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USAT Northern Pacific
ex-USS Northern Pacific

Northern Pacific served both the U. S. Navy and Army.
Transport: Laid down 25 September 1913 and completed by William Cramp and Sons, Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA in 1914; Acquired by the Navy 17 September 1917; Commissioned 3 November 1917; Decommissioned 20 August 1919 and transferred to the Army Transport Service; Returned to the United States Shipping Board 22 November 1921; Sold 2 February 1922 to the Pacific Steamship Co.; Destroyed by fire in 1922.

Specifications: Displacement 9,708 t.; Length 525' 8"; Beam 63' 1"; Draft unknown; Speed 23 kts.; Complement 371; Armament four 6", two 1-pounders and two machine guns.

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SS Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific 101k Launching, at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1914.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103277		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 114k In harbor, probably when completed in 1914.
U.S. Navy photo NH 60664		 Naval Historical Center
USS Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific 111k At Hoboken, New Jersey, on 17 June 1918, after being painted in "dazzle" type camouflage. The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road barge Harpers Ferry is in the left foreground.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44753		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 128k Photographed in 1918, while wearing her "dazzle" camouflage.
U.S. Navy photo NH 775		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 141k Underway in 1918, while painted in "dazzle" camouflage.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.
U.S. Navy photo NH 78285		 Naval Historical Center
SC-291 126k c. January 1919
The submarine chaser SC-291 loaded with troops from the stranded Northern Pacific off Fire Island, NY leaving for the military hospitals near New York Harbor.
National Archives photo RG-165WW, Fiche 1184		 Dan Treadwell
Northern Pacific 116k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, in early January 1919, with USS SC-291 off her stern debarking wounded troops, and other ships standing by further offshore. An HS-1 type seaplane is overhead.
Collection of James Lee, USNRF.
U.S. Navy photo NH 1023		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 105k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, in early January 1919. There is a swamped boat on the beach (with letter "C" on its bow), another boat full of men just off Northern Pacific's stern, and destroyers standing by offshore.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44755		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 124k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, after going aground on 1 January 1919. USS SC-294 and several boats are alongside.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44756		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 85k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, after going aground on 1 January 1919. Men are visible on the ship's stern, and in a boat just below. A Curtiss HS-1 type flying boat is overhead.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44757		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 76k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, after going aground on 1 January 1919. Soldiers in the foreground are standing by a breeches buoy, which was used to bring men ashore from the ship after she grounded.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44758		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 60k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, after going aground on 1 January 1919. A destroyer and two other ships are standing by offshore, and a boat is near Northern Pacific's stern. Soldiers in the foreground are examining a beached and swamped boat, which has the letter "C" on its bow.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44759		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 125k Aground off Fire Island, New York, circa 1-18 January 1919. SC-291 or SC-294 is off her starboard quarter. The original print was made by Naval Air Station Rockaway Beach, New York, and is dated 20 February 1919.
Collection of Harry Polunsky. Donated by his grandson, Stephen Polunsky, 1974.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103179		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 124k Stranded off Fire Island, New York, during the first half of January 1919. Several U.S. Navy destroyers and other ships are offshore, engaged in rescue and salvage operations.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103278		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 123k In Drydock # 3 at the New York Navy Yard while undergoing repairs after her 1 January 1919 grounding off Fire Island. She was in drydock from 11 February to 10 May 1919. Note that the ship's armament has been removed. She has been partially repainted, but some of her World War I "dazzle" camouflage pattern is still visible on her forward superstructure.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44747		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 136k In Drydock # 3 while under repair at the New York Navy Yard, circa February-May 1919. Northern Pacific had been damaged in an accidental grounding off Fire Island, N.Y., on 1 January 1919.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44751		 Naval Historical Center
Northern Pacific 136k Panoramic photograph by Head-Mayberry, New York, showing the ship being assisted by U.S. Army tugs upon her arrival in New York Harbor while bringing U.S. service personnel home from Europe, circa mid-1919.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104732		 Robert Hurst
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