Naval Marine Archive - The Canadian Collection
Library Catalogue Ships database Research Collections Bibliography About us Donate

Refrigerated Cargo Ships

Comments and queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 23 August 2008.

USSB # Original Name Design # Builder Location Yard # Delivery Disposition
Req. War Jupiter/Wheaton   Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD 4175 Nov-18 Later Alaskan 1928, torpedoed and lost 1942
Req. War Whale/Luella   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 82 May-18 Scrapped 1933
Req. North Pole   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 83 Jan-19 Scrapped 1935
Req. South Pole   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 84 Dec-18 Scrapped 1935
Req. Polar Sea   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 86 Oct-18 Scrapped 1935
Req. Polar Land   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 87 Nov-18 Foundered 1919
Req. War Neptune/Polar Bear   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 88 Dec-18 Scrapped 1930
Req. War Venus/Polar Star   Baltimore DD & SB  Baltimore MD 89 Jan-19 Scrapped 1930
145 Oskawa   Moore SB Oakland CA 121 Jan-19 Later Empire Raven 1942, Southern Raven 1948, scrapped 1952
146 Yamhill   Moore SB Oakland CA 122 Sep-18 Later Arctic (AF 7) 1921, scrapped 1946
147 Yaquina   Moore SB Oakland CA 123 Feb-19 Later Boreas (AF 8) 1921, scrapped 1946
148 Guimba   Moore SB Oakland CA 124 Jun-19 Later Empire Merganser 1942, Ketos 1947, exploded and sank 1951
1017 Monasses   Moore SB Oakland CA 131 Jul-19 Later Empire Whimbrel 1942, torpedoed and lost 1943
1019 Cotati   Moore SB Oakland CA 133 Aug-19 Later Empire Avocet 1942, torpedoed and lost 1942
1021 Nockum   Moore SB Oakland CA 135 Dec-19 Later Empire Starling1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
1022 Mehanno   Moore SB Oakland CA 136 Mar-20 Later Yukon (AF 9) 1921, scrapped 1946
  Scandinavic/Muscatine   Standard SB Co.  Shooters Island NY 2 May-18 Later Floridian 1928, Elizabeth 1936, sunk by gunfire 1942
  War Unit/Passaic   Standard SB Co.  Shooters Island NY 3 Jul-18 Later Ice King 1918, Georgian 1928, Hilton 1936, scrapped 1950
  War Speed/Montclair   Standard SB Co.  Shooters Island NY 4 Aug-18 Scrapped 1936

 

These shipbuilding pages are part of an ongoing project; new material and data is added regularly.

Back to Shipbuilding History main page.

 



Naval Marine Archive – The Canadian Collection
205 Main Street, Picton, Ontario, K0K2T0, Canada
Telephone: 1 613 476 1177
E-mail: for comments, queries and suggestions.



Copyright © 2024
Naval Marine Archive
The Canadian Collection™

Revised: 1 March 2023