Ron -- The "Victory" ships were a series of mass produced vessels put into service during the latter years of WWII -- they represented an improvement over the older and slower "Liberty" ships. An alphabetical listing of all 534 "Victory" ships can be found at: http://www.usmm.org/victoryships.html According to this website, ships #36-253 were named for various American cities. The Colby Victory was hull #84, so I would presume that it was named after one of the several U.S. cities named Colby. Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX -------------- Original message from "Ronald Colby" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Does anyone know anything about this WWII ship?? > > V-50 SS COLBY VICTORY > > > Ronald Colby > [email protected] > Kearns, Utah > 801-680-1317