Folder: S.F. Ships-Victory.
Newscopy: "First peacetime victory ship launched! Los Angeles, Calif...Here's the first of the peacetime ships turned out by Calship. The vessel is the 10,500-ton victory ship S.S. Trinidad Victory which is the first of 460 ship launched at the Los Angeles Yards of the California Shipbuilding Corp. without guns, gun emplacements, naval gun-crews quarters, etc. The ship is designed for cargo and passenger trade, and former gun-crew quarters are later to be refitted for carrying passengers. The vessel was named for the town of Trinidad, Colorado."