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Haverford (T-AG 179) Class: Photographs

These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.

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SS Lindenwood Victory
(was to be USNS Clemson, T-AG 178)

Handling cargo soon after World War II, probably while being operated under bareboat charter from the Maritime Commission by the Parry Navigation Co. of San Francisco in 1946-1947.

Photo No. None
Source: tags-ship.com (Victory Ship Photo Gallery)

  SS Lindenwood Victory (was to be USNS Clemson, T-AG 178)
SS Princeton Victory
(was to be USNS Radcliffe, T-AG 178)

Underway while being operated under agreements with MARAD by the Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. in 1950-1953.

Photo No. None
Source: tags-ship.com (Victory Ship Photo Gallery)

  SS Princeton Victory (was to be USNS Radcliffe, T-AG 178)
SS Bessemer Victory
(was to be USNS Bessemer, T-AG 178)

Probably shown during reactivation for Vietnam War cargo service under charter to MSTS. Note the 1960s-vintage vehicles on the pier.

Photo No. None
Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov

  SS Bessemer Victory (was to be USNS Bessemer, T-AG 178)
SS American Victory
(was to be USNS Carthage, T-AG 178)

Underway as an operating museum ship in Tampa Bay, Florida, on 20 November 2015.

Photo No. None
Source: museumships.us

  SS American Victory (was to be USNS Carthage, T-AG 178)