VICTORY VC2-S-AP3 type standard general cargo ship, built by California Shipbuilding Corporation; Los Angeles California for the US War Shipping Administration. Launched 27 March 1944 as MEXICO VICTORY. entered service in May 1944. Sailed in war convoys. Fortunately, he survived until the end of the war and was transferred to the reserve. On July 16, 1947, she was purchased by the Polish shipping company Gdynia America Lines (GAL) from the UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION; The ship was taken over in Vancouver (Washington), renamed KILINSKI, the Polish flag was raised, and Gdansk became the home port. The ship first arrived in Gdynia on December 8, 1947.
Initially designated for the Line to the ports of the eastern coast of North and South America, over time it was transferred to serve ports in the Far East. On November 23, KILINSKI was the first ship under the Polish flag to call at CHITTAGONG (now Bangladesh). After creating (01-01-1951) on the basis of three liquidated pre-war shipping companies (GAL, ZEGLUGA POLSKA, POLBRYT) new companies, i.e. POLSKA ZEGLUGA MORSKA and POLISH OCEAN LINES, the ship was taken over by PLO on January 1, 1951. It continued to operate the Far East Line. In September 1954, as the first Polish ship, it called at Vietnamese ports (Haiphong, Da Nang (Touran) and Saigon, and then took part in the transports of refugees. In the next 27 round trips, it transported over 85,000 people from the south to the north of Vietnam, who ended up in there as a result of the end of the Vietnamese-French war After the end of the charter (373 days from departure from Gdynia to return) the ship returned to Gdynia, taking cargo in Rangoon on the way.
From 1955 again in the Far East service. In 1958, the first Polish ship called at Bangkok. In August 1961, at the mouth of the Elbe, the KILINSKI collided with the British ship TAMMY NORIG, which sank as a result of the accident, unfortunately with all the crew. The Maritime Court found that the Polish ship (the captain) was not at fault, the entire fault lay with the crew of the British ship. In 1972, the ship owner (PLO) decided to sell the well-worn ship for scrap, but as a result of the war, KILI?SKI got stuck in North Vietnamese Haiphong. She was sold in June 1973 to a Don company, renamed LIN, and shipped to Hong Kong for scrap.
Thus ended the long and busy career of this ship.

Basic SHIP data ( PARTICULARS );

Tonnage: Original, pre-1951:
7612BRT, 4555NRT, 10719 tDW
Tonnage: After changes in 1951:
7,697 GRT, 4,564 NRT, 10,719 tDW

Number of holds / cargo hatches: 5/5
Passenger cabins: 6 double cabins, 12 passengers in total
Propulsion: Two Westinghouse Electric steam turbines
Installed power: 8500 hp
Speed: 16.5 knots (according to unofficial information obtained from former PLO officers who served on this ship in the past, in ballast condition and with calm sea, it was possible to maintain a speed exceeding 20 knots for a long time)
Classification Society: American Bureau of Shipping, after one year
1957 Polish Register of Shipping;

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