USS Boulder (LST 1190)

- decommissioned -

Named after the city in Colorado, the USS BOULDER was the 12^th NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Decommissioned on February 28, 1994, the BOULDER is since then berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Penn.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: July 15, 1966
	Keel laid: September 6, 1969
	Launched: April 22, 1970
	Commissioned: April 1, 1971
	Decommissioned: February 28, 1994
	Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif.
	Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster
	Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw
	Length: 522 feet (159 meters)
	Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters)
	Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters)
	Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 8500 tons
	Speed: 20 knots
	Aircraft: helicopter platform only
	Armament: one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 3-inch/.50-caliber guns
	Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BOULDER. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS BOULDER:

Date	Where	Events
September 12, 1988	off Norway	USS BOULDER runs aground off the coast of Norway during exercise Teamwork '88 due to bad weather or unchartered underwater obstructions. The ship suffers some major scrapes and tears in the bottom of the hull.

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USS BOULDER Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by me on November 7, 2008, and show the BOULDER laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

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