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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. John T. 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

Merchant Service

General Agency Agreement Union Sulphur Co., Communipaw, N, J,, 21 June 1946

General Agency Agreement Pacific Atlantic SS Co., 1 October 1945, New York

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR., 28 October 1947

General Agency Agreement Pacific Atlantic SS Co., 7 August 1950, Astoria, OR.

Chartered by Pacific Atlantic SS. Co., 29 August 1950

General Agency Agreement 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.

General Agency Agreement 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, donated to the US Merchant Marine Academy as a fund raiser. Sold via broker in New York for scrapping at Alang, India, 17 January 1992, removed from the Reserve Fleet anchorage and delivered to buyer at Newport News, VA.

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
USS Newcastle Victory (AK-233)
0913023302	96k	*USS Newcastle Victory* (AK-233)** underway, circa 1945, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No. NH 89189	Mike Green
Merchant Service
	85k	Ex-*USS Newcastle Victory* (AK-233)** in merchant service as SS Newcastle Victory, moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Newcastle Victory (AK-233)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Edwards, John Thomas, USNR	23 November 1944 - 20 September 1945
02	LCDR. Fisher, Hubert Wayne, USNR	20 September 1945 - 21 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
MARAD Vessel History Database
USS Newcastle Victory (AK-233) War Diary 23 Nov 1944 - 29 May 1945 and History

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