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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Boreas''''' was one of three [[Arctic Class Stores Ship (1918)|''Arctic'' Class stores ships]] | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Boreas''''' was one of three [[Arctic Class Stores Ship (1918)|''Arctic'' Class stores ships]] acquired by the [[U.S. Navy]] | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Boreas'' was built for the [[United States Shipping Board]] as S.S. ''Yaquina'' in 1919 by the Moore Shipbuilding Company in Oakland, California. She was renamed ''Boreas'' on 29 October, 1921 and acquired by the U.S. Navy on 6 December, 1921. She was however immediately laid up in reserve at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], not to see active service until immediately before World War II. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Boreas''" nat=US> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Boreas''" nat="US"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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| U.S.S. Boreas (1918) | |
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| Hull Number: | AF-8 |
| Builder: | Moore SB[1] |
| Purchased: | 6 Dec, 1921[2] |
| Laid down: | 19 Mar, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 4 Jul, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 6 Aug, 1940[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 15 Feb, 1946[6] |
| Sold: | 18 Jul, 1946[7] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Boreas was one of three Arctic Class stores ships acquired by the U.S. Navy
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Boreas was built for the United States Shipping Board as S.S. Yaquina in 1919 by the Moore Shipbuilding Company in Oakland, California. She was renamed Boreas on 29 October, 1921 and acquired by the U.S. Navy on 6 December, 1921. She was however immediately laid up in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, not to see active service until immediately before World War II.
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