Some 36 Victory ships continued in service and served in the Korean War and a 100 Victory ships served in the Vietnam War . Many were sold and became commercial cargo ships and a few commercial passenger ship . Some were laid up the United States Navy reserve fleets and then scrapped or reused . Many saw postwar conversion and various uses for years afterward . The single VC2-M-AP4 Diesel-powered '' Emory Victory '' operated in Alaskan waters for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as '' North Star III '' . AP3 types '' South Bend Victory '' and '' Tuskegee Victory '' were converted in 1957 – 58 to ocean hydrographic surveying ships USNS and , respectively . '' Dutton '' aided in locating the lost hydrogen bomb following the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
Victory ship