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SS Lane Victory
SS "Lane Victory" is an American Victory-class cargo ship used in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War. The ship was preserved in 1989 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.
SS "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
Angeles in San Pedro on June 12, 1989. She was turned into a museum and work ship again. In 1990 "Lane Victory" was designated a National Historic Landmark. A volunteer crew maintain and operate the ship and her two onboard museums. On September 13, 2000 Congress passed Resolution 327, recognizing SS "Lane Victory" as a representative of the service and sacrifices of the U.S. Merchant Marine to the nation during times of conflict: "Whereas vessels of the United States merchant marine fleet, such as the S.S.