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USS Storm King (AP-171)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Whiskey - Victor
 NKWV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Storm King Class Transport::
  • Laid down, 20 July 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1346), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 17 September 1943
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 3 December 1943, at Wilmington, N.C.
  • Commissioned USS Storm King (AP-171), 4 December 1943, CAPT. Harold D. Krick in command
  • Converted to a Naval Transport at Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Re-delivered to the US Navy, 10 February 1944
  • During WWII USS Storm King was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 24 June 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 15 to 27 September 1944     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 10 to 17 March 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 22 October 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned and delivered to the Maritime Commission, 6 August 1946, for disposal at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Commission, 30 July 1947, to Grace Line Inc
  • Renamed SS Santa Cruz, 3 September 1947
  • Purchased by Gulf & South America SS Co. Inc., 22 December 1947, renamed SS Gulf Farmer
  • Purchased by Battery Steamship Corp., 1 June 1964, renamed SS Ranger
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 June 1970, to Chou's Iron & Steel Ltd. for scrapping in Taiwan
  • USS Storm King received five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,600 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 6
    Enlisted 250
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 66
    Enlisted 1,513
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity non-refrigerated 100,000 Cu. ft., 3,300DWT
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 8,650 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Electric steam turbine
    two Foster and Wheeler header-type boilers, 450psi 750°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gears
    three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 6,000shp
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    USS Storm King (AP-171)
    Storm King 111k USS Storm King (AP-171) underway, circa 1946, location unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 96685, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Commercial Service
    Storm King 88k Ex-USS Storm King (AP-171) in commercial service as SS Gulf Farmer (Gulf & South America SS Co. Inc.) berthed at Galveston, TX, early 1960s. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Storm King 62k Ex-USS Storm King (AP-171) in commercial service as SS Ranger working cargo during a severe snow storm at Bremerhaven, Germany, February 1966. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Storm King 415k SS Ranger working cargo during an increasingly severe snow storm at Bremerhaven, Germany, February 1966. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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