{"nrhp_refnum":"00001674","name":"SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"1500 Dornan Dr, Terminal One, Port of Richmond","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Contra Costa County","state":"CA","lat":37.90573736300007,"lon":-122.36565886599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Transportation","Engineering","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A World War II Victory cargo ship, built in 1944 at Kaiser's Permanente Metals Shipyard #1 in Richmond, California, and now moored at Terminal One, Port of Richmond.","why_significant":"The ship is the last of only ten Victory ships ordered by the US Maritime Commission for Navy use as ammunition ships, and it served both as a Navy vessel and as a merchant ship. It is also tied to Richmond's wartime shipbuilding. The nomination cites military, transportation and engineering significance and notes its high integrity.","narrative":"Red Oak Victory is a steel, steam-powered Victory cargo ship launched at Kaiser's Richmond Shipyard Number One on November 9, 1944. About 455 feet long, it was commissioned as USS Red Oak Victory (AK235) and worked as an ammunition ship, supplying Pacific fleet units from early 1945 until the war's end without a single casualty. The vessel was named for Red Oak, Iowa, a town with the highest per capita casualty rate of any American community in the war. It is the last of ten ships ordered for Navy use as ammunition carriers. After decommissioning in 1946 it worked as a merchant ship, made voyages to Vietnam in the 1960s, and was held in the Suisun Bay reserve fleet from 1968 to 1998. It retains original winches, engines, boilers, radio gear and galley equipment. Returned to Richmond in 1998, it is being restored by volunteers as a museum ship, and is recognized for its military, transportation and engineering importance.","period_of_significance":"1944-1946","architect_builder":"Richmond Shipyard No. One, Permanenta Metals Corportation","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Moored at Terminal One in the Port of Richmond and undergoing volunteer rehabilitation, with plans to restore it to operational condition and develop a maritime museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.02339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00001674.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001674/d682e3b0e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001674/d682e3b0e2-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Leonard G.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedOakVictory-2013-07-20.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Leonard G.</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedOakVictory-2013-07-20.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858575","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Red_Oak_Victory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7394275"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/contra-costa-county/ss-red-oak-victory-victory-ship-00001674/"}