SS Lane Victory
SS Lane Victory is a U.S.A Victory-class cargo ship used in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War. The ship was preserved in 1998 to serve as a museum ship in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, California. As a rare surviving Victory ship, she was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
The Lane Victory was named after Lane College, which was established as a high school for black youths in 1882 at Jackson, Tennessee by Isaac Lane, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The school grew into a prominent liberal arts college.
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