization of U.S. Navy Armed Guard veterans. ***PLEASE NOTE*** With the passing of CA Lloyd in November 2021, no new activity has taken place with the exception of Armed Guard Veteran Clarence “Korky” Korker in Florida taking up the effort. All mailing lists are lost and I do not have any of CA’s information. I would like to keep the Veterans Association alive and hope that AG Veteran family members will help to contribute to keeping their memory alive by contributing to this site. Regards, Craig Staley Armed Guard veterans and family members are invited to contribute tothe U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association via this web site, and veterans and their families are encouraged to contact the web master for other information and publications about the Armed Guard. The Association endorses, encourages and contributes to the Armed Guard website but does not own, control, fund or maintain the website. In the past, the Association had published newsletters, which are a very informative media. The newsletter, The Pointer, and provides other services for its members. Information on individual Armed Guard personnel and the ships in which they served may be available from the Association. Please see this web site for pas archived The Pointers. The Association has a number of local chapters in various locations across the United States. News of meetings, local and regional events, reunions and other activities is available on this website, and in each issue of The Pointer. If applying for membership in the U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association, please submit information to the Association using these forms (page 1 and page 2), and mail to the address above.

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