Comments on: Mothball Fleets and the SS Red Oak Victory http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory Geography at its Finest Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:09:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory/comment-page-1#comment-90609 Jason Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:57:19 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory#comment-90609 Victorys have a more elegant sheer, are more hydrodynamically streamlined, have a larger cargo capacity, and look a whole lot better than Libertys, in my humble opinion. I volunteer aboard the Red Oak, so I suppose I'm a little biased towards Victory ships. Forgot to mention, I have most of my pics from exploring the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on my picasa account. The URL is: http://picasaweb.google.com/martinihenry Jason Victorys have a more elegant sheer, are more hydrodynamically streamlined, have a larger cargo capacity, and look a whole lot better than Libertys, in my humble opinion. I volunteer aboard the Red Oak, so I suppose I’m a little biased towards Victory ships.

Forgot to mention, I have most of my pics from exploring the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on my picasa account. The URL is:

http://picasaweb.google.com/martinihenry

Jason

]]> By: Jonathan Haeber http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory/comment-page-1#comment-86216 Jonathan Haeber Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:49:07 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory#comment-86216 Thanks Jason. I appreciate the extra information. I hope I didn't imply that the only difference was their speed. I've been on both a liberty and victory, and I've seen very obvious differences between the two, most notably in their engine rooms. Cheers, Jon Thanks Jason. I appreciate the extra information. I hope I didn’t imply that the only difference was their speed. I’ve been on both a liberty and victory, and I’ve seen very obvious differences between the two, most notably in their engine rooms.

Cheers,
Jon

]]> By: Jason http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory/comment-page-1#comment-86215 Jason Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:45:17 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/mothball-fleets-and-the-ss-red-oak-victory#comment-86215 It's not accurate to say that the 'only' difference between a Victory and Liberty is that the Victory is faster. The Victory was superior in nearly every way. One of the big improvements, was that the all of the deck equipment aboard Victory ships were powered by electricity, rather than steam, as on the Liberty Ships. This decreased the amount of maintenance necessary, and increased the productivity of cargo-handling operations. Their hulls were stronger than Liberty Ships' hulls (achieved by actually making them more flexible). Victory Ships were also designed to be flexible with regards to their propulsion systems. Some were built with 6000 HP engines, some with 8000 HP engines. One was even built with a Diesel engine, and it was planned to have many more with Diesels, but wartime shortages prompted them to stick to steam-turbine engines almost exclusively. It’s not accurate to say that the ‘only’ difference between a Victory and Liberty is that the Victory is faster. The Victory was superior in nearly every way. One of the big improvements, was that the all of the deck equipment aboard Victory ships were powered by electricity, rather than steam, as on the Liberty Ships. This decreased the amount of maintenance necessary, and increased the productivity of cargo-handling operations. Their hulls were stronger than Liberty Ships’ hulls (achieved by actually making them more flexible). Victory Ships were also designed to be flexible with regards to their propulsion systems. Some were built with 6000 HP engines, some with 8000 HP engines. One was even built with a Diesel engine, and it was planned to have many more with Diesels, but wartime shortages prompted them to stick to steam-turbine engines almost exclusively.

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