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UNITED STATES NAVY
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
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USS Radnor (ID # 3023), 1918-1919.
Originally S.S. Radnor (American Freighter, 1918)
USS Radnor, a 10,000-ton (displacement) cargo ship and troop transport, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1918 as a 7699 gross ton commercial freighter. She was originally named War Indian, but was completed as Radnor, turned over to the Navy at that time and placed in commission in May 1918. The ship spent the rest of World War I, and some months afterwards, as a unit of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, making one round-trip voyage to Chile and two to France. In March 1919 Radnor was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force, converted to a troop transport, and brought home nearly 5900 veterans during the next several months.
Radnor was decommissioned in October 1919. Turned over the the U.S. Shipping Board, she subsequently had a long commercial career. She was renamed Jacob Luckenbach in 1930, Tung Ping in 1947, Pacific Dragon in 1950 and Oceanic Justice in 1955. In 1959 the now very elderly freighter was scrapped in Japan.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views that are available concerning USS Radnor (ID # 3023) and the civilian freighter Radnor of 1918.
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Photo #: NH 104802 USS Radnor (ID # 3023) In port, 1919. Note the men on stages, painting her hull forward and amidships. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 104496 USS Radnor (ID # 3023) Leaving port after embarking homeward-bound troops, 1919. Probably photographed at American Bassens, France. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 570 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 104495 USS Radnor (ID # 3023) Embarking troops for passage home, 1919. Probably photographed at American Bassens, France. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 555 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 65070 S.S. Radnor (American Freighter, 1918) Afloat immediately after launching, at the Sun Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania, circa early 1918. Originally named War Indian, this ship served as USS Radnor (ID # 3023) between May 1918 and October 1919. Photographed by J.E. Green, Chester, Pennsylvania. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 500 pixels |
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