In the 1960s two Victory ships were reactivated and converted to technical research ships by the U.S. Navy with the hull type AGTR. became and SS "Simmons Victory" became . "Liberty" was attacked and severely damaged by Israeli forces in June 1967 and subsequently decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register. "Belmont" was decommissioned and stricken in 1970. "Baton Rouge Victory" was sunk in the Mekong delta by a Viet Cong mine in August 1966 and temporarily blocked the channel to Saigon.