150 yards to reach shore. A Danish freighter also helped some of those that abandoned ship. The French navy rescued some of the students and the crew of 22, taking them to the French shore after hearing the distress call from the Middlebury Victory. The students resumed their trip a week later, arriving in Baltimore on March 3, 1947. The ship was badly damaged and abandoned as a constructive total loss. See also List of Victory ships Liberty ship Type C1 ship Type C2 ship Type C3 ship References Sources Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships and tankers: The history of the ‘Victory’ type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II, Cornell Maritime Press, 1974, 0-87033-182-5. United States Maritime Commission: Victory Cargo Ships Victory ships Ships built in Richmond, California United States Merchant Marine 1945 ships World War II merchant ships of the United States Middlebury, Vermont Middlebury College