USS Minot - Victory ships. Victory
ships were a
type of cargo ship which were mass-produced in the United
States during World
War II. They Victory
Ships were part of the Merchant Marine. The United
States Merchant Marine transports goods and services in wartime as an auxiliary
to the U.S. Navy. During military conflicts, the Merchant Marine operates
civilian-owned merchant ships as well as vessels maintained through government
entities like the Military Sea Transportation Service or Military Sealift
Command. The S.S. Minot
was launched on October 7, 1944. The
Victory ships were predominantly cargo vessels but they were armed. On April 11,
1945, a fleet of 15 merchant ships arrived at Okinawa, the USS Minot was one of
these. On April 12, the USS Minot brought down a Japanese plane which had
strafed the ship. The plane crashed into her No. 4 kingpost wounding 5 seamen.
Apparently the USS
Minot ran aground on a coral reef the in the Paracel Islands off the coast of
Vietnam. In 1967, after 7 days of preparation, the ship was salvaged. The Minot
was carrying heavy equipment at the time she went down
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ReplyDeleteI was aboard the USS Tawakoni during the salvage operation, Minot Victory did not go down, she was pulled off the reef by several salvage vessels using beach gear.
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