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SS Red Oak Victory
SS
Red Oak Victory
is a US military
Victory ship
of the 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. (Montgomery County ranked third among Iowa counties in World War II casualties per capita). The ship was active during
World War II
, the Korean War, and the
Vietnam War
.
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