Roamer II AF-19

Roamer II

(AF-19: dp. 2,550; 1. 318'6"; b. 42'7"; dr. 18'5"; s. 13 k.;
cpl. 41; a. 1 4", 2 20mm., 4 .50 eel. mg.; cl. Bridge)

The second Roamer (AF-19) was built in 1935 as Roamer; by the Maskinbygger Machine & Iron Works, Elsinore Denmark; was taken over by the United States after the fal; ot Denmark; operated by WSA in the Caribbean and South Pacific; acquired by the Navy from WSA under bareboat charter 22 July 1942; and commissioned at Auckland 30 August 1942, Comdr. Maximillian B. De Leshe in command.

The storeship arrived at New Caledonia on 15 SeDtember returned to Auckland, New Zealand, 8 October, and reached F.spiritu Santo 27 December. She continued runs from Auckland to the New Hebrides, and to Guadaleanal, until April 1944. She then stopped at Pago Pago, Tongatabu, Funafuti, Wallis, Tutuila, and Efate.

Returning to Noumea on 2 Mav, she touched at Suva Funafuti, Tutuila, and Tongatabu before returning to Auckland She then proceeded north again to Tutuila, Tongatabu., and Guadaleanal. Returning to Auckland on 2 November, she continued to make runs north from New Zealand for the rest of the war. On 5 September 1945, she departed Auekland for Pearl Harbor and San Francisco.

Returning to the South Pacific in February 1946, Roamer touched at Tutuila, Noumea, Guadaleanal, and Guam, then proceeded on to Tokyo arriving 16 April. Departing Japan 6 days later, Roamer arrived at San Francisco on 7 May 1946 decommissioned and was redelivered to WSA on 14 June 1946 and was struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946.