USS Samaritan in San Francisco Bay, late 1945 or early 1946
Class overview
Builders
American International Shipbuilding
Subclasses
Design 1022 (110)
Design 1024 (12)
Built
5 August 1918 – 29 January 1921
Planned
180
Completed
122
Cancelled
58
Lost
58
General characteristics
Type
Cargo ship (1022)
Troop transport (1024)
Tonnage
7,825 DWT (1022)
Displacement
8,400 tons (12 × 1024)
13,400 tons (12 × 1024)
Installed power
Oil-fired geared turbine 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Speed
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Hog Islanders is the slang for ships built to Emergency Fleet Corporation designs number 1022 and 1024. These vessels were cargo and troop transport ships, respectively, built under government direction and subsidy to address a shortage of ships in the United States Merchant Marine during World War I.[1] American International Shipbuilding, subsidized by the United States Shipping Board, built an emergency shipyard on Hog Island at the site of the present-day Philadelphia International Airport.
No ships were produced in time to participate in World War I, but many ships were active in World War II, with roughly half of those produced at Hog Island being sunk in that conflict. During the planning stage, 120 ship names based on the "aboriginal inhabitants of the United States" were selected by First Lady Edith Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson), although most were changed before completion.[2]
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production mirrored (albeit on a much larger scale) the manufacture of "HogIslander" and similar standardized ship types during World War I. The immensity...
was a Design 1022 HogIslander, built by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at its emergency shipbuilding yard at Hog Island, just outside...
USS Chaumont (AP-5). USS Chaumont, one of twelve 13,400-ton (displacement) Hog Island Type B (Design 1024) transports laid down in November 1918 as SS Shope...
Design 1022 HogIslander that was laid down as Red Jacket in 1918 by the Stone & Webster subsidiary American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island,...
to supplement and replace the World War I vintage vessels, including HogIslander ships, that comprised the bulk of the U.S. Merchant Marine. These old...
commercial service in June 1922; scrapped in July 1932 SS Lebanon (1919), a HogIslander of the Design 1022 type; served in the United States Navy as cargo ship...
built in 1921 by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at Hog Island, Pennsylvania. She was transferred from the Army to the Navy 15 July...
in Alaska. USS Coldbrook 16 June 1942 Also known as USS Colebrook; a HogIslander merchant ship that grounded off Middleton Island. Destination 11 February...
England Cardington, Ohio, a village in the United States SS Cardington, a HogIslander laid down in 1917, launched as SS Jolee This disambiguation page lists...
cargo ship that was built in 1920 by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for the United States Shipping...
billion was used for this end. At Hog Island, the largest shipyard in the world was built, known for the HogIslander. Between 1916 and 1921, 316 tankers...
Marine Academy 4. Empire State I Procyon, American Pilot, Bay State II HogIslander Cargo Ship 1921 1930-1941; 1943-1946 (as American Pilot) New York State...
Roosevelt, and President Jefferson. (see ref #4) SS Liberty Glo was a HogIslander built at the end of World War I, but survived World War II to be scrapped...
that was built in 1920 as the Design 1025 HogIslander Calaumet by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United...
by U-77. Sacandaga was built by American International Shipbuilding Co, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as yard number 494. She was laid down...
feet (120 m) long and 54 feet (16 m) beam. Liberty Glo was the 36th HogIslander built and one of twelve built as "Type B" troop carriers. (Liberty Glo...
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