page_title: USS Aroostook (CM-3)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Aroostook (CM-3)
caption_attribution_description: Removed caption read: Photo # NH 99617 &#160;&#160;&#160; USS Aroostook in a harbour, during the 1920s USS Aroostook (CM-3) In a harbor during the 1920s, with a PN-type patrol seaplane on her after deck and another moored off her port side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
context_page_description: USS Aroostook was the Eastern Steamship Company's Bunker Hill converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. Bunker Hill was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for passenger service between Boston and New York City. Bunker Hill and her sister ship Massachusetts were among the eight ships acquired by the U.S. Navy in November 1917. The two coastal passenger steamers were converted to minelayers at the Boston Navy Yard.
context_section_description: USS Aroostook (ID-1256/CM-3/AK-44) was the Eastern Steamship Company's Bunker Hill converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage.  Bunker Hill was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for passenger service between Boston and New York City.  Bunker Hill and her sister ship Massachusetts were among the eight ships acquired by the U.S. Navy in November 1917.  The two coastal passenger steamers were converted to minelayers at the Boston Navy Yard.
caption: USS Aroostook in harbor
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