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Cliffs Victory
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Cliffs Victory
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Cliffs Victory
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Cliffs Victory
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Cliffs Victory
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Cliffs Victory (1958/06)
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Cliffs Victory (1974)
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Cliffs Victory (1974/07)
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Cliffs Victory (1977/07/01)
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Cliffs Victory (1980)
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Cliffs Victory (1981/09/06)
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Cliffs Victory (1981/09/06)
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Savic (1985/12/25)
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Savic (1985/12/25)
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Savic (1985/12/25)
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Savic (1985/12/25)
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Savic (1985/12/27)
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Details/Construction
Builder:Oregon Shipbuilding CorporationLocation:Portland, OregonHull #:1229
Design:VC2-S-AP3
Keel Layed:1945/01/26Launched:1945/03/09Commissioned:1945/04/06
Propulsion
As builtType:2 steam turbine enginesOutput:8500 bhp (6341 kW) - 19.0 Knots
Manufacturer:Joshua Hendy Iron Works - Sunnyvale, California, USA
 
Dimensions
Year: 1957Length (oa):213.4 m (700.1 ft)Gross Tonnage:11151
Length (lbp):212.88 m (698.4 ft)Net Tonnage:7309
Beam:18.95 m (62.2 ft)Dead Weight:18407
Depth:11.59 m (38.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:7.827 m (25.7 ft) 
Change Description:Lengthened in 1957 at the American Ship Building Company shipyard in Chicago, Illinois
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Cleveland Cliffs Steamship CompanyCleveland Cliffs Iron Company1951/011985/08
Korea Iron & Steel Company Ltd.1985/081986/12
FleetFromUntil
United States Maritime Administration1950/12
Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio1951/011985/08
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Notre Dame Victory1951/04
Cliffs Victory1985/08
Savic1986/12
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 247522 Portland, Oregon, United States 1945/04 1951/04
US 247522 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1951/04 1985/08
Panama City, Panama 1985/08 1986/12
Description
The Notre Dame Victory was built for U. S. Maritime Commission as Class VC2-S-AP3 “Victory” class cargo vessel during World War II (registered at 7606gt/4549nt). It was laid up in the James River reserve fleet after the war, until being sold in 1950.

After being sold, it was converted to a bulk carrier in 1951 (188.7m, 9305gt/14473dw), by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, by adding a new midbody in the Sparrows Point, Maryland ship yard. Pontoons were added and the ship was moved up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Chicago, where the American Ship Building Company completed the conversion. The Cliffs Victory entered service for the Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company in June, 1951.

In 1957 the American Ship Building Company (Chicago), lengthened the ship again (11151gt/18407dw).

Laid up for the last time at South Chicago, Illinois in 1981. It was sold for scrap in 1985 to Hai International Corporation of Monrovia, Liberia. The ship was renamed Savic (Panama) for the scrap voyage, that left Chicago on December 17, 1985, for Taiwan. The ship was resold to South Korean shipbreakers and it was moved to Inchon , South Korea, arriving on December 8, 1986 and then in Masan on December 22.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in Masan, South Korea by the Korea Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
Arrival at Yard1986/12/22Beached:Work Began:
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