Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.

After Korea she returned to commercial transport, then entered the Maritime Administration’s National Defense Reserve Fleet.

[2] SS Union Victory served as merchant marine naval ship supplying goods for the Korean War.

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

Since that time, into 1970, she has operated under ComMSTSPac and has carried fresh and frozen foods from the U.S. West Coast to Pacific and Far East ports.

Perseus’ crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.