Hog Islanders is the slang for ships built to Emergency Fleet Corporation designs number 1022 and 1024. These vessels were cargo and troop transport ships...
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slices of bread. This became known as the "Hog Island" sandwich; hence, the "hoagie". Fort Mifflin Hog Islander Hog Island Cranes Netzlof, Robert T. (7 March...
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Look up hog island in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hog Island may refer to: Hog Island (Tasmania) Former name of Paradise Island Hog Island (North...
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production mirrored (albeit on a much larger scale) the manufacture of "Hog Islander" and similar standardized ship types during World War I. The immensity...
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SS City of Flint (1919) (category Hog Islanders)
was a cargo ship of a type known colloquially as a Hog Islander, due to it being built at the Hog Island Shipyard, Philadelphia by American International...
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USS Wright (AV-1) (category Hog Islanders)
longer used. Originally the unnamed "hull no. 680", the ship was laid down at Hog Island, Pennsylvania by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation...
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SS Robin Moor (category Hog Islanders)
was a Design 1022 Hog Islander, built by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at its emergency shipbuilding yard at Hog Island, just outside...
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Type R ship T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship Victory ship Hog Islander U.S. Merchant Marine Academy shipbuildinghistory.com shipbuildinghistory...
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USS Vega (AK-17) (category Hog Islanders)
her dangerous cargo. Since the Japanese were after bigger game, the "Hog Islander" and her vital cargo emerged from the attack unscathed. Vega remained...
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USS Samaritan (category Hog Islanders)
USS Chaumont (AP-5). USS Chaumont, one of twelve 13,400-ton (displacement) Hog Island Type B (Design 1024) transports laid down in November 1918 as SS Shope...
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USS Sirius (AK-15) (category Hog Islanders)
built in 1918 and 1919 by the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania as SS Saluda . She was acquired from the War Shipping...
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Marine Academy 4. Empire State I Procyon, American Pilot, Bay State II Hog Islander Cargo Ship 1921 1930-1941; 1943-1946 (as American Pilot) New York State...
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to supplement and replace the World War I vintage vessels, including Hog Islander ships, that comprised the bulk of the U.S. Merchant Marine. These old...
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England Cardington, Ohio, a village in the United States SS Cardington, a Hog Islander laid down in 1917, launched as SS Jolee This disambiguation page lists...
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commercial service in June 1922; scrapped in July 1932 SS Lebanon (1919), a Hog Islander of the Design 1022 type; served in the United States Navy as cargo ship...
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billion was used for this end. At Hog Island, the largest shipyard in the world was built, known for the Hog Islander. Between 1916 and 1921, 316 tankers...
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SS Liberty Glo (category Hog Islanders)
feet (120 m) long and 54 feet (16 m) beam. Liberty Glo was the 36th Hog Islander built and one of twelve built as "Type B" troop carriers. (Liberty Glo...
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USAT St. Mihiel (category Hog Islanders)
Shipping Board by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at Hog Island, Pennsylvania. The ship was operated from 1922 until mid-1940 as USAT...
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USS Antares (AG-10) (category Hog Islanders)
v t e Ships ordered from American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built Calaumet Capillo Capulin Cardington Cardonia...
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USS Capella (AK-13) (category Hog Islanders)
in 1920 as Comerant by American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Hog Island, Pennsylvania, under a Shipping Board contract; acquired by the Navy...
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Roosevelt, and President Jefferson. (see ref #4) SS Liberty Glo was a Hog Islander built at the end of World War I, but survived World War II to be scrapped...
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Design 1022 Hog Islander that was laid down as Red Jacket in 1918 by the Stone & Webster subsidiary American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island,...
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USS Procyon (AG-11) (category Hog Islanders)
Procyon was built in 1919 by the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania, and launched as the SS Shaume; taken over by the Navy...
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island year-round, the higher number in summer. The SS Coldbrook was a Hog Islander merchant ship, built in 1919, that grounded off Middleton Island in 1942...
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USS Argonne (AS-10) (category Hog Islanders)
States Shipping Board contract by the International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania, for the United States Department of War. Named Argonne...
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USS Spica (AK-16) (category Hog Islanders)
cargo ship built in 1919, by American International Shipbuilding Corp. at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, was acquired by the Navy from the United States Shipping...
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Oriente being examples. The Board's construction program, most notably the Hog Islander ships, was executed through the Emergency Fleet Corporation, which it...
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SS Jolee (category Hog Islanders)
cargo ship that was built in 1920 by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for the United States Shipping...
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in Alaska. USS Coldbrook 16 June 1942 Also known as USS Colebrook; a Hog Islander merchant ship that grounded off Middleton Island. Destination 11 February...
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SS Mary Luckenbach (1918) (category Hog Islanders)
completed the following year by the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania as USS Sac City (ID-3861). The U.S. Navy commissioned...
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