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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Boulder (LST-1190)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Lima - Zulu NCLZ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Command US Atlantic Fleet, Certificate of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Guatemalan Earthquake, 2-Cuban Resettlement)

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Laid up at NISMF Philadelphia, PA,, maintenance category B

Boulder is the twelveth ship of the twenty ship Newport tank landing ship class, which replaced the traditional bow door design LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's stern gate and the ship's flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types

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Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)
Draft max forward (fl) 13' 6", max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'
Speed 27 kts. max.
Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted
Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL
Aircraft

flight deck one spot
Armament

As Built

two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

Upgraded

two .25mm chain guns

six .50 cal machine guns

one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)
Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, shaft horsepower 15,000

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 251-C, 8 cylinder generator sets, 750KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	76k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1976		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	70k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) and USS Denebola (AF-56) maintain formation station enroute to Norfolk. The Second Fleet ships participated in national and NATO exercises in northern Europe and returned home 10 December. The year of the photograph is not given, but was probably 1975. Photo by PH1 M.J. Browne, USN. US Navy photo # NH 98412 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.		US Naval Historical Center
	43k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) moored pierside at NAB Little Creek, VA. in summer 1992		Photo by Adam Robison
	91k	Ex-USNS San Diego (T-AFS-6), ex- USS Boulder (LST-1190) and ex-USS Kidd (DDG-993) moored at the Preble Wharf at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in November 1999. Photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner, authors collection.		Robert Hurst

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View the USS Boulder (LST-1190)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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