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USS Brevard (AK-164)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Golf - Echo
 NEGE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 2 September 1944, as Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2109) at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 18 November 1944
  • Delivered the US Navy and commissioned USS Brevard (AK-164), 19 February 1945, Lt. Paul J. Wild, USNR, in command
  • During and after World War II USS Brevard was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and saw service in China
    USS Brevard (AK-164) holds the Guniess Book of Records for "Most People Rescued at Sea (Civilian)" - On 23
    January 1946 the crew of Brevard, commanded by LT. John Elliott, rescued 4,296 Japanese civilians whose ship,
    Enoshima Maru was sinking after hitting a mine off
    Shanghai, China, See Brevard - Newspaper Article
  • Decommissioned, and returned to the Maritime Commission, 3 July 1946, at Olympia, WA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 5 July 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, 17 March 1947, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for $693,826.00
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1970
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 7,450 t.(fl)
    Length 388' 6"
    Beam 50'
    Draft 29' 2" (limiting)
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 15
    Enlisted 75
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Cargo Capacity 3,945 DWT
    non-refrigerated 227,730 Cu ft
    refrigerated 9,830 Cu ft
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 6,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Nordberg Diesel TSM6 engine
    two Diesel-drive 250Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,750shp
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    Brevard 36k USS Brevard (AK-164) at anchor in the stream on the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 27 October 1945. Jesse Bradford for his Father LTjg J. L. Bradford USS Brevard and LCT-659
    View the USS Brevard (AK-164)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wild, Paul D.19 February 1945 - ?
    02LT. Elliott, John1946
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    No Information Available
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