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U.S.S. BOULDER

(LST-1190)

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USS BOULDER (LST-1190 ) - a Newport class tank landing ship

In Commission 1971 to 1994

LST-1190 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1969-Keel Date: 6 SEP 1969
at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
NOV1969- Shellback Initiation - 11 NOV 1969 - Pacific Ocean
APR1970-Launch Date: 22 APR 1970
JUN1971-Commissioned: 4 JUN 1971
JUL1971- Shellback Initiation - 1 JUL 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1971- Shellback Initiation - 10 JUL 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1971-Shellback Initiation - 16 JUL 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1971-Shellback Initiation - 1 JUL 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1971-JUL1971Panama Canal
JUL1971-SEP1971Guantanamo Bay
JAN1972-FEB1972phila navy yard
APR1972-APR1972Caribbean
AUG1972-JAN1973Mediterranean
AUG1973-NOV1973Mediterranean
AUG1974-FEB1975Egypt Reopening of Suez Canal - Operation Nimbus Moon
DEC1974-Shellback Initiation - 12 DEC 1974 - Atlantic Ocean
DEC1974- Shellback Initiation - 12 DEC 1974 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1978-JAN1978Mediterranean
MAY1980-JUN1980Mariel Boat lift
AUG1980-DEC1980TEAMWORK 80 nato
JUN1982-AUG1982Northern Wedding
NOV1986-Shellback Initiation - 8 NOV 1986 - Atlantic Ocean
SEP1987-SEP1987Guantanamo Bay
AUG1988-NOV1988North Atlantic
MAY1989-AUG1989Great Lakes
JUN1992-AUG1992Great Lakes
FEB1994-Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1994

LST-1190 General Specifications

Class: Newport class tank landing ship

Named for: Boulder

Complement: 14 Officers and 210 Enlisted

Displacement: 5190 tons

Length: 522 feet

Beam: 70 feet

Flank Speed: 20+ knots