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SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is managed by the Richmond Library of History and located near the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.”

Wikipedia article SS Red Oak Victory, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Contra Costa County · listed in 2001 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 1500 Dornan Dr, Terminal One, Port of Richmond, Richmond, 94804
  • When was it listed? January 2001
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. West Contra Costa
  • National Register reference number. 00001674 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship), surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

285 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship) between 2005 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined204
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of SS Red Oak Victory (victory ship): 13 occurrences, 8 producers, 5 past producers, 3 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blake Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Richmond MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
United Materials and Richmond Pressed Brick Co.ClayProducer1907
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Untd. Mtrls. & Rchmnd.Prssd.Brck.CoClayPast Producer
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this property

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1998Tornado (F0)Richmond$200,000no account filed
December 2025FloodRichmond-One foot of water was reported on westbound Interstate 580 just east of Canal Boulevard.
November 2025FloodRichmond-The on and offramps from Canal Boulevard to Interstate 580 were flooded.
February 2019FloodRichmond-On ramp from Canal Blvd to I-580 E flooded with 1-1.5 feet of water.
January 2018FloodEast Richmond-WB I80 at Macdonald, lane flooded.
February 2017FloodEast Richmond-One foot of water in Portrero on ramp to I80.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Sheet Metal Shop - Riggers Loft - Paint Shopunder 500 feet2000
Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park0.5 miles2001
Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant0.6 miles1988
ROBERT GRAY (hydrographic survey vessel)1.1 miles2022
Nystrom Elementary School-The Maritime Building1.6 miles2017
Maritime Child Development Center1.7 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001674 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Contra Costa CountyAll 49 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.