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Naval
Historical Center#NH 65594-A
| Tonnage | 4650 tons light displacement 15,150tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 453' by 56' by 28' 138.1m by 17.1m by 8.5m |
| Maximum speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 175 |
| Armament | 1 5"/38
dual-purpose guns 4 3"/50 AA guns 2x2 40mm Bofors AA guns 4x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft Sun vertical
triple-expansion reciprocationg (3200
shp) 2 Union Scotch boilers |
| Capacity | 68,000 barrels 9,300 tons |
The Victoria
was originally the George G. Henry,
a civilian tanker built by Union Iron
Works Company for Standard Oil in 1917. This obsolescent ship had seen
service in the First World War, and was in Manila under charter to
Standard-Vacuum Oil Company when war broke out in the Pacific. She
escaped to Balikpapan and
points farther south and refueled the ABDA
forces throughout the Netherlands
East Indies campaign. On 15 April 1942 she was taken over by the
Navy, renamed Victoria, and
served throughout the war, issuing over 2 million barrels of fuel oil
by the time of the surrender.
References
NavSource.org
(accessed 2009-9-8)
Wildenberg (1996)
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by Kent G.
Budge. Index
