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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 1918 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 Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 100103.	US Naval Historical Center
	119k	*SS Yamhill* (ID#3806)** at her builders yard, 25 November 1918. She looks complete but was not delivered until 7 February 1919. The mast near the smokestack was a wartime replacement for the topmasts on the two principal masts and, like the pattern camouflage, was intended to make it more difficult for attacking submarines to get fire control solutions. US National Archives, RG-32-S, Photo No. None, courtesy Shipscribe.com./font>	Mike Green
USS Arctic (AF-7)
	85k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor in 1922, location unknown. US Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York photo.	Darryl Baker
09060727	110k	Post Card photo of *USS Arctic* (AF-7) at anchor, 22 February 1924, San Pedro, CA., showing general mess holiday menu for George Washington"s Birthday. Photo sans menu** US Navy photo	David Wright
	362k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor in 1924, location unknown. US Navy photo # 1223 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	122k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor, Melbourne, Australia during 1925 fleet visit. Photo by the late Allan Greene	Chris Howell
	62k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** moored pierside, circa 1920s, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75664, Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.	US Naval Historical Center
	403k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** in harbor, location unknown, circa 1920s. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 67560, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.	Jim Kurrasch Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center
	73k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7)** at anchor, March 1922, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 753.	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
09060722.	288k	*USS Arctic* (AF-7) moored pierside at Naval Supply Center San Diego, 23 August 1937. Arctic is transferring her supplies to US Navy Barge YC-279, which will carry them to USS Marblehead (CL-12) which will convoy Marines on their passage to China, where they have been ordered aid in the protection of Americans and American property. Note US Navy Barge YC-366 in the foreground loaded with supplies ready to be towed to Marblehead. Astern of Arctic** is a US Coast Guard Tahoma class cutter. Wide World New Photo # LOS69196	David Wright
	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.
09060729	149k	Three images and a cruise chart (all as one panoramic print) of *USS Arctic* (AF-7)** in World War II, circa 1945. Two photos show sails rigged to increase speed while homeward bound from Japan in 1945. Chart shows her World War II cruises. U.S Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # S 553-B.	Robert Hurst

USS Arctic Ship's Crew List and Menus Contributed by Darryl Baker
1937 Christmas Dinner Menu Crew List	4th of July 1939 Dinner Menu Cover	1939 Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Cover	1939 Christmas Dinner Menu Cover

USS Arctic (AF-7)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Bullock, Charles Herbert, USN	7 November 1921 - 5 September 1922
02	CDR. Frucht, Max Mike, USN	5 September 1922 - 20 December 1924
03	CDR. Ghent, Daniel Throckmorton, USN (1903)	20 December 1924 - 19 September 1925
04	CDR. Ferguson, John Norwood, USN (1905)	19 September 1925 - 10 March 1926
05	CDR. Gaddis, William Peace, USN (1905)	10 March 1926 - 3 December 1927
06	CDR. Fitch, Aubrey Wray (Jake), USN (1906) :ADM	3 December 1927 - 10 July 1929
07	CAPT. McCullough, Richard Philip, USN (1904)	10 July 1929 - 8 May 1930
08	CDR. Rees, Albert Shaffner, USN (1906)	8 May 1930 - 18 June 1932
09	CAPT. Riebe, Herbert Bernhard, USN (1906)	18 June 1932 - 26 April 1935
10	CDR. DeMott, Max Burke, USN (1909)	26 April 1935 - 28 March 1936
11	CDR. Riggs, Ralph Smith, USN (1918) :VADM	28 March 1936 - 6 June 1939
12	LCDR. Wellings, Augustus Joseph, USN (1920) :RADM	6 June 1939 - 1 July 1940
13	CDR. Biggs, Burton Beeche, USN (1921a) :RADM	1 July 1940 - 12 July 1941
14	CDR. Olsen, Clarence Edward, USN (1919) :RADM	12 July 1941 - 9 May 1942
15	CDR. Stuart, Luther Bradford, USN (1922)	9 May 1942 - 16 September 1943
16	LCDR. Frasier, Charles R., USNR	16 September 1943 - 22 November 1944
17	LCDR. Fischer, Alfred A., USNR	22 November 1944 - 17 January 1945
18	LT. Wearing, Frank W., USNR	17 January 1945 - 17 February 1945
19	LCDR. Peterson, Lars Oscar, USN	17 February 1945 - 3 April 1946


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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