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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
S.S. Ockenfels (American, ex-German, Freighter, 1910).
Renamed Pequot in 1917.
Served as USS Pequot (ID # 2998) in 1918-1919
S.S. Ockenfels, a 12,500 ton (displacement) freighter,
was built in 1910 at Geestemünde, Germany, for commercial
employment under the German flag. When World War I made the high
seas unsafe for German shipping, she took refuge at New York,
remaining there until the United States entered the conflict in
April 1917. Ockenfels was then seized by the U.S. Government
and became part of the American merchant marine. Soon renamed
Pequot, she was civilian operated until late October 1918,
when the Navy took her over and placed her in commission as USS
Pequot (ID # 2998). She was assigned to the Naval Overseas
Transportation Service and used to carry general cargo during
the next eight months. Pequot was returned to the U.S.
Shipping Board in July 1919.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
freighter Ockenfels, which was renamed Pequot in
1917 and was USS Pequot (ID # 2998) in 1918-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 546
S.S. Ockenfels
(American Freighter, formerly the German S.S. Ockenfels
of 1910)
View looking forward over the ship's forecastle, 28 June 1917.
Note 3"/50 gun mounted on the forecastle deck's starboard
side. Though not in commissioned U.S. Navy service, Ockenfels
is flying a Navy jack at her bow, perhaps to signify that Navy
armed guard personnel are manning her guns.
This ship served as USS Pequot (ID # 2998) in 1918-1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41712
S.S. Ockenfels (American Freighter, formerly the German
S.S. Ockenfels of 1910)
Sailors boresighting a 3"/50 gun mounted on board the ship,
circa 1917.
This ship later served as USS Pequot (ID # 2998).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 104698
USS Pequot (ID # 2998)
Ship's Officers and Crew pose on and in front of her superstructure
face, while she was at Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 23 February
1919.
The original photograph was printed on post card stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Page made 26 November 2005
New image added 15 April 2007