USS Roamer (AF-19)
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uss-roamer-af-19-236-9613319
title:
USS Roamer (AF-19)
text:
USS Roamer (AF-19) was the Danish refrigerated motorship African Reefer, completed 1935, of the J. Lauritzen shipping company which had put in at Madeira after Germany occupied Denmark. The ship later sailed to a U.S. port on assurances it would be treated equally with U.S. vessels chartered for war purposes. Instead it was seized by the United States Maritime Commission and placed in service under War Shipping Administration (WSA) allotment to commercial, Army transport and finally Navy use at
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Danish motorship, seized by the U.S. navy during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Roamer_(AF-19)
date created:
date modified:
2022-11-11T09:16:00Z
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13
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