The steam turbine driven VC2-S-AP2 type Victory ship was completed in 1945 at the Baltimore yard of Bethlehem-Fairfield, for the US Maritime Commission
1947 sold to Cia Rio de la de Nav de Ultramar SA, Buenos Aires, renamed BUENOS AIRES
1949 registered to Flota Argentina de Nav Ultramar, name unchanged
1961 sold to Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, name unchanged
1963 sold to the Southwind Shipping Corp., Monrovia, renamed SOUTHWIND

After running aground at Grand Bahama Bank on 11/02/68 while on passage Luanda to New Orleans she was refloated on 24/02/68 and towed to Jacksonville for examination, arriving there 03/03/68
Sold to German buyers for demolition by Spanish ship breakers she arrived at Bilbao under tow on 06/07/68

Photographed in early evening sunshine in August 1961 as she was being manoeuvred by local tugs in the swinging circle at Newcastle Quay, after discharging her cargo at Ranks Baltic Flour Mill, Gateshead

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