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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Cape May (ID # 3520), 1918-1919
Originally, and later, S.S. Cape May (American Freighter,
1918)
Cape May, a 6867 gross ton (14,495-tons displacement)
freighter, was built in 1918 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, for
the United States Shipping Board. Upon completion she was transferred
to the Navy and placed in commission as USS Cape May (ID
# 3520) in October 1918, a few weeks before the Armistice ended
the First World War's fighting. The ship made one round-trip voyage
between the East Coast and France between November 1918 and January
1919. Upon arrival back in the U.S., she was converted to a troop transport and made
two more trips bringing American veterans home from the former
European war zone. USS Cape May was decommissioned in late
August 1919 and returned to the Shipping Board. Later operated
by the Matson Navigation Company under the name Maliko,
the ship was sold to a Hong Kong firm in 1947 and renamed Shahin.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Cape May (ID # 3520) and the merchant steamship of that
name. .
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 796
USS Cape May (ID # 3520)
Off the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sparrows Point,
Maryland, on 8 November 1918.
Note her pattern camouflage scheme.
This photograph was received from the U.S. Shipping Board in
1929.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103560
USS Cape May (ID # 3520)
Arriving at the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, with troops
on board, after a voyage from France in 1919.
The harbor passenger steamer Ursula is in the foreground.
Probably photographed from on board USS Santa Paula (ID
# 1590).
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103561
USS Cape May (ID # 3520)
Arriving at the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, with troops
on board, after a voyage from France in 1919.
The harbor passenger steamer Ursula is in the foreground.
Probably photographed from on board USS Santa Paula (ID
# 1590).
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105909
S.S. Cape May (American freighter, 1918)
In merchant service between 1919 and 1926.
This ship served as USS Cape May from October 1918 to
August 1919.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 28 December 2004
New image added 16 December 2008