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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Volunteer (American Freighter, 1918).
Served as USS Volunteer (ID # 3242) in 1918-1919
Volunteer, an 7955 gross ton freighter built at Alameda,
California, in 1918 was taken over by the Navy in August of that
year. Placed in commission as USS Volunteer (ID # 3242),
she transported coal from the West Coast to the Philippines, by
way of China, between September and November 1918. Returning via
Hawaii, the steamer transited to Panama Canal and arrived at New
York City in mid-February 1919. She was soon decommissioned and
transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board. After nearly two decades
in that agency's custody, she was sold to a commercial shipping
line in 1937 and operated as SS Volunteer until 1946, then
was sold to a foreign owner and renamed Andalusia.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
freighter Volunteer, which was USS Volunteer (ID
# 3242) in 1918-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 780
SS Volunteer (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, at the time of her
completion, circa mid-1918.
This ship served as as USS Volunteer (ID # 3242) between
August 1918 and February 1919.
Note her pattern camouflage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105616
S.S. Volunteer (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, at the time of her
completion, circa mid-1918.
This ship served as USS Volunteer (ID # 3242) between
August 1918 and February 1919. Note her pattern camouflage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 510 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102365
SS Volunteer (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, at the time of her
completion, circa mid-1918.
This ship was acquired by the Navy on 23 August 1918 and placed
in commission as USS Volunteer (ID # 3242). She was returned
to the U.S. Shipping Board on 27 February 1919.
Note her pattern camouflage.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 530 pixels |
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Page made 22 February 2004
New image added 11 April 2008