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Photo # NH 70471-A: USS Chestnut Hill in 1918

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

WORLD WAR I ERA TANKERS --
with Smokestacks Aft and One Mast

Three of the U.S. Navy's WWI era tankers had their engines and smokestacks aft and one mast.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy tankers with smokestacks aft and one mast, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

THREE SHIPS:


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TWO SHIPS -- Pennsylvania SB/Pusey & Jones 365-foot type

  • Chestnut Hill, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Chestnut Hill, 1917).
    • 4935 Gross Tons, Length 365', Beam 50.7', Comm. 14 Mar 18, Decom. 2 Sep 19, ID # 2526
  • John M. Connelly, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. John M. Connelly, 1917).
    • 4939 Gross Tons, Length 365', Beam 50.7', Comm. 9 May 18, Decom. 18 Jan 19, ID # 2703

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     USS Chestnut Hill, 1918:
     USS John M. Connelly, 1918:

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    ONE SHIP -- Fore River SB type

  • W. L. Steed, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. W. L. Steed, 1918).
    • 6450 Gross Tons, Length 431.8' oa, Beam 56', Comm. 18 Sep 18, Decom. 26 Mar 19, ID # 3449

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     S.S. W. L. Steed, 1918:

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