This footage documents the scrap tow of the "Victo", until recently named the American Victory. Algoma Central Corp bought the American Victory from American Steamship in 2017 but quickly announced that this ship would go for scrap. The unloading boom and bow thruster were salvaged for future use.
Filmed from Windmill Point where she comes out of Lake St Clair into the Detroit River and Riverside Park with downtown Detroit and the soon to be replaced Ambassador Bridge in the background.
This vessel was launched on Halloween 1942 as the tanker Marquette for refueling ships in WW2. The vessel was commissioned, however, as the USS Neshanic (AO-71), and entered service in April 1943. On June 18, 1944 she was hit with a bomb from a Japanese plane while refueling a destroyer. There were injuries but no fatalities. The US Navy decommissioned her at the end of WW2 in December 1945. In 1947, she was sold to the Gulf Oil Co. and renamed Gulfoil. On August 7, 1958 she collided with the tanker S. E. Graham near Newport, Rhode Island. The Graham exploded, and the Gulfoil was heavily damaged, 18 members of her crew perished. The ship was deemed salvageable, purchased by Pioneer Steamship Company and renamed Pioneer Challenger. She underwent "laker conversion", moving the forward cabins to the bow, widening and lenghtening. She was now 730 long and 75 feet wide. The Columbia Transportation Division of Oglebay Norton Company acquired the Pioneer Challenger and renamed her Middletown in 1962. In 1982 she was converted to a self unloader at Bay Shipbuilding. On September 15, 1986, while on her way to Port Washington, WI, some methane gas (which can be a by-product of coal) had gathered and ignited in her boiler room, causing an explosion. The vessel raced into port in an effort to treat injured crewmembers quickly. On June 6, 2006 Oglebay Norton Co. announced the sale of the Middletown and five of her fleetmates to American Steamship Co. She would only sail for ASC for 3 seasons, laying up for the last time Nov. 12 2008. credits to the boatnerd American Victory page for the history
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