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USS Boulder Victory (AK-227)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Uniform - Romeo
 NXUR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 18 June1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 536) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No.1, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 31 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Boulder Victory (AK-227), 12 October 1944, LCDR. Francis E. Church in command
  • During and following World War II USS Boulder Victory (AK-227) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and performed Occupation duty from 30 October to 10 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 4 January 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 11 January 1946, for disposal
  • Turned over to Parry Navigation Co., for operation by the Maritime Commission, in 1946
  • Inactivated at Wilmington, N.C., in 1947
  • Reactivated for commercial operations by Isbrantsen Co., Inc, in 1951
  • Turned over for commercial operations to American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., date unknown
  • Inactivated in 1953 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, trade out for scrapping, 28 November 1983, to C. J. W. Shipping and Trading Co., scrapped in Kaohsiung circa 1983-1884
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,580 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29' 2"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 12
    Enlisted 87
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Cargo Capacity 7,800 DWT
    non-refrigerated 453,210 Cu ft
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 18,575 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 525psi 750°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    one propeller, 6,000shp
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    Boulder Victory 110k USS Boulder Victory (AK-227) at Ulithi, 9 June 1945, after being drydocked there in USS ABSD-2 to repair mine damage. While departing Kossol Passage in the Palaus on 20 December 1944, Boulder Victory struck a mine that blew a hole 18 by 32 foot in hold number three. The mine failed to detonate her cargo of ammunition and there were no crew injuries.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-334493, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Shipscribe web site
    USS Boulder Victory (AK-227)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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