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USS Orizaba (Yard no. 435) Probably photographed just before completion at the Cramp yard. She was inspected by the Navy on 15 May 1918, commissioned on 27 May 1918, delivered to the EFC on 31 May 1918, and sold by them to the AGWI S.S. Co. on 5 June 1918. She has a wartime rig, in which the topmasts on the two masts were replaced by a single light mast stepped amidships. Her armament of four 5"/51 and four small guns duplicated that assigned to Siboney in February 1918. Orizaba was decommissioned on 5 September 1919 and turned over to the Army for further operation. This photo is from the back of the ship's Navy inspection data card and may date from the inspection. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 101700 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USS Siboney, ex Oriente (Yard no. 434) Photographed in New York harbor by E. Muller Jr. bringing troops after the war. She is still in camouflage and retains her wartime rig. Siboney was delivered to the EFC, sold by them to the AGWI S.S. Co., and commissioned on 8 April 1918. She was decommissioned on 10 September 1919 and, like Orizaba, was turned over to the Army for further operation. She and her sister were among the very few passenger and cargo ships included in the August 1917 Shipping Board requisitions. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 103238-A Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Santa Ana (Yard no. 442) Shown shortly after completion in a photo by Edwin Levick of New York. She was delivered by Cramp to the EFC and simultaneously reconveyed to the Grace Line on 18 January 1918. After a year in the merchant marine the Navy commissioned her as a troopship on 11 February 1919 and used her until 21 July 1919 to assist in postwar troop repatriation. This ship and her five sisters (two more at Cramp and three at New York S.B.) comprised the bulk of the passenger and cargo ships requisitioned by the Shipping Board in August 1917. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 70465 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Santa Luisa (Yard no. 443) This ship was inspected by the Navy on 15 May 1918 with Santa Ana and was delivered to the EFC and simultaneously reconveyed to the Grace Line on 18 May 1918. On 30 July 1918 the Navy Department ordered her acquisition, on 2 August they advised that she was to be used as a cargo instead of a troop transport with future trooping possible, and on 12 August the ship was commissioned. On 5 December 1918 she was ordered returned to the Shipping Board as soon as possible and on 9 December she was decommissioned. She was released to Grace from requisition by the Shipping Board on 18 February 1919. This photo showing the ship in Grace Line colors and with an empty gun platform forward was filed with the ship's Navy inspection data card and may date from that time. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 65063 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Santa Teresa (Yard no. 446) This ship was delivered to the EFC on 15 November 1918 and then served in commission in the Navy as a troop transport from 18 November 1918 to 7 October 1919. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 105864 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Santa Olivia (Yard no. 444) This cargo ship was delivered to the EFC on 31 May 1918 and is probably shown here at the Cramp yard at that time. She was reconveyed to the Grace Line on 1 July 1918 and was commissioned in the Navy on the same day. On 20 December 1918 she was detached from the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force to assist in postwar troop repatriation. See her WWI page. Photo No. None (also NH 100996 at NHHC) Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N |
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USS Santa Olivia (Yard no. 444) The numerous portholes cut in the side of this large freighter indicate that she is shown while operating as a troop transport during the first half of 1919. She was decommissioned on 21 July 1919. Photo No. NH 63242 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Hawaiian, ex Santa Malta (Yard no. 447) Entering a U.S. port on 4 October 1943. She was renamed Hawaiian in 1925. Cramp built a total of ten of these 405-foot cargo ships, starting with Santa Clara (Yard no. 400) in 1913. Eight of them were for the Grace Line. See her WWI page. Photo No. Hawaiian_8434_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8434 |
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S.S. Charles H. Cramp (Yard no. 445) Entering a U.S. port on 8 March 1944. This sister to Santa Olivia was laid down on 3 December 1919, completed in October 1920, and scrapped in 1947. Photo No. CharlesHCramp_5758_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5758 |
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S.S. Henry S. Grove (Yard no. 456) Anchored in a U.S. port on 27 July 1944. This sister to Santa Olivia was laid down around February 1920, completed in February 1921, and scrapped in 1947. Photo No. HenrySGrove_2176_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2176 |
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S.S. Fortune, ex Santa Malta (Yard no. 447) Santa Malta was delivered to the EFC on 16 May 1919 and commissioned the next day in the Navy as a transport to help repatriate troops from Europe. She was decommissioned on 6 November 1919 and converted back to a cargo ship. She was renamed Fortune in 1949 and was scrapped in 1958. Photo No. NH 105653 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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