Bunker Hill, a 4779 gross ton coastal passenger steamship, was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a decade of commercial employment she was acquired by the U.S. Navy in November 1917, renamed Aroostook (ID # 1256) and placed in commission in December of that year. The ship was subsequently converted to a minelayer and had some thirteen years of active Naval service in that role and as an aircraft tender. Laid up in 1931, she was considered for reactivation in 1941 and reclassified as a cargo ship (with the new hull number AK-44), but remained inactive until stricken from the Navy list in February 1943. Reverting to her original name, she was sold for scrapping in 1947.
This page features our only views of the passenger steamer Bunker Hill, which became USS Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44) in 1917.
For images concerning this ship after she entered U.S. Navy
service, see:
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One of the ships in the background of the following photograph is Aroostook (SP-1256), formerly S.S. Bunker Hill. The view was taken after her acquisition by the Navy and renaming, but before much, if any, conversion work had been done:
For images concerning this ship after she entered U.S. Navy
service, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 9 October 2004
New image added 30 November 2004