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Liberty Ship vs. Victory Ship
Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 01:45 PM UTC
I've looked closely at the measurements of both and I put before those more knowledgeable than me, in 1/700 scale, would there be any noticeable differences in the ships?
mj
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Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 04:25 PM UTC
Kenny, this isn't my area of expertise (still trying to find out what is, actually ), but after "Googling" around a bit, I found this opinion:
This is from Wikipedia, and I include the link: Wikipedia Liberty ship vs Victory ship
Hope you can find something useful in this.
Cheers,
Mike
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They also had strengthened hulls compared to Liberty ships since a few of the latter had suffered fractured hulls. To improve the hull flexibility (to reduce stresses), the frames were 36 inches (914 mm) apart as opposed to 30 inches (762 mm). Victory ships were slightly larger than Liberty ships, at 455 feet (139 m) long and 62 feet (19 m) wide with 28 feet (7.6 m) draft (loaded).[1] With a fine raked bow and a 'cruiser' stern, to help achieve the higher speed, they had a quite different appearance to Liberty ships.
This is from Wikipedia, and I include the link: Wikipedia Liberty ship vs Victory ship
Hope you can find something useful in this.
Cheers,
Mike
Gunny
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Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 11:19 PM UTC
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I've looked closely at the measurements of both and I put before those more knowledgeable than me, in 1/700 scale, would there be any noticeable differences in the ships?
Gator, albeit slight in 1/700 scale, the ship profiles are definitely different in design...Victory ship profiles have a sleek, “raked” bow, a raised forecastle, and a “cruiser” stern, markedly different from a Liberty ship profile.
Quicktime audio from the SS American Victory website here...
Posted: Monday, January 04, 2010 - 01:08 AM UTC
Thanks Gunny and Mike. So much for my SS Baton Rouge Victory.
Posted: Monday, January 04, 2010 - 02:44 AM UTC
I just saw that Loose Cannon makes a resin Victory ship, so the Baton Rouge Victory is alive again.