Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations
Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Staten Island, N.Y.
Requisitioned: 5 ships: Yard nos. 689 and 692-695.
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S.S. Bar Harbor, ex War Trader (Yard no. 694) Pierside soon after being launched on 12 September 1918. Note the sternpost without the rudder and the propeller shaft without the propeller. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-015 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Mariners Harbor, ex War Post (Yard no. 692) Photographed by her builder on 25 May 1918 with a wartime rig of two derrick posts with light topmasts and one radio mast amidships. One of the eight minesweepers built by this yard is astern, probably the first one, USS Tanager (AM-5). Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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S.S. Sag Harbor, ex War Toiler (Yard no. 693) Photographed by her builder on trials on 28 August 1918. She has a conventional two-masted rig. The first ship of this class, War Captain (Yard no. 688), was delivered to the British in July 1917 and wrecked on the French coast on 9 September 1917. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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