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Richmond’s SS Red Oak Victory hosts World War II reenactment

By Grace Oyenubi | October 13, 2016

The 455-foot SS Red Oak Victory, docked off of Canal Boulevard, is the last surviving of 747 ships built in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards during World War II. Now a museum, the ship was the site of Saturday’s WWII Shipyard Reenactment, held in celebration of Fleet Week. Photo by Grace Oyenubi.

On Saturday, a World War II shipyard reenactment was held on the SS Red Oak Victory docked off of Richmond’s Canal Boulevard.