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USS Provo Victory (AK-228)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Uniform - Kilo
 NXUK
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 - Philippines Liberation Medal
Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 28 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 537), at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No.1, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 9 September 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 18 October 1944 and commissioned USS Provo Victory (AK-228), LCDR. John Edwin Johansen in command
  • During World War II USS Provo Victory was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 10 April 1946, at Seattle, WA., and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Commercial Service
  • Chartered by the Maritime Commission, 9 May 1947, to Pope and Talbot Inc.
  • Chartered by the Maritime Commission, 26 July 1948, to Luckenbach Steamship Co.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration,15 September 1949, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group
  • Chartered by the Maritime Administration, 12 August 1950, to American Foreign Steamship Corp.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 19 November 1953, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group
  • Final Disposition, 10 February 1984, traded out for scrapping to Nissho-Iwi Corp. Toyko, Japan
    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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    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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