Some 36 Victory ships continued in service and served in the Korean War and a 100 Victory ships served in the Vietnam War. Many were sold and became commercial cargo ships and a few commercial passenger ship. Some were laid up the United States Navy reserve fleets and then scrapped or reused. Many saw postwar conversion and various uses for years afterward. The single VC2-M-AP4 Diesel-powered "Emory Victory" operated in Alaskan waters for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as "North Star III". AP3 types "South Bend Victory" and "Tuskegee Victory" were converted in 1957–58 to ocean hydrographic surveying ships USNS and , respectively. "Dutton" aided in locating the lost hydrogen bomb following the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash.