The America Victory is a Victory ship, think of it as a second generation Liberty Ship. She is one of the last of her kind. Liberty ships were the workhorses of World War II. They are the largest class of civilian-made "warships" as they were built as transports and they were armed for defense only. Simple square-hulled vessels. All welded and pounded into shape by huge presses with thousands of pounds of pressure. There are only four or five left of the Liberty-Victory class that are in limited use, none we know of are operational as freighters, as three are floating museums and occasionally venture out for a public relations day cruise to nowhere.

"The history of the SS American Victory is a long and storied one, despite the fact that she spent much of her life in mothballs. She has sailed the Seven Seas and was involved in World War II and the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam war. Immediately following World War II, the SS American Victory served as a sea going “good will ambassador” for the United States, supplying foodstuffs, vehicles and manufacturing machinery to the war torn countries of Europe and Near East, under the auspices of the Marshall Plan. The SS American Victory, as her name implies, was one of 534 Victory ships built between mid-1944 and mid-1946 to replace the venerable Liberty class of merchant vessel."