The SS Park Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program.

[7] The SS Park Victory moved horses, heifers, and mules also a few chicks, rabbits, and goats.

[8][9][10] SS Park Victory sank near Utö in the outer Archipelago Sea on Christmas night, about 02.15 AM local time (UTC+2), December 25, 1947 after running aground on rocks when the anchor failed in a storm.

[13] The Park Victory sinking was the first exposure of the Utö pilot and lighthouse crew community to contemporary American culture.

Every Christmas Eve, the candles are lit in the Utö church chapel in memory of the accident and the lives that were lost that night.

The U.S. government publicly acknowledged its appreciation to the community of Utö for the rescue, housing and food give to the survivors, thank you letters are framed hung on the wall of the chapel in the lighthouse.