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North Pole (ID 3791)


Refrigerator Ship: Built in 1918 by the Baltimore Drydock and Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, MD; Acquired by the Navy, 10 January 1919 and commissioned the same day at Baltimore; Decommissioned, 14 April 1919 at Jersey City, NJ and returned to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,540 t.; Length 353' 3"; Beam 49'; Draft 23'; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 90;
Armament unknown.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: North Pole (SP-3791), a refrigerator ship, was built by the Baltimore Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.; taken over by USSB for transfer to the Navy; and commissioned at Baltimore 10 January 1919, Lt. Comdr. Thomas H. McKellum, USNRF, in command.

After refitting, North Pole proceeded to New York, loaded a cargo of beef for the AEF, and sailed for France 2 February 1919. She discharged her cargo at St. Nazaire, departing for home 19 March with a cargo of Navy stores, arriving 5 April.

North Pole decommissioned and was returned to USSB 14 April 1919 at Jersey City, N.J.


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