ALBERT M BOE T-AKV 6

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Albert M. Boe Class Aircraft Transport
    Keel Laid 11 July 1945 as Liberty Ship SS Albert M. Boe
    Launched 26 September 1945
    Completed and delivered to the WSA 30 October 1945 for charter
    Returned to MARCOM 15 November 1946
    Withdrawn from reserve and assigned to the War Department 17 February 1947

  1. USAT ALBERT M. BOE
    Commissioned by the US Army 1947
    Decommissioned by the Army and acquired by the US Navy 1 March 1950

  2. USNS ALBERT M. BOE T-AKV-6
    Placed in Service with MSTS 1950
    Placed out of Service 1 December 1953

    Transferred to MARAD 22 January 1954
    Struck from the Naval Register 11 March 1954
    Sold for non-transportation use 19 August 1964
    Converted to a floating cannery in February 1965 renamed SS Star of Kodiak
    Last reported to be in use as a permanent in place fish processing plant

Naval Covers

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  1. USNS Albert M. Boe T-AKV-6 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Locy Type
2
Branch 17009
Pusan, Korea

1951-10-16

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USNS ALBERT M. BOE earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Albert M. Boe was serving as chief engineer of the United States Army interisland freighter FS-214 when that ship's starboard engine exploded on 13 April 1945. Staying in the engine room to shut off the stricken ship's engines, despite severe burns which caused his death, Boe saved his ship and the lives of his shipmates whom he had ordered topside, and earned the posthumous award of the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. (The decoration is the highest award which can be bestowed upon members of that service and is the service’s equivalent of the Medal of Honor.)

 

 

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