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Photo # NH 67902:  USS Supply in the early 1900s

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIP TYPES --

WORLD WAR I ERA SUPPLY SHIPS AND REFRIGERATED CARGO SHIPS --
with Fewer than Three Hull Islands

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.


Ships 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)

  • Supply, USN 1898-1921 (Ex American S.S. Illinois, 1874).
    3126 Gross Tons; Length 342.6'; Breadth 43.3'

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     USS Supply:

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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

  • Bridge, USN 1917-1947 (Built by USN, 1917).
    8500 Tons (displacement); Length 400.0'; Breadth 56.2'

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     USS Bridge, 1918:

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    ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, Flush Decks, and Five kingpost pairs: Foreign built.

  • Rappahannock, USN 1917-1933 (German built, ex German S.S. Pommern, 1913).
    6557 Gross Tons; Length 471.2'; Breadth 59.2'

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     USS Rappahannock, 1917:

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    ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Three Single Masts, and a Flush Deck Except for a Short Well Forward: Foreign built

  • Culgoa, USN 1898-1922 (British built, ex British S.S. Culgoa, 1890).
    3325 Gross Tons; Length 335'; Breadth 43'

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     USS Culgoa, 1901:

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    ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Flush Decks Except for a Short Well Forward: Foreign built.

  • Glacier, USN 1898-1922 (British built, ex British S.S. Port Chalmers, 1891).
    4154 Gross Tons; Length 371.1'; Breadth 46.3'

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     USS Glacier, 1919:

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    ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Raised Hull Islands Forward (Forecastle) and Aft (Poop): Foreign built

  • Sagua, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Van der Duyn, 1914).
    3299 Gross Tons; Length 331.1'; Breadth 45'

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     USS Sagua, 1919:

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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.)

  • Oskawa, USN 1919-1919 (ex American S.S. Oskawa, 1918).
    6100 Gross Tons; Length 402.0'; Breadth 53.0'
    NOTE: Three other refrigerated ships of this class were acquired by the Navy from the Shipping Board in 1921. They served through World War II as USS Arctic (AF-7), Boreas (AF-8), and Yukon (AF-9).

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     USS Oskawa, 1918:

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