Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations
Samuel L. Moore & Sons (later Bethlehem), Elizabethport, N.J.
Requisitioned: 2 cargo ships and 1 tanker: Yard nos. 115-117.
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S.S. Plainfield (Yard nos. 115/2115) Being launched on 17 April 1918. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-009 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Garfield (Yard nos. 116/2116) Being launched on 4 July 1918 before a holiday crowd. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-049 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Garfield (Yard nos. 116/2116) After launching on 4 July 1918. According to Lloyds reports the rig of these ships consisted of "wooden masts on top of king posts for wireless apparatus only." For handling cargo they probably had short kingpost pairs fore and aft. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-119 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Mary Weems, ex Plainfield (Yard nos. 115/2115) Plainfield was totally rebuilt after the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co. (the Weems Line) bought her in 1922 from the Shipping Board for their passenger service between Philadelphia and Miami and renamed her Mary Weems. From a company post card. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. North Sea, ex Plainfield (Yard nos. 115/2115) At dock on 31 October 1936, probably at Vancouver, B.C. Photograph by Walter E. Frost. Photo No. AM1506-S3-2 CVA 447-2511 Source: City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost fonds. |
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S.S. Cacique, ex Garfield (Yard nos. 116/2116) Entering a U.S. port on 21 October 1941. Photo No. Cacique_869_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/869 |
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S.S. Cacique, ex Garfield (Yard nos. 116/2116) Entering a U.S. port on 23 April 1942. The pair of kingposts aft is probably original, with the crossbar and topmast added after the war. The foremast was probably a postwar modification. Photo No. Cacique_869_007 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/869 |
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S.S. North Sea, ex Plainfield (Yard nos. 115/2115) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 27 February 1943. Photo No. 80-G-79616 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-80-G) |
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S.S. Kewanee (Yard nos. 117/2117) In U.S. coastal waters circa 1941. Photo from Coast Guard files. Photo No. Kewanee_2870_009 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2870 |
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S.S. Kewanee (Yard nos. 117/2117) Photographed on 23 June 1943 by a blimp from ZP-22 based at Houma, La. Photo No. 80-G-271914 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-80-G) |
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