For other ships with the same name, see SS Georgian.
USS Ice King (ID # 3160), a refrigerated cargo ship wearing pattern camouflage, probably photographed around 19 June 1918
History
United States
Name
USS Ice King
Namesake
Name Passaic changed to Ice King to prevent confusion
Owner
Cunard Steamship Company
Builder
Standard Shipbuilding Company, Shooters Island, New York
Laid down
date unknown
Launched
as War Unit 22 December 1917
Christened
as War Unit; renamed Passaic while under construction
Completed
1918
Acquired
by Navy 2 July 1918
Commissioned
as USS Ice King 5 July 1918 at Brooklyn, New York
Decommissioned
26 May 1919
Maiden voyage
Nova Scotia on 18 July 1918 to Bordeaux, France, on 5 August
Renamed
renamed Ice King shortly before commissioning
Stricken
circa 26 May 1919
Fate
Returned to the U.S. Shipping Board for service until laid up in 1923; scrapped in 1950 at Wilmington, Delaware
Notes
Subsequently entered merchant service as Georgian and later as Hilton, for A. H. Bull Lines
General characteristics
Type
refrigerated cargo ship
Tonnage
4,715 gross tons
Displacement
10,562 tons
Length
392' 6"
Beam
52'
Draft
23' 8"
Propulsion
not known
Speed
10 knots
Complement
86 officers and enlisted
Armament
one 3-inch gun mount
one 5-inch gun mount
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