Ed Decter produced the film Fargo.
-RCB-. |  -RCB-. The SS Brown Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program .. Victory-class. Victory ship. World War II. World War II. Emergency Shipbuilding program. Emergency Shipbuilding program. The SS Brown Victory -LRB- MCV-712 -RRB- , was a type VC2-S-AP2 victory ship built by Oregon Shipbuilding Company Portland .. Oregon Shipbuilding Company. Oregon Shipbuilding Company. Portland. Portland, Oregon. The Maritime Administration cargo ship was the 171th ship built .. Maritime Administration. Maritime Administration. Its keel was laid on February 25 , 1945 .. The ship was christened on May 2 , 1945 .. The SS Brown Victory was an armed cargo ship , named for Brown University one of 150 educational institutions that had Victory ships named after them .. Brown University. Brown University. She was commissioned February 23 , 1945 at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards .. The 10,600 ton ship was the 171th Victory type ship constructed for the Maritime Commission .. She was operated by the Alaska Packers Company under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration .. United States Merchant Marine. United States Merchant Marine. War Shipping Administration. War Shipping Administration. Victory ships were designed to replace the earlier Liberty Ships .. Liberty ships were designed to be used just for WW2 .. Victory ships were designed to last longer and serve the US Navy after the war .. US Navy. US Navy. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were  : faster , longer and wider , taller , a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised forecastle .. superstructure. superstructure. forecastle. forecastle