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USS Boreas (AF-8)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Lima - Mike
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Arctic Class Stores Ship:
  • Built in 1919 as SS Yaquina at Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA. for the United States Shipping Board (USSB)
  • Renamed Boreas, 29 October 1921
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 6 December 1921
  • Laid up in reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard until 1940
  • Commissioned in ordinary, 6 August 1940
  • Converted for Naval service at Todd-Robbins Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Placed in full commission as USS Boreas (AF-8), 24 March 1941, CDR. George M. O'Rear in command
  • During World War II USS Boreas was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 15 February 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in 1946 for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 November 1947, to Patapsco Steel Scrap Co., Bethlehem, PA
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,654 t.(lt) 11,570 t.(fl)
    Length 416' 6"
    Beam 53'
    Draft 26' 5"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 267
    Cargo Capacity 5,360 DWT
    Armament
    two 5"/51 gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 2,800shp
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    Boreas 47k Broadside view of USSBoreas (AF-8) off Mare Island, 6 June 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 8 4161-43, dated 6/6/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Boreas 143k Forward plan view of USS Boreas (AF-8) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 6 June 1943. The floating crane is YD-33 and the cruiser on the opposite pier is USS Minneapolis (CA 36).
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 8 4174-43, dated 6/6/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Boreas 120k Aft plan view of USS Boreas (AF-8) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 6 June 1943. The floating crane is YD-33 and the cruiser on the opposite pier is USS Minneapolis (CA 36).
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 8 4176-43, dated 6/6/43.    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. McFadden, George24 April 1841 - 1942
    02CDR. Davis, Ransom Kirby :RADM1942 - 1943
    03CDR. Burgess, Elwood Eclair1943 - 1944
    04CDR.Taylor, Cyril Echard.1944 - 1945
    05LCDR. Dennis, B. G.1945 - 15 February 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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    Last Updated 18 December 2009