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USS Arctic (AF-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Foxtrot - Romeo NAFR

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 SS Yamhill for the United States Shipping Board (USSB)

Assigned ID#3806 by the US Navy

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., LCDR. Charles H. Bullock in command.

During World War II USS Arctic was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Arctic was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 18 November t o18 December 1945

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 416' 10"
Beam 53' 2"
Draft 26' 5"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement

Officers 20

Enlisted 248
Largest Boom Capacity 7 t.
Cargo Capacity 3,170 DWT

Non-Refrigerated 90,977 Cu ft

Refrigerated 153,956 Cu ft
Armament

one single 5"/51 cal gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity NSFO 9,850 Bbls
Propulsion

one Fletcher-Parsons geared turbine engine

four Heine boilers, 225psi 450°

double Falk Main Reduction Gears

Ship's Service Generators

two turbo-drive 75Kw 120V D.C.

one turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 2,800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
SS Yamhill
	48k	SS Yamhill 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)
	85k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor in 1922, location unknown. US Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York photo.	Darryl Baker
	105k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor in 1924 US Navy photo # 1223 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	122k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor, Melbourne, Australia during 1925 fleet visit. Photo by the late Allan Greene	Chris Howell, SOUTHLAND SHIP STORES LIMITED, Port of BLUFF, NEW ZEALAND
	62k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** moored pierside, circa 1920s, location 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
	58k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** in harbor, location 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
	73k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor, March 1933, location unknown. US Navy photo # NH 753 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	95k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** engineers, circa 1932-36. "X" in back row F1/c / MM2/c John W. Miller	Jack W. Miller, EMC Ret., for his father John W. Miller USS Arctic
	10k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** loading out at San Diego, 17 August 1937, in preparation for transporting Marines to China.	James D. McGrew
	147k	*USS 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
	103k	*USS 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
	126k	*USS 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
	138k	*USS 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
	99k	*USS 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
	74k	*USS 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
	99k	*USS 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
	55k	Broadside view of *USS 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
	50k	Bow on view of *USS 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
	76k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor in San Francisco Bay off Naval Station Treasure Island, 28 April 1943. Photo from San Francisco NARA, Mare Island Navy Yard Ship Files.	Tracy White
	27k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo, 6 June 1943.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS Arctic (AF-7)
DANFS history entry at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Bullock, Charles Herbert	7 November 1921 - 5 September 1922
02	CDR. Frucht, Max M.	5 September 1922 - 3 Msrch 1924
03	CDR. Ferguson, John Norwood	3 March 1924 - 16 January 1926
04	CDR. Gaddis, William Peace	16 January 1926 - 2 May 1927
05	CDR. Fitch, Aubrey Wray (Jake) :ADM	2 May 1927 - 17 July 1928
06	CAPT. McCullough, Richard Philip	17 July 1928 - 8 May 1930
07	CDR. Riebe, Herbert Bernhard	1932 - ?
08	CDR. DeMott, Max Burke	1936 - ?
09	CDR. Riggs, Ralph Smith :VADM	1938 - ?
10	LCDR. Wellings, Augustus Joseph :RADM	1939 - May 1940
11	CDR. Biggs, Burton Beeche :VADM	May 1940 - July 1941
12	CDR. Olsen, Clarence Edward :RADM	July 1941 - May 1942
13	CDR. Stuart, Luther Bradford	May 1942 - 1943
14	LCDR. Frasier, C. R.	1943 - 1944
15	LCDR. Fischer, A. A.	1944 - 1945
16	LCDR. Peterson, Lars Oscar	1945 - ?


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