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Yamhill (ID-3806)
AF-7 Arctic


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)


Arctic Class Stores Ship:
  • Built in 1919 by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA. as Yamhill for the United States Shipping Board (USSB)
  • Acquired by the Navy, 4 November 1921, from USSB
  • Commissioned USS Arctic (AF-7), 7 November 1921, at New York Navy Yard, New York, N.Y.
  • Decommissioned, 3 April 1946, at Pendleton Shipyard, New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 3 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 August 1947, to Southern Shipwrecking Corp
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,100 t.(lt) 12,600 t.(fl)
    Length 415' 6"
    Beam 53'
    Draft 26' 5"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 211
    Cargo Capacity 5,360 DWT
    Armament one 5"/51 gun mount, four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, 8 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion single geared turbine, single shaft, 2,800shp

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    Yamhill (ID-3806)
    Arctic 48k Yamhill (ID-3806) underway in 1918, probably in San Francisco Bay, CA., during her trials.
    US Navy photo # NH 100103 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    USS Arctic (AF-7)
    Arctic 105k Arctic (AF-7) at anchor in 1924
    US Navy photo # 1223 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 62k Arctic (AF-7) moored pierside, circa 1920s, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 75664 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 58k Arctic (AF-7) in harbor, place unknown, circa 1920s.
    US Navy photo # NH 67560 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 73k Arctic (AF-7) at anchor, March 1933, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 753 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 10k Arctic (AF-7) loading out at San Diego, 17 August 1937, in preparation for transporting Marines to China. James D. McGrew
    Arctic 147k Arctic (AF-7) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 25 October 1941, view on board looking forward from the bridge, showing splinter protection recently installed around the ship's forward 3"/50 guns. Note cargo handling booms, bell mounted on the foremast, and paravanes on deck.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25856 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 103k Arctic (AF-7) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 25 October 1941, view on board showing the ship's new bridge structure. Note voice tubes and life ring.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25855 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 126k Arctic (AF-7) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 25 October 1941, view on board looking aft from the midships superstructure, showing splinter protection recently installed around her after 3"/50 guns. Note ventilation cowls.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25854 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 138k Arctic (AF-7) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 27 October 1941, showing splinter protection recently installed around her after 5"/51 and .50 caliber gun positions.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25857 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 99k Arctic (AF-7) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 27 October 1941, showing splinter protection recently installed around her forward gun positions.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25853 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 74k Arctic (AF-7) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, 29 October 1941.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-25858 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 99k Arctic (AF-7) arriving deeply laden at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 1942.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-64746 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Arctic 55k Broadside view of Arctic (AF-7) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 28 April 1943.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 7 3066-43, Navy Photo 3066-43, dated 4/28/43.
    Darryl Baker
    Arctic 50k Bow on view of Arctic (AF-7) at anchor in San Francisco Bay off Naval Station Treasure Island, 28 April 1943. Note San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AF 7 3068-43, Navy Photo 3066-43, dated 4/28/43.
    Darryl Baker
    Arctic 27k Arctic (AF-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy ONI photo, 6 June 1943.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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    DANFS history entry at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association

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