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Photo # NH 74664:  USS Celtic circa 1920

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

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

Eleven of the U.S. Navy's WWI era supply ships and refrigerated cargo ships had three hull islands.

To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in four sub-groups, consisting of two multi-ship classes and two single ships.

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 three hull islands, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

ELEVEN 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, Three Raised Hull Islands, and No Paired Kingposts: Baltimore DD 340-foot refrigerated type. (This ship is a sister to the North Pole type below except for her rig)

  • Luella, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Luella, 1917).
    4152 Gross Tons; Length 340'; Breadth 49'

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     USS Luella, 1918:

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    ONE SHIP -- with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, Three Raised Hull Islands, and No Paired Kingposts: Foreign built

  • Celtic, USN 1898-1923 (British built, ex British S.S. Celtic King, 1891).
    3738 Gross Tons; Length 371.7'; Breadth 44.3'

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     USS Celtic, circa 1920:

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    SIX SHIPS -- with One Smokestack, No Single Masts, and Three Raised Hull Islands: Baltimore DD 340-foot refrigerated type. (See also Luella, an early refrigerated ship of this type but with two single masts, and Elinor, another early ship of this type with two single masts but without refrigerated holds. Luella is listed above and Elinor is listed with the cargo ships.)

  • North Pole, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. North Pole, 1918).
    4297 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
  • Polar Bear, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Polar Bear, 1918).
    4130 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
  • Polar Land, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Polar Land, 1918).
    4130 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
  • Polar Sea, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Warrenton, 1918).
    4120 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
  • Polar Star, USN 1919-1919 (ex American S.S. Polar Star, 1918).
    4297 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
  • South Pole, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. South Pole, 1918).
    4116 Gross Tons; Length 340.0'; Breadth 49.0'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS South Pole

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     USS North Pole, 1919:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Polar Bear, 1918:

    Picture Data
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     USS Polar Land, 1919:

    Picture Data
     USS Polar Sea, circa 1918:

    Picture Data
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     USS Polar Star, 1919:

    Picture Data
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    THREE SHIPS -- with One Smokestack, No Single Masts, and Three Raised Hull Islands: Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1063. (Hickman and Morristown, listed with the cargo ships, were sisters except that they did not have refrigerated holds.)

  • Ice King, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Passaic, 1917).
    4715 Gross Tons; Length 377.0'; Breadth 52.0' (refrigerated)
  • Montclair, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Montclair, 1918).
    4773 Gross Tons; Length 377'; Breadth 52' (refrigerated)
  • Muscatine, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Muscatine, 1917).
    4730 Gross Tons; Length 377'; Breadth 52' (refrigerated)

     S.S. Ice King, 1919:

    Picture Data
     USS Montclair, circa 1918:

    Picture Data
     USS Muscatine, 1917:

    Picture Data


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