USS Boulder Victory
USS Boulder Victory (AK-227) at Ulithi, 9 June 1945, after being drydocked there in USS ABSD-2 to repair mine damage. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Boulder Victory |
| Namesake | City of Boulder, Colorado |
| Ordered | as a Type VC2-S-AP2 hull, MCV hull 536 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
| Yard number | 536 |
| Laid down | 18 June 1944 |
| Launched | 31 August 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Elsa Maxwell |
| Commissioned | 12 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 January 1946 |
| Stricken | 21 January 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | American Campaign Medal |
| Fate | Scrapped 24 February 1984 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Boulder Victory-class cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 7,607 GRT |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) |
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| Complement | 99 officers and enlisted |
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USS Boulder Victory (AK-227) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired by the US Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of 20 ships in her class. She carried ammunition into the Pacific Ocean war zone and, on 20 December 1944 at Manus Island, New Guinea, she struck a naval mine and suffered a very large hole in her side.
Her ammunition did not explode due to the sudden inrush of seawater; however, her operations were somewhat limited after that event and post-war she returned to the United States for disposal by the Navy and a continued maritime career.