SS <i>African Comet</i> soon after her arrival at the Tietjen &amp; Lang Dry Dock Co. yard in Hoboken, New Jersey (USA), 10 January 1942, for interim conversion to USS <i>Arthur Middleton</i> (AP-55/APA-25). Although the ship was completed and ran trials as a merchant ship, the U.S. Navy took her over before she could enter mercantile service.
US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA25-p.html">19-N-27716</a>