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Green Island (YFB-32)

1942–1945

An island at the head of Blue Hill Bay, Maine, across from Mount Desert Island.

(YFB-32: displacement 167; length 117'; beam 24'; draft 8'9"; speed 9 knots)

The wooden steam ferryboat Aucocisco was built in 1897 at South Portland, Maine, by South Portland Shipbuilding Co., and was acquired on 3 April 1942 from Casco Bay Lines, Inc., of Portland. She was placed in service in the First Naval District on 5 May 1942 at Portland, designated as a ferryboat, YFB-32, and renamed Green Island.


Green Island
Caption: Green Island underway in Portland harbor, 1 August 1942, the sailors working topside a useful yardstick to this vessel’s size. (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships Photograph 19 LCM collection, BS 31828, National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Division, College Park, Md.)

Used to transport fleet liberty parties in Casco Bay, Maine, Green Island continued in service until returned to her former owner on 18 December 1945. Her name was stricken from the Navy Register on 20 March 1946. She continued to serve as Aucocisco until 1952-1953.

Updated, Robert J. Cressman

11 May 2021

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Published: Wed May 12 10:04:45 EDT 2021