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U.S. NAVY TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS, 1917-1919
WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, Three Raised Hull Islands, and No Paired Kingposts
Thirty-one of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts, three raised hull islands, and no paired kingposts.
To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in seven sub-groups, some containing ships of essentially identical design ("sister ships"), while others consist of quite different designs. The latter are further subdivided as to whether they were built in the United States or abroad.
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, three raised hull islands, and no paired kingposts, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.
Ships in this group:
THIRTY-ONE SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK, TWO SINGLE MASTS, THREE RAISED HULL ISLANDS, AND NO PAIRED KINGPOSTS, subdivided as shown below:
Click the small photographs to prompt a larger view of the same image with a descriptive header.
EIGHTEEN SHIPS -- Foreign built
Ausable, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch Ausable, 1901).
3153 Gross Tons, Length 317.7', Beam 48.6', Comm. 1 Oct 18, Decom. 15 Apr 19, ID # 1631
Carolinian, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Southerner, 1906).
4170 Gross Tons, Length 359.8', Beam 50.2, Comm. 5 Oct 18, Decom. 22 Mar 19, ID # 1445
Craster Hall, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Craster Hall, 1909).
4319 Gross Tons, Length 380', Beam 50', Comm. 9 May 18, Decom. 5 Feb 19, ID # 1486
Dochra, USN 1917-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Dochra, 1906).
4309 Gross Tons, Length 376' oa, Beam 51', Comm. 21 Oct 17, Decom. 10 May 19, ID # 1758
Drechterland, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Drechterland, 1903).
3935 Gross Tons, Length 366', Beam 46.7', Comm. 29 Mar 18, Decom. 12 Jul 19, ID # 2793
Eastern Chief, USN 1918-1919 (Japanese built, ex American S.S. Eastern Chief, 1917).
4660 Gross Tons, Length 458' oa, Beam 51', Comm. 27 Sep 18, Decom. 29 May 19, ID # 3390
Guantanamo, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Guantanamo, 1910).
3292 Gross Tons, Length 350.1', Beam 46.4', Comm. 21 May 18, Decom. 25 Jan 19, ID # 1637
Keresaspa, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Franconia, 1903).
4637 Gross Tons, Length 360.7', Beam 48', Comm. 31 Oct 18, Decom. 11 Feb 19, ID # 1484
Kermanshah, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Himalaia, 1910).
4948 Gross Tons, Length 390', Beam 52.4', Comm. 3 Aug 18, Decom. 5 Mar 19, ID # 1473
Kerowlee, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Campania, 1901).
3550 Gross Tons, Length 341.2', Beam 46.7', Comm. 17 Oct 18, Decom. 11 Aug 19, No ID #
Malang, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Malang, 1898).
3526 Gross Tons, Length 332.4', Beam 44', Comm. 2 Apr 18, Decom. 7 May 19, ID # 2623
Moldegaard, USN 1918-1919 (Norwegian built, ex Norwegian S.S. Moldegaard, 1906).
2852 Gross Tons, Length 321.1', Beam 45.2', Comm. 30 Oct 18, Decom. 16 Sep 19, ID # 4324
Munwood, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Munwood, 1914).
3190 Gross Tons, Length 345', Beam 48', Comm. 26 Oct 18, Decom. 3 Mar 19, ID # 4460
Randwijk, USN 1918-1918 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Randwijk, 1912).
2401 Gross Tons, Length 287.3', Beam 45.2', Comm. 2 Apr 18, Decom. 23 Apr 18, ID # 2546
Santa Rosalia, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Santa Rosalia, 1911).
5409 Gross Tons, Length 406', Beam 52.5', Comm. 20 May 18, Decom. 26 Jun 19, ID # 1503
Sherman (later Durham), USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Chilean S.S. Gobernador Bories, 1893).
4725 Gross Tons, Length 400.25', Beam 45.25', Comm. 30 Aug 18, Decom. 29 Apr 19, ID # 3345
St. Francis, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. San Francisco, 1914).
5102 Gross Tons, Length 405', Beam 52', Comm. 25 Jun 18, Decom. 28 Apr 19, ID # 1557
Tanamo, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Tanamo, 1914).
3299 Gross Tons, Length 331.1', Beam 45.2', Comm. 13 Aug 18, Decom. 24 Apr 19, ID # 2176
FIVE SHIPS --Miscellaneous American built.
Californian, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Californian, 1900).
5658 Gross Tons, Length 413', Beam 51', Comm. 14 May 18, Lost 22 Jun 18, No ID #
Elinor, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Elinor, 1917).
4280 Gross Tons, Length 339.25' wl, Beam 49.1', Comm. 20 Mar 18, Decom. 26 Apr 19, ID # 2465
Pleiades, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Pleiades, 1900).
3753 Gross Tons, Length 331.4', Beam 47', Comm. 27 Aug 18, Decom. 18 Mar 19, ID # 1616
Robert M. Thompson, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Robert M. Thompson, 1912).
2458 Gross Tons, Length 247', Beam 43.6', Comm. 30 Aug 18, Decom. 14 Feb 19, ID # 3319
Saetia, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Saetia, 1917).
2873 Gross Tons, Length 310', Beam 48.25', Comm. 1 Mar 18, Lost 9 Nov 18, ID # 2317
THREE SHIPS -- Delaware River Iron SB 406-foot type
American, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. American, 1900).
5650 Gross Tons, Length 406.7', Beam 51.1', Comm. 25 May 18, Decom. 14 Mar 19, ID # 2292
Hawaiian, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Hawaiian, 1900).
5670 Gross Tons, Length 406.7', Beam 51.1', Comm. 10 Aug 18, Decom. 21 Mar 19, ID # 3277
No image has been located of USS Hawaiian
Oregonian, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Oregonian, 1901).
5648 Gross Tons, Length 406', Beam 51.1', Comm. 17 Aug 18, Decom. 16 Apr 19, ID # 1323
FOUR SHIPS -- Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1001 (wooden hulls)
Alpaco, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Alpaco, 1918).
2551 Gross Tons, Length 268.0', Beam 45.2', Comm. 18 Nov 18, Decom. 19 Dec 18, No ID #
Banago, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Banago, 1918).
2551 Gross Tons, Length 268', Beam 46', Comm. 29 Sep 18, Decom. 21 Dec 18, ID # 3810
Baxley, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Baxley, 1918).
2551 Gross Tons, Length 268', Beam 46', Comm. 1 Oct 18, Decom. 2 Dec 18, ID # 4449
Pascagoula, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Pascagoula, 1918).
2550 Gross Tons, Length 268.0 pp, Beam 45.2', Comm. 4 Oct 18, Decom. 21 Dec 18, No ID #
ONE SHIP -- Precursor to Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1043
Major Wheeler, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Major Wheeler, 1918).
3431 Gross Tons, Length 305.0', Beam 46.0', Comm. 8 Oct 18, Decom. 19 May 19, ID # 3637
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