Keywords: US Navy 040527-N-7878F-002 The fully operational World War II (WWII) victory ship SS Lane Victory pulls into San Diego for Memorial Day weekend.jpg en San Diego Calif May 27 2004 - The fully operational World War II WWII victory ship SS Lane Victory pulls into San Diego for Memorial Day weekend The supply/troop transport vessel served with distinction and valor in the later part of WWII Korea Chosen Reservoir Operation and Vietnam wars Victory was built in Los Angeles in 1944 and returned home after 44 years and now serves as a Maritime museum It was named after Isaac Lane a black man who rose from slavery to become a Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church and founded Lane College in Jackson Tenn in 1882 His granddaughter christened the ship in 1945 U S Navy photo by Don Fletcher RELEASED 2004-05-27 040527-N-7878F-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 14509 U S Navy photo by Don Fletcher PD-USGov-Military-Navy Tugboats of the United States Lane Victory ship 1945 Naval ships of the United States in San Diego Bay |