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SS Red Oak Victory

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SS Red Oak Victory

SS Red Oak Victory is a US military Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. She was one of 534 Victories built during World War II, but one of only a few of these ships to be transferred from the Merchant Marine to the United States Navy. She was named after Red Oak, Iowa, which suffered a disproportionate number of casualties in early World War II battles.[4] (Montgomery County ranked third among Iowa counties in World War II casualties per capita).[5] The ship was active during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

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