SS Elmira Victory
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SS Elmira Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. It was built and launched by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation on May 12, 1944, and completed
Typical Victory Ship.
Naval Base Kossol Roads
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Naval Base Kossol Roads also called Naval Base Kossol Passage was a major United States Navy base at Kossol Roads in northern Palau in the western Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean during
SS Elmira Victory
…Philippines, Kamikaze plane attacked and damaged Elmira Victory. At the time she was being operated by the Alaska SS company. She has just steamed from Naval Base Kossol Roads in a convoy, under the protection of the destroyer, USS Stanly. The first Kamikaze plane crashed into her #5 cargo hold cover and did minor damage…
USS Grafton (APA-109) anchored in Kossol Passage, Palau, May 14, 1945
A Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplane crew
Martin PBM-5 Mariner seaplane in flight
USS Pocomoke (AV-9) a seaplane tender, the crane at the rear of the ship is used to bring a seaplane on to the deck for repair and serving. The remaining parts of the ship are for the ship's and seaplane crew, also fuel for the ship and seaplanes. The ship's stores would have crew's food and spare parts for seaplanes.