Victory, official number 245247, was assigned to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., under a standard WSA operating agreement at that time.

The Soviet vice-consul said at the christening: "another link in the chain of blows that will defeat our enemy,"[4] The launching of The U.S.S.R.

In 1941, Nazi Germany began Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union.

She was later used to bring US soldiers back home as part of Operation Magic Carpet from port cities known as Cigarette Camps.

On October 31, 1945 she steamed in to Newport News, Virginia, bringing troop home from Europe.

Victory served as merchant marine ship supplying goods for the Korean War.

About 90 percent of the cargo was moved by merchant marine naval to the war zone.

Victory made trips between 18 November 1950 and 23 December 1952, helping American forces engaged against Communist aggression in South Korea.

On 31 December 1960 she had a cargo hold explosion and fire when she was off the south western tip of Cornwall, United Kingdom, near the Isles of Scilly.

She was towed by SS Indian Success, but with another cargo explosion she foundered and sank on 2 January 1961, with loss of life of some marine salvage personal.