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Photo # NH 65065: S.S. Santa Barbara

U.S. NAVY TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS, 1917-1919

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and a Raised Hull Island Forward (Forecastle)

Five of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships (including one built as a passenger ship) had one smokestack, two single masts and a raised hull island forward (forecastle).

To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in two sub-groups, one of foreign built ships and one of a single type built in an American shipyard.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy cargo ships with one smokestack, two single masts and a raised hull island forward (forecastle), plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

FIVE SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK, TWO SINGLE MASTS, AND A RAISED HULL ISLAND FORWARD (FORECASTLE), subdivided as shown below:


Click the small photographs to prompt a larger view of the same image with a descriptive header.


ONE SHIP -- Foreign built

  • Rondo, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Rondo, 1914).
    • 7549 Gross Tons, Length 450.25', Beam 55.75', Comm. 28 Mar 18, Decom. 20 Jun 19, ID # 2488

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     USS Rondo (on the right), 1918:

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    THREE SHIPS -- Cramp 404-foot type. The transports Santa Malta and Santa Rosa were sisters. All three later served as transports.

  • Santa Barbara, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Barbara, 1916).
    • 6300 Gross Tons, Length 404.5', Beam 53.75', Comm. 19 Apr 18, Decom. 6 Aug 19, ID # 4522
  • Santa Olivia, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Olivia, 1917).
    • 6421 Gross Tons, Length 404.6', Beam 53.75', Comm. 1 Jul 18, Decom. 21 Jul 19, ID # 3125
  • Santa Paula, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Paula, 1917).
    • 6415 Gross Tons, Length 404', Beam 53'7', Comm. 15 Aug 18, Decom. 21 Aug 19, ID # 1590

     S.S. Santa Barbara:
     USS Santa Olivia, July 1918:
     S.S. Santa Paula, 1917:


    ONE SHIP -- 360-foot Passenger-Cargo type built by Cramp and NYSB (see transports for four sisters)

  • Santa Luisa, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Santa Luisa, 1918).
    • 4944 Gross Tons, Length 360', Beam 51.75', Comm. 12 Aug 18, Decom. 9 Dec 18, ID # 2873

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     S.S. Santa Luisa, 1918:

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