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SS Gustavus Victory
SS ''Gustavus Victory'' was constructed in Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.〔(Commemorative Items from the Launching of the S.S. Gustavus Victory, 9 July 1945. CAMC Collection 69. Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota. )〕 The 75th Victory ship, it was named for Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, which was
named for the 17th century King of Sweden Gustav II Adolf. The college made a gift towards furnishing a ship library, which comprised two 40-book units and was managed by the American Merchant Marine Library Association.〔
== History ==
Gustavus alumna of 1924, Marion Logan of New York, sponsored the ship. Marion was the wife of Rufus T. Logan, Captain in the Army Air Force, and daughter of former Gustavus professor Dr. John A. Youngquist.〔
Construction of the vessel took 38 days, and it was launched from the shipyard on July 9, 1945 at 4 p.m.〔 ''Gustavus Victory'' was boarded and operated by A. L. Burbank Company, including Captain J. M. Delhome and Chief Engineer Albert L. Hayes. It was converted to a troopship for returning European veterans at the end of World War II before being transferred to the Pacific theater of war. The ship had a carrying capacity of 750 passengers with an 85 person crew. During its career, crew members produced a ship publication titled ''Atlantic agony: the Landlubber's journal''.〔"RG-16.12.54, Atlantic agony, the Landlubber's journal, SS Gustavus victory, 15 April 1946.” Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.〕
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