USS Arctic (AF-7)
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Arctic on 6 May 1924
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| Name: | USS Arctic |
| Laid down: | in 1919 as SS Yamhill |
| Launched: | 1919 |
| Acquired: | 4 November 1921 |
| Commissioned: | USS Arctic (AF-7), 7 November 1921 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 May 1946 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 19 August 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Stores ship |
| Displacement: | 6,100 long tons (6,200 t) (light), 12,600 long tons (12,800 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 415 ft 6 in (126.64 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,800 shp (2,100 kW) |
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| Speed: | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 5,280 long tons (5,360 t) |
| Complement: | 211 |
| Armament: | 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun, 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose guns, 8 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons |
USS Arctic (AF-7) was an Arctic-class stores ship acquired by the United States Navy shortly after World War I, which saw extensive service in World War II. She served in the dangerous Pacific Ocean, delivering food and household items to ships and bases.
Yamhill — a steel-hulled, single-screw freighter built in 1919 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Shipbuilding Co. under a United States Shipping Board contract — was acquired by the navy from the Shipping Board on 4 November 1921 for use as a store ship. Renamed Arctic (AF-7) on 2 November 1921, she was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 7 November 1921, Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Bullock in command.
Assigned to the Base Force, Pacific Fleet, Arctic arrived at San Diego, California on 24 July 1922. For almost 20 years, she served chiefly in the Pacific, operating with the fleet's train. During the second of her two voyages to Hawaiian waters in 1925, she accompanied the fleet on its Australasian cruise to New Zealand and Samoa. Assigned to Train Squadron 2 (TrainRon 2), her yearly operations varied little, with the ship issuing provisions to the Battle Fleet wherever it was operating. Her cruises along the western seaboard of the United States took her to San Diego, San Pedro and San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.
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