Editing Reefer ship (section)

===World War II===
[[File:USS Mizar (AF-12) departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 8 February 1946.jpg|thumb|250px|{{USS|Mizar|AF-12|6}}, formerly the [[United Fruit Company|United Fruit Co]]'s SS ''Quirigua'']]
The {{sclass|Mizar|stores ship}}s were six United Fruit passenger and refrigerated cargo liners built in 1931–1933 that the [[United States Maritime Commission]] requisitioned in 1941–1942. They were [[SS Antigua|USS ''Antigua'']], {{USS|Ariel|AF-22|6}}, {{USS|Merak|AF-21|6}}, {{USS|Mizar|AF-12|6}}, {{USS|Talamanca|AF-15|6}} and {{USS|Tarazed|AF-13|6}}. ''Antigua'', although requisitioned, was never commissioned into the Navy. United States Maritime Commission [[Type R ship]] were Reefer ships.

In April 1943, the Navy also requisitioned SS ''Ulua'' from the United Fruit Co.  After US navy officers boarded the ship and took possession as it approached the Golden Gate Bridge, the ship became the {{USS|Octans|AF-26|6}}. It was the last of the UFC 'reefer' ships to be taken over.<ref>{{cite book |title=Under the Southern Cross: A Petty Officer's Chronicle of the USS Octans |first=Kenneth G. |last=Oliver |year=1995 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/undersoutherncro0000oliv/page/20 20–21] |isbn=978-0899509990 |publisher=McFarland & Company |url=https://archive.org/details/undersoutherncro0000oliv/page/20 }}</ref>

Other reefers converted for US Navy use were the Danish ships {{USS|Pontiac|AF-20|6}}, {{USS|Roamer|AF-19|6}} and {{USS|Uranus|AF-14|6}}.

In addition, the US Maritime Commission ordered 41 new refrigerated ships for the Navy. Because of the difficulty of building refrigerated ships only two were delivered in 1944. 26 were delivered in 1945 and the remainder in 1946–1948.<ref name=ShipbuildingHistory/>