Other Converted "reefer" Ships
The older passenger and refrigerated ships acquired from United Fruit in 1942, USS Pastores (AF-16) and USS Calamares (AF-18) were built in 1912 and 1913 and were of a different class from USS Mizar. They had been requisitioned in World War I and then returned to United Fruit The converted "reefers" USS Uranus (AF-14), USS Roamer (AF-19) and USS Pontiac (AF-20) were former Danish refrigerated ships requisitioned by the US Maritime Commission in 1942.
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