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USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Delta - India
NYDI

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship

Laid down, 16 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract MCV hull 545) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No.1, Richmond, CA.

Launched, 17 November 1944

Commissioned USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236), 11 December 1944, LCDR. Eric H. Petrelius in command

During World War II USS Lakewood Victory was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 28 February to 5 March 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March to 30 June 1945 5th and 3rd Fleet raids on support of Okinawa Gunto operations, 3 to 25 April 1945

Decommissioned, 16 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 16 May 1946

Commercial Service

GAA Prudential SS Corp., 16 May 1946, San Francisco, CA.

Chartered by Pacific Far East Lines, Inc., 9 January 1947, at Suisun Bay

Sudden & Christenson, 15 June 1949

Chartered by Pacific Transportation Lines, Inc., 22 July 1950

GAA Pacific Transportation Lines, Inc., 2 June 1952, at Baltimore, MD.

Laid up, 31 July 1952, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

GAA Wessel, Duval & Co., 31 March 1953, James River

Laid up, 29 September 1953, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group

GAA American Foreign Steamship Co. (MSTS operations), 7 December 1965, Hudson River

Laid up, 24 October 1969, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 24 September 1993

USS Lakewood Victory received two battle stars for her World War II service

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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	92k	*USS Lakewood Victory* (AK-236)** at anchor, probably when she returned to San Francisco in March 1946 after a postwar voyage to the Western Pacific. Her armament had been removed, probably during repair work at Puget Sound in October and November 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 83248		Mike Green

USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236)
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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