USNS Lynn

History
United States
Name	Lynn Victory MCV-847
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down	25 June 1945
Launched	15 August 1945
Acquired	20 September 1945
Stricken	Sold, 1967
Identification	IMO number:  5215351
Fate	Scrapped, 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Victory ship
Length	455 ft (138.7 m)
Beam	62 ft (18.9 m)

Lynn Victory MCV-847 was one of 12 ships scheduled to be acquired by the Navy in February 1966 and converted into Forward Depot Ships, the forerunners of the Fast Deployment Logistics Ships (FDL). She was scheduled to be renamed Lynn and placed in service with the Military Sea Transport Service as USNS Lynn T-AG-182. The program, however, was canceled and the ships were not acquired by the Navy. Five companies competed for the Contract Definition Phase of the FDL program: Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., General Dynamics Corporation, Litton Industries Inc., Todd Shipyards Corporation, Bethlehem Steel Corporation. ^[1]

Lynn Victory was a Victory ship built by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945. ^[2]

See also

• List of Victory ships
• List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
• Sprague Steamship Company

References

1. Statement of Secretary of Defense McNamara, Hearings on military posture and H.R. 13456, p. 7583.
2. "Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc., Baltimore MD: WWII Construction Record". Archived from the original on 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2025-04-19.

Links

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.