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USS Alcor (AK-259)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Zulu - Zulu
NEZZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon)

Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 28 February 1944, as SS Rockland Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 101), at Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland OR.

Launched, 29 April 1944

Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 19 May 1944

Operated during World War II by Waterman SS. Co, for the War Shipping Administration, from 19 May 1944 to 15 August 1946

Chartered to Marine Operating Co., 15 August 1946 to 31 January 1947

Chartered to States Marine Corp., 31 January to 26 February 1947

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C., 2 April 1948

Under contract to SC Atlantic SS. Co., 20 September to 22 November 1950

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Lee Hall, VA., 22 November 1950:

Acquired by the US Navy, 16 July 1951

Converted to a Navy Cargo Ship at Ira S. Bushy and Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Commissioned USS Alcor (AK-259), 1 March 1952, CDR. Harry A. Long in command

Title transfer to the US Navy, 31 May 1956

Decommissioned, 30 December 1968, at Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 December 1968

Title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 7 January 1970

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 January 1970, to Lotti S.p.A., La Speza, Italy

Specifications:
Displacement 15,580 t.(fl)
Length 455'
Beam 62'
Draft 29' 2"
Speed 15.5 kts
Complement 145
Armament eight 40MM AA guns
Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
Cargo Capacity, 7,800 DWT

non-refrigerated 453,210 Cu ft.
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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
88k	*USS Alcor* (AK-259)** underway at Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta., date unknown.	Richard Leonhardt
522k	The British submarine HMS Sprat is loaded aboard *USS Alcor* (AK-259), 24 June 1958, at Portsmouth, England, for a trip to Norfolk, VA., for work with the American navy. The Sprat** was one of Britian's midget submarines. Photo source AP WirePhoto.	Tommy Trampp
38k	*USS Alcor* (AK-259)** underway, circa 1953, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
60k	*USS Alcor* (AK-259)** moored at Yokosuka, Japan, fall 1959	Photo by Derick S. Hartshorn
115k	Ex-*USS Alcor* (AK-259)** at Gibalter in 1970 bound for the breakers yard Lotti S.p.A., La Speza, Italy. Photo by Mike Lennon. Photo courtesy Shipspotting.com site.	Tommy Trampp
1336k	Ex-*USS Alcor* (AK-259)** in the breakers yard, Lotti S.p.A., La Speza, Italy, 28 May 1970, while being dismantled.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli

USS Alcor (AK-259)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Long, Harry A.	1 March 1952 - ?
05	CDR. Woodward, Lamar Lee	no dates


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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