S.S. Lane Victory
Panel 1:
1945:
March: Lane Victory is named for the former slave, Isaac Lane, founder of Lane College, in Jackson, Tennessee. The Victory Ship was one of a class of cargo ships designed and built during World War II by the United States Maritime Commission.
June: Sea Trials completed.
June 27: The Lane Victory delivered to the American President Lines by the War Shipping Administration.
July 2: Lane Victory begins her first assignment, World War II.
October 8: Second war supply voyage began.
1946:
February 27: Second voyage ended. Changed from war ship carrying war material, to one carrying humanitarian aid after World War II.
March: Lane Victory charted by American President Lines for delivering the Marshall Plan Aid to Europe.
Panel 2 :
1948
May 11: Lane Victory laid up at Suisan Bay, California, the Navy’s formal storage yard
1950
October: Lane Victory sailed her first trip in the Korean War
December 5: The Lane Victory rescued over 7,000 Korean men, women and children
1953
October 10: Lane Victory laid up at Suisan Bay, California
Panel 3:
1966
September: Lane Victory commissioned for the Vietnam War
1970
February 17: Lane Victory is laid up at Suisan Bay, California.
1988
October 18: President Ronald Reagan signed a Bill conveying the Lane Victory to the U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II (USMMV), saving her for future generations.
Panel 4 :
1989
June 7: Purchased by the USMMV WWII
June 12: The Lane Victory arrived in the Port of Los Angeles Harbor, USMMV volunteers begin the ship restoration.
1990
December 14: The Lane Victory recognized as a National Historic Landmark.
2004
The landmark S.S. Lane Victory houses two museums, conducts Coast Guard testing and hosts annual cruises to Catalina Island. It also has been used on television and in feature films.
N.H.L. Marker:
S.S. Lane Victory
National Historic Landmark
This vessel possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1990
National Park Service
United States of America
Marker is on Pier 94 east of the Catalina Air-Sea Terminal Heliport.
Courtesy hmdb.org
