USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)

United States Navy auxiliary ship

USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)

History
United States
Name| Marshfield Victory
Namesake| Marshfield, Massachusetts, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Owner| War Shipping Administration
Operator| American Export Line
Ordered| as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 106
Builder| Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Way number| IMO 5226568
Laid down| 1 April 1944
Launched| 15 May 1944
Completed| 7 June 1944
Fate| Transferred to US Navy in 1968
Notes| International Radio Call Sign: NIZX
United States
Name| USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)
Operator| US Navy
Stricken| 30 November 1992
Identification| Hull symbol:T-AK-282
Fate| Scrapped 30 June 2006.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type| VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, then rebuilt in 1963 to USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)
Displacement|

* 4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard)
* 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load)

Length| 455 ft (139 m)
Beam| 62 ft (19 m)
Draft| 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power| 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion|

* 1 × steam turbine
* 1 × shaft

Speed| 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement|

* 12 officers
* 87 enlisted

Armament|

* 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun (Marshfield Victory only)
* 1 × 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (Marshfield Victory only)
* 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon (Marshfield Victory only)
* None as USNS Marshfield

Notes| [2]

USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282) was a Fleet Ballistic Missile Cargo Ship, which was launched as a World War II commercial Victory cargo ship SS Marshfield Victory under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. The Marshfield Victory was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1968.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Victory ship built in Oregon
* 2 World War II service
* 3 Korean War
* 4 US Navy
* 5 Inactivation
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 Sources

## Victory ship built in Oregon[edit]

SS Marshfield Victory was laid down under U.S. Maritime Commission contract at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon on 1 April 1944; launched 15 May 1944; and delivered to her operator, American Export Line on 7 June 1944. In 1968 she was renamed the USNS Marshfield.[4]

Marshfield Victory was one of many new 10,500-ton class ships to be known as a Victory ship, designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships. Liberty ships were designed to be used solely for World War II, whereas Victory ships were designed to last longer and to serve the US Navy after the war. Victory ships differed from Liberty ships in that they were faster, longer, wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure. In addition, they had a long raised forecastle.

## World War II service[edit]

SS Marshfield Victory was owned by the Maritime Commission, she served on the merchant sealanes under the control of the War Shipping Administration during the post World War II work. She was operated by the American Export Line. With the war over and her post-war work completed, on 17 August 1948 she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington, North Carolina.

## Korean War[edit]

On 25 August 1950 she was removed from the Reserve Fleet and serviced to return her to active duty for the Korean War. SS Marshfield Victory served as merchant marine ship, with the Orion Shipping and Trading Company supplying goods for the Korean War. About 75 percent of the personnel taking to Korea for the Korean War came by the merchant marine ship.[5] On 10 October 1953 she was put into the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Washington.

## US Navy[edit]

On 22 August 1968 she was transferred to the US Navy. She was refitted to be a Fleet Ballistic Missile Cargo Ship, to support Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine tenders at Holy Loch, Scotland and Naval Station Rota in Spain. As a fleet ballistic missile cargo ship, she transported torpedoes, Poseidon missiles, packaged petroleum, and spare parts to deployed to the submarine tenders. She was placed into service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282). Her regular assignment was the transportation of missile components and ship's stores from Charleston, South Carolina to submarine tenders at Holy Loch as an U.S. Navy auxiliary ship. USNS Marshfield had a newer design than the three previous Norwalk Class Cargo Ships, thus is sometimes put into a class of its own (T-AK-FBM).[6][7][8][9][10][11]

## Inactivation[edit]

She was struck from the Navy List on 30 November 1992 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, at Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia. The Title was transferred to Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 8 May 1995. She was sold for scrapping on 8 November 2005 and scrapped by Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC, Chesapeake, Virginia, scrapping completed on 30 June 2006.

## See also[edit]

* List of Victory ships
* Liberty ship
* Type C1 ship
* Type C2 ship
* Type C3 ship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
2. ^ Babcock & Wilcox (April 1944). "Victory Ships". Marine Engineering and Shipping Review.
3. ^ "MARSHFIELD (AKA-282)". vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov.
4. ^ "Victory Ships".
5. ^ "American Merchant Marine Ships Participating in Korean War". www.usmm.org.
6. ^ "vicshipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
7. ^ "USNS Marshfield (T-AK 282) Crew List — Navybuddies.com Crew List - Reunite with old US Navy Buddies". USNS Marshfield (T-AK 282) Crew List — Navybuddies.com Crew List - Reunite with old US Navy Buddies.
8. ^ "T-AK 282 USNS Marshfield, United States Navy, Coulport, 25 January 1989". May 2, 2010 - via Flickr.
9. ^ "USNS Marshfield". Ships Nostalgia.
10. ^ "An aerial port beam view of the Victory type fleet ballistic missile cargo ship USNS MARSHFIELD (T-AKR 282) underway". The U.S. National Archives. January 1, 1984.
11. ^ "Norwalk (AK 279, VC2-S-AP3, FBM) Class". www.shipscribe.com.

## Sources[edit]

* Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships and tankers: The history of the ‘Victory’ type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, Cornell Maritime Press, 1974, 0-87033-182-5.
* United States Maritime Commission: Victory Ships alphabetical list War II
* Victory Cargo Ships Oregon Shipyards Record Breakers Page 2

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Victory cargo ships of the United States Navy

* Victory ship
* Category
* Ships

Boulder Victory class|

* Bedford Victory
* Boulder Victory
* Bowling Green Victory / Lt. Robert Craig
* Bucyrus Victory
* Hastings Victory / Sgt. Truman Kimbro
* Lakewood Victory
* Las Vegas Victory
* Manderson Victory
* Mayfield Victory
* Mills Victory / Sgt. Morris E. Crain
* Newcastle Victory
* Owensboro Victory / Private Joe E. Mann
* Provo Victory
* Radcliffe Victory / Sgt. Andrew Miller
* Red Oak Victory
* Stetson Victory / Sgt. Sylvester Antolak
* Stevens Victory / Private Joe P. Martinez
* Wabash Victory / Private Francis X. McGraw
* Waterville Victory / Lt. George W. G. Boyce
* Yale Victory / Sgt. Archer T. Gammon

Greenville Victory class|

* Aberdeen Victory / Altair
* Appleton Victory / Private John R. Towle
* Colombia Victory / Betelgeuse
* Dalton Victory / Sunnyvale
* Greenville Victory
* Haiti Victory / Longview
* Kingsport Victory / Kingsport
* Nampa Victory / Antares
* Rockland Victory / Alcor

Lt. James E. Robinson class|

* Czechoslovakia Victory / Lt. James E. Robinson
* Mandan Victory / Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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* e

World War II Maritime Commission ship designs

Cargo designs|

* Type C1
* Type C2
* Type C3
* Type C4
* Type C5
* (Type C6)
* (Type C7)
* (Type C8)
* (Type C9)
* Type N3

Emergency cargo|

* Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1")
* Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")

Tanker|

* T1 tanker
* T2 tanker
* T3 tanker

Special-purpose|

* Type S2 (" Tacoma-class frigate")
* Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank")
* Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer")
* Type S4-S2-BB3 (" Casablanca-class escort carrier")
* Type S4-SE2-BD1 (" Gilliam-class attack transport")
* "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"

Miscellaneous-cargo|

* Type L6 ("Lakers")
* Type N ("Coastal Cargo")
* Type P1 ("Passenger")
* Type P2 ("Passenger")
* Type R ("Refrigerated")
* Type B ("Barge")

Tugs|

* Type V ("Tugs")

See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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* e

United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers|

* Lexington
* RangerS
* Yorktown
* WaspS
* RobinL S
* Essex
* MidwayC

Light aircraft carriers|

* Independence
* SaipanC

Escort carriers|

* Long Island
* Charger
* Bogue
* Sangamon
* Casablanca
* Commencement Bay

Battleships|

* Wyoming
* New York
* Nevada
* Pennsylvania
* New Mexico
* Tennessee
* Colorado
* North Carolina
* South Dakota
* Iowa
* MontanaX

Large cruisers|

* Alaska

Heavy cruisers|

* Pensacola
* Northampton
* Portland
* New Orleans
* WichitaS
* Baltimore
* Oregon CityC
* Des MoinesC

Light cruisers|

* Omaha
* Brooklyn
* Atlanta
* Cleveland
* FargoC
* JuneauC
* WorcesterC
* CL-154X

Gunboats|

* Dubuque
* SacramentoS
* Asheville
* PlymouthS
* WilliamsburgS
* St. AugustineS
* VixenS
* Erie
* PGM-1
* PGM-9

Destroyers|

* Sampson
* Caldwell
* Wickes
* Clemson
* Farragut
* Porter
* Mahan
* Gridley
* Bagley
* Somers
* Benham
* Sims
* Benson
* Gleaves
* Fletcher
* Allen M. Sumner
* Robert H. Smith
* Gearing

Destroyer escorts|

* Evarts
* Buckley
* Cannon
* Edsall
* Rudderow
* John C. Butler

Patrol frigates|

* Asheville
* Tacoma

Patrol boats|

* Action
* PT boat

Minelayers|

* OglalaS
* WassucS
* MonadnockS
* MiantonomahS
* TerrorS
* KeokukS
* SalemS
* WeehawkenS
* Camanche
* Chimo

Minesweepers|

* Lapwing
* Raven
* Auk
* EagleS
* Hawk
* Admirable

Submarines|

* O
* R
* S
* Barracuda
* ArgonautS
* Narwhal
* DolphinS
* Cachalot
* Porpoise
* Salmon
* Sargo
* Tambor
* Mackerel
* Gato
* Balao
* Tench

Tankers|

* T1 tanker
* T2 tanker
* T3 tanker

Cargo ships|

* Liberty
* Victory
* Haskell
* Andromeda
* Arcturus
* Artemis
* Tolland
* Alstede
* Aldebaran
* Adria
* Acubens
* Arctic
* Denebola
* Hyades
* Mizar

Auxiliary ships|

* Ammunition
* Floating drydock
* Repair dock
* Barracks
* Collier
* Combat stores
* Destroyer tender
* Depot
* High-speed transport
* Hospital
* Net laying
* Motor torpedo boat tender
* Oiler
* Repair
* Seaplane tender
* Submarine tender
* Underway replenishment

Loaned from the Royal Navy

Completed after the war

Single ship of class

Cancelled

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* t
* e

Victory ships

Lists|

* List of Victory ships

Subtypes|

* Haskell-class attack transport
* Kingsport-class telemetry ship
* Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship
* List of Subtypes

Museum ships|

* SS American Victory
* SS Lane Victory
* SS Red Oak Victory

Other|

* Port Chicago disaster
* Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory
* SS Columbia Eagle incident

Sunk in action|

* SS Canada Victory
* SS Hobbs Victory
* SS Logan Victory

Damaged in action|

* SS Bozeman Victory
* SS Brown Victory
* SS Bucknell Victory
* USS Colbert
* SS Elmira Victory
* USS Hinsdale
* USS La Grange
* SS Minot Victory
* SS Oshkosh Victory
* SS Pratt Victory
* SS Swarthmore Victory
* USS Telfair
* SS United Victory

Sunk in service|

* SS Clarksdale Victory
* SS Drexel Victory
* SS Escanaba Victory
* SS Georgetown Victory
* SS Luray Victory
* SS Middlebury Victory
* SS Northeastern Victory
* SS Park Victory
* SS Quinault Victory

Damaged in service|

* SS Attleboro Victory
* SS Baton Rouge Victory
* SS Baylor Victory
* SS Colombia Victory
* SS Berea Victory
* SS Cuba Victory
* SS Enid Victory
* SS Frontenac Victory
* SS Morgantown Victory
* SS St. Lawrence Victory

Sank in private use|

* SS Alamo Victory
* SS Augustana Victory
* SS Brainerd Victory
* SS Cody Victory
* SS Hagerstown Victory
* SS Lewiston Victory
* SS Lincoln Victory
* SS Luxembourg Victory
* SS India Victory
* SS New Bern Victory
* SS Mandan Victory
* SS Philippines Victory
* SS Rushville Victory
* SS Rutland Victory
* SS Skagway Victory
* SS Smith Victory
* SS St. Albans Victory
* SS Tufts Victory
* SS U.S.S.R. Victory

Seagoing cowboys ships|

* SS Adrian Victory
* SS Attleboro Victory
* SS Battle Creek Victory
* SS Beloit Victory
* SS Blue Island Victory
* SS Boulder Victory
* SS Bucknell Victory
* SS Calvin Victory
* SS Carroll Victory
* SS Cedar Rapids Victory
* SS Clarksville Victory
* SS Creighton Victory
* SS DePauw Victory
* SS Earlham Victory
* SS Flagstaff Victory
* SS Frontenac Victory
* SS Gainesville Victory
* SS Harvard Victory
* SS Hattiesburg Victory
* SS Jefferson City Victory
* SS Lahaina Victory
* SS Lanaina Victory
* SS Lindenwood Victory
* SS Mercer Victory
* SS Moline Victory
* SS Morgantown Victory
* SS Norwalk Victory
* SS Occidental Victory
* SS Ouachita Victory
* SS Park Victory
* SS Pass Christian Victory
* SS Pierre Victory
* SS Plymouth Victory
* SS Queens Victory
* SS Rock Hill Victory
* SS Rockland Victory
* SS Roswell Victory
* SS Saginaw Victory
* SS Santa ClaraVictory
* SS South Bend Victory
* SS Spartanburg Victory
* SS Villanova Victory
* SS Virginia City Victory
* SS Wesleyan Victory
* SS Woodstock Victory
* SS Yugoslavia Victory

See also|

* Liberty ship (predecessor)

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* List

See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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Norwalk Class Cargo Ships

Ships|

* USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279)
* USNS Furman (T-AK-280)
* USNS Victoria (T-AK-281)
* USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282)

Lists|

* List of Victory ships
* List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

* Liberty ship (predecessor)
* Emory S. Land-class submarine tender (followed by)
* USS Alcor (AK-259) (similar role)
* Fulton-class submarine tender and USS L. Y. Spear (Norwalk Class Cargo Ships supported)
* Submarine tender

* Article
* Category
* List

See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.
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