SS Red Oak Victory
SS Red Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is managed by the Richmond Library of History and located near the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.Photo: Leonard G., CC0.
Photo: Leonard G., Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 1944 Boulder Victory-class cargo ship
- Also known as: “IMO 5291331”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brooks Island and Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
Brooks Island
Island
Photo: Rupert Clayton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brooks Island Regional Preserve includes both the 75-acre of Brooks Island above the low-tide line and 300 acres of the surrounding bay. The only public access to the island is via an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park
Museum
Photo: E. F. Joseph, Public domain.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco. Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is situated 2,800 feet northeast of SS Red Oak Victory.
Brickyard Cove Pond
Pond
Photo: Wikigirl97, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brickyard Cove Pond is a small lake in the Brickyard Cove District of Richmond, California. It was formed from quarrying of Nicholl's Knob the surrounding hill. Brickyard Cove Pond is situated 3,500 feet northwest of SS Red Oak Victory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marina Bay and Point Richmond.
Marina Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marina Bay, is located in Richmond's protected Richmond Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid-1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct World War II-era Kaiser Shipyards.
Point Richmond
Neighborhood
Point Richmond, also sometimes referred to locally as The Point, is a neighborhood in Richmond, California, United States, near the eastern end of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, between Interstate 580 and the San Francisco Bay. Point Richmond is situated 2 miles northwest of SS Red Oak Victory.
Atchison Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Atchison Village is a community in Richmond, California which was originally built as housing for defense workers from the Kaiser Shipyards. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. Atchison Village is situated 2 miles north of SS Red Oak Victory.
SS Red Oak Victory
- Categories: military museum, cargo ship, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.90574° or 37° 54′ 21″ northLongitude
-122.3657° or 122° 21′ 57″ westInception
1944Open location code
849VWJ4M+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 172649739OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7394275
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“SS Red Oak Victory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Red Oak Victory”
- French: “Red Oak Victory”
- French: “SS Red Oak Victory”
- Irish: “SS Red Oak Victory”
- Japanese: “レッド・オーク・ビクトリー”
- “Red Oak Victory”
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Highlights include Basin no. 5 and Basin no. 4.
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