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Photo # NH 105235: S.S. Tivives before World War I

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

WORLD WAR I ERA SUPPLY SHIPS AND REFRIGERATED CARGO SHIPS --
of the Passenger-Cargo Type

Four of the U.S. Navy's WWI era supply ships and refrigerated cargo ships were of the passenger-cargo type. They fall into two groups, a class of three near sisters and one single ship.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy supply ships and refrigerated cargo ships of the passenger-cargo type, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

FOUR SHIPS, subdivided as shown below:


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


THREE SHIPS -- Passenger-Cargo Type: Foreign built, United Fruit 378-foot, 5,000-ton type

  • Carrillo, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Carrillo, 1911).
    • 5012 Gross Tons, Length 378.7', Beam 50.25'', Comm. 16 Sep 18, Decom. 8 May 19, ID # 1406
  • Sixaola, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Sixaola, 1911).
    • 5017 Gross Tons, Length 378.7', Beam 50.3'', Comm. 25 Sep 18, Decom. 12 Jun 19, ID # 2777
  • Tivives, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Tivives, 1911).
    • 5017 Gross Tons, Length 378.7', Beam 50.3'', Comm. 5 Jul 18, Decom. 25 Apr 19, ID # 4521

     S.S. Carrillo, circa 1918:
     USS Sixaola, 1918:
     S.S. Tivives:


    ONE SHIP -- Passenger-Cargo Type: Foreign built

  • Moccasin, USN 1918-1919 (German built, ex German S.S. Prinz Joachim, 1903).
    • 4760 Gross Tons, Length 370.7', Beam 45.2', Comm. 26 Feb 18, Decom. 2 Jun 19, ID # 1322

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     S.S. Moccasin, 1917:

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