Seven of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had fewer than three hull islands. Each had different characteristics and is listed separately. Three had flush decks with different numbers of kingpost pairs, two were flush decked except for a short well forward, and two had two hull islands, a forecastle and a poop. One of these ships had three masts, the others had the usual two. One, built in the 1870s, was the Navy's last non-refrigerated supply 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 with fewer than three hull islands, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.
SEVEN SHIPS, subdivided as shown below:
Click each ship name to access that ship's complete Online Library entry.
Click the small photographs to prompt a larger view of the same image, and the words "Picture Data" to access the Picture Data Sheet for that image.
ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, a Flush Deck, and No Kingpost Pairs: American built (not refrigerated)
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, Flush Decks, and One kingpost pair forward of the bridge: Built by the Navy
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, Flush Decks, and Five kingpost pairs: Foreign built.
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Three Single Masts, and a Flush Deck Except for a Short Well Forward: Foreign built
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Flush Decks Except for a Short Well Forward: Foreign built.
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Raised Hull Islands Forward (Forecastle) and Aft (Poop): Foreign built
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ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Raised Hull Islands Forward (Forecastle) and Aft (Poop): Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1015. (Nine ships of this type that did not have refrigerated holds are listed with the cargo ships.)
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 1 January 2008