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USS Newcastle Victory (AK-233)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Alpha - India
 NYAI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 542) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No.1, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 17 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Newcastle Victory (AK-233), 23 November 1944, LCDR. J. D. Edwards, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Newcastle Victory was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 21 June 1946, at New York, N.Y.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 21 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Commercial Service
  • GAA Union Sulphur Co., Communipaw, N, J,, 21 June 1946
  • GAA Pacific Atlantic SS Co., 1 October 1945, New York
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR., 28 October 1947
  • GAA Pacific Atlantic SS Co., 7 August 1950, Astoria, OR.
  • Chartered by Pacific Atlantic SS. Co., 29 August 1950
  • GAA Pacific Atlantic SS Co., 20 October 1961, Portland, OR.
  • Laid up, 21 September 1953, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • GAA United States Lines Co., (MSTS operations) 8 December 1965
  • Laid up, 19 January 1970, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in India, 17 January 1992
    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 steam turbine
    two Foster Wheeler header-type boilers, 525psi 750°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 6,000shp.
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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