The SS Lakeland Victory ship slid down the ways of the Richmond, California shipyard after its christening on July 18, 1945.
The Lakeland Victory was one of a class of cargo ships known as Victory ships that were mass-produced by the United States during World War II to carry troops and supplies to Europe.
The Lakeland Victory did not see service in World War II as it was not placed in service until after the conclusion of the war.
The christening program states it was named in honor of the City of Lakeland, Florida but it is not clear how a ship built in California came to be named for a landlocked city in Central Florida.
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