SS Red Oak Victory

SS Red Oak Victory — a Kagero naval publication

A book title from the naval output of the Kagero publishing house. The real subject here is not a warship but a cargo steamer — and that is a fairly unusual choice among naval literature as well as among models. The item belongs to literature, so what you are buying is a text, not a kit.

On the real subject

The name Red Oak Victory gives the type away by itself: the Victory ships were American cargo steamers built during the Second World War in enormous runs as successors to the older Liberty ships. They were faster, had stronger propulsion and carried names whose second part read precisely Victory. The Red Oak Victory has survived to the present day and is preserved as a museum ship — which makes her a real subject that, unlike most warships, can still be seen with one's own eyes.

Why it is an interesting subject

• a cargo ship is a rare guest in modeling literature, where fighting vessels prevail
• the real subject has survived and still exists
• logistics and supply are a subject only rarely covered in modeling
• usable whatever the scale of the model being built

Who it is for

For modelers looking for an unconventional naval subject, for readers interested in merchant and auxiliary fleets and for collectors of naval literature. The treatment is factual and specialist.

A printed publication, not a model — hence no scale. Check the number of pages, the language and the year of publication in the imprint of the book.