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USS Beaverhead (AK-161)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Foxtrot - Sierra
NEFS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 15 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2106) at Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Richmond, No. 4 Yard, Richmond CA.

Launched, 2 September 1944

Acquired by the US Navy 3 January 1945,

Commissioned USS Beaverhead (AK-161), 3 January 1945, LCDR. Olin F. Weymouth, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Beaverhead was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 8 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 13 March 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946

Merchant Service

Sold for merchant service by the Maritime Commission, 28 March 1947, to Koninklikje Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mj's, Amsterdam, reflagged Dutch, renamed MV Hera

Sold in 1963, renamed MV Omar Express

Converted in 1967 by Avondale Shipyards, Avondale, LA. to a self-unloading cement carrier, renamed MV Cementos Ponce

Renamed MV Vanessa in 1976

Final Disposition, scrapped at Veracruz, Mexico between 1982 and 1984

Specifications:
Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 7,450 t.(fl)
Length 338' 8"
Beam 50'
Draft 21' 1"
Speed 11.5 kts.

Complement

Officers 15

Enlisted 70

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Cargo Capacity 3,945 DWT

refrigerated 9,830 Cu ft

non-refrigerated 227,730 Cu ft

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

six single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 6,300 Bbls

Propulsion

one Nordberg Diesel, TSM 6 engine

two Diesel-drive 250Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 1,750shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Beaverhead (AK-161)
	54k	*USS Beaverhead* (AK-161)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Merchant Service
	48k	Ex-*USS Beaverhead* (AK-161)** Dutch flagged, in merchant service as the Koninklikje Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mj's MV Hera, enroute to Bremen, Germany, on the Weser River, May 1961. While under the Dutch flag MV Hera operated in the Netherlands - Caribbean trade for 15 consecutive years, sometimes transiting the Panama Canal, ongoing to Peruvian ports.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	84k	MV Hera underway circa 1960 in the North Sea Channel from Amsterdam to Ijmuiden.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
0913016104	79k	MV Hera underway, date and location unknown.	Dirk Dijksman
0913016105	99k	MV Hera underway, date and location unknown.	Dirk Dijksman

USS Beaverhead (AK-161)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Weymouth, Olin Franklin, USNR	3 January 1945 - 8 March 1946


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