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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Bridge'' (1916)|hullno=AF-1
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|launch=18 May, 1916{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 135}}
|comm=2 June, 1917{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 135}}
|decomm=27 June, 1946
|strick=
|fatedate=22 December, 1947{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 295}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Bridge''''' was a [[Stores Ship|stores ship]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

==Construction==
Authorized in 1913.  ''Bridge'' was the first refrigerated cargo ship purpose-built for the Navy.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 135}}

''Bridge'' was launched on 18 May, 1916 at the [[Boston Navy Yard]], sponsored by Mrs. Granville Searcy Fleece, a grandniece of the ship's namesake, {{CdreUS}} Horatio Bridge.

==Service==
''Bridge'' was commissioned on 2 June, 1917 with {{LCommUS}} [[William King Riddle|William K. Riddle]] in command. Following her commissioning, ''Bridge'' was used to carry provisions to the fleet and shore stations.

When the United States entered the [[First World War]] in 1917, ''Bridge'' was assigned to the [[Naval Overseas Transportation Service]].  Between 1917 and the summer of 1918 she made four transatlantic voyages.

On 1 July 1918, while at New York, she was assigned to the Train, Atlantic Fleet, and operated between New York, York River, and the Chesapeake.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=William King Riddle|nick=William K. Riddle|appt=2 June, 1917|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=David Lyons|nick=David Lyons|appt=1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 18-19}}|end=July, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 20-21}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Philip McCullough|nick=Richard P. McCullough|appt=25 September, 1923{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 22-23}}|end=after 1 January, 1925{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 22-23}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Carroll Soule, Jr.|nick=Charles C. Soule, Jr.|appt=before 1 January, 1930{{USOfficerReg1930|pp. 16, 17}}|end=mid 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Harlan Shaw|nick=Charles H. Shaw|appt=24 June, 1930{{USOfficerReg1931|pp. 20-21}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 135}}
* four 5-inch/50 caliber
* one 3-inch/50 caliber AA gun 

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bridge_(AF-1)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
* {{SilverstoneWW2}}
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{{CatShipTransport|US}}



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