Ocean ship
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The Ocean ships were a class of sixty cargo ships built in the United States by Todd Shipyards Corporation during the Second World War for the British Ministry of War Transport under contracts let by the British Purchasing Commission. Eighteen were lost to enemy action and eight to accidents; survivors were sold postwar into merchant service.
Ocean Traveller launch, August, 1942 | |
Class overview | |
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Builders |
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Operators | Ministry of War Transport |
Built | October 1941 ā November 1942 |
In service | 1941ā1985[note 1] |
Planned | 60 |
Completed | 60 |
Lost |
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Scrapped | 33 (including two ships lost to enemy action and subsequently salvaged) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 7,174 GRT |
Length | 416 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
To expedite production, the type was based on an existing design, later adapted to become the Liberty ship. Yards constructed to build the Oceans went immediately into production of Liberty hulls.[1][2] Before and during construction the ships are occasionally mentioned as "British Victory" or victory ships as distinct from the United States variant known as the Liberty ship.