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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Contributed by Al Grazevich

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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Final Disposition, On 16 March 2022 ex-Boulder (LST-1190) was removed from the Philadelphia NISMF for scrapping in Brownsville.

Boulder was the twelfth 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
1016119011	373k	Boulder (LST-1190) at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. shipyard pier, 13, San Diego, CA., in April 1971. In the background, fitting out, are two other Landing Ship Tank, including: Fairfax County (LST-1193). US National Archives, Photo # USN 1147824, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives		Mike Green
	490k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) at Genoa, Italy, 15 October 1972.		Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	56k	Overhead view of USS Boulder (LST-1190) underway, date and location unknown.		Tommy Trampp
1016119015	129k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) following in the wake of dock landing ship USS Ponce (LPD-15), as seen from USS Coronado (LPD-11), in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation "Northern European Merger," in September-December 1975. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # USN 1165891		Robert Hurst
	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 History and Heritage Command
	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.
1016119021	129k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) beached while landing vehicles, 1986. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Boulder (LST-1190) 1986 cruise book		Robert Hurst
1016119019	255k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) underway with the stern door open during exercise "Ocean Venture '84", 20 April 1984. US National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier (NAID) 6408903, (DefenseImagery photo # DN-ST-86-02281)		Robert Hurst
1016119018	263k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) anchored off the coast of Puerto Rico during exercise "Ocean Venture '88", 30 March 1988. US National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier (NAID) 6449218 (DefenseImagery photo # DM-57-90-10206)		Robert Hurst
	229k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) under way in the roadstead, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA., 1 August 1990. US Navy photo # DN-SN-93-03404		Robert Hurst
	43k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) moored pierside at NAB Little Creek, VA. in summer 1992		Photo by Adam Robison
	61k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) under way possibly in Canadian waters, date and location unknown. US Navy photos.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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	93k	USS Boulder (LST-1190) under way off Long Beach, CA., date unknown. US Navy photo.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1016119013	613k	Boulder (LST-1190) outbound to sea passing over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, date unknown. ©Nobe Smith.		Nicholas Tiberio
1016119014	281k	Boulder (LST-1190) outbound to sea exiting Chesapeake Bay at Norfolk, VA., date unknown. ©Nobe Smith.		Nicholas Tiberio
1016119017	188k	Ex-USS Newport (LST-1179) Ex-USS Manitowoc (LST-1180) Ex-USS Sumter (LST-1181) Ex-USS Boulder (LST-1190) and Ex-USS El Paso (LKA-117)‎, Ex-USS Charleston (LKA-113), laid up in reserve in the Norfolk Naval Ship, 8 October 1994. U.S. DefenseImagery photo # DN-SC-95-01401 a U.S. Navy photo by Don S. Montgomery		Robert Hurst
	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
1016119016	183k	Ex-USS Boulder (LST-1190) Ex-USS Mobile (LKA-115)‎, Ex-USS Charleston (LKA-113) and Ex-USS El Paso (LKA-117) laid up in reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA., 21 October 2017. Photo courtesy of Chuck Homler		Robert Hurst
1016119020	98k	Ex-USS Boulder (LST-1190) moored in the Reserve Fleet at the disestablished Philadelphia Navy Yard, 16 February 2019. Photo courtesy of Charles Homler d/b/a FocusOnWildlife		Robert Hurst

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For more photos and information about USS Boulder, see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Welcome Aboard pamphlet, circa 1984-86 The USS LST Ship Memorial LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Troutman Jr., Burl Abraham	4 June 1971 - 23 September 1972
02	CDR. Jerns, Robert Lee	23 September 1972 - 12 July 1974
03	CDR. Maher, Daniel Richard	12 July 1974 - 15 July 1976
04	CDR. Hinchy, Frank Thomas	15 July 1976 - 27 June 1978
05	CDR. Efird, William Alexander	27 June 1978 - 7 June 1980
06	CDR. Murray, Michael Arthur, USN (USNA 1964)	7 June 1980 - 28 May 1982
07	CDR. Cablk, Steven Richard, USN	28 May 1982 - 18 February 1984
08	CDR. Powers, Robert Lawrence, USN (USNA 1964)	18 February 1984 - 18 April 1984
09	CDR. McKenna, Nicholas Vincent	18 April 1984 - 28 June 1986
10	CDR. Kreft, Robert John	28 June 1986 - 28 July 1988
11	CDR. Schalk, John Edeard	28 July 1988 - 28 September 1988
12	CDR. Ertel, Gregory William, USN (USNA 1970)	28 September 1988 - 13 October 1990
13	CDR. Marvin, George Rowe	13 October 1990 - 30 July 1992
14	CDR. Tjepkema, Russell Peter	30 July 1992 - 28 February 1994

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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