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Photo # NH 68729:  USS Bath, circa 1920

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and a Raised Hull Island Forward (Forecastle)

Six of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships (including one built as a passenger ship) had one smokestack, two single masts and a raised hull island forward (forecastle).

To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in two sub-groups, one of foreign built ships and one of a single type built in an American shipyard.

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 and a raised hull island forward (forecastle), plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

SEVEN SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, AND A RAISED HULL ISLAND FORWARD (FORECASTLE), 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.



THREE SHIPS -- Foreign built

  • Bath, USN 1917-1926 (German built, ex German S.S. Andromeda, 1913).
    2554 Gross Tons; Length 329.2'; Breadth 46.2'
  • Bridgeport, USN 1917-1942 (German built, ex German S.S. Breslau, 1901).
    7524 Gross Tons; Length 429.25'; Breadth 52'
    USS Bridgeport became a tender and never served as a Navy cargo ship.
  • Rondo, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Rondo, 1914).
    7549 Gross Tons; Length 450.25'; Breadth 55.75'

     USS Bath, circa 1920:

    Picture Data
     USS Bridgeport, 1917:

    Picture Data
     USS Rondo (on the right), 1918:

    Picture Data


    THREE SHIPS -- Cramp 404-foot type. The transports Santa Malta and Santa Rosa were sisters. All three later served as transports.

  • Santa Barbara, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Barbara, 1916).
    6300 Gross Tons; Length 404.5'; Breadth 53.75'
  • Santa Olivia, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Olivia, 1917).
    6421 Gross Tons; Length 404.6'; Breadth 53.75'
  • Santa Paula, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Santa Paula, 1917).
    6415 Gross Tons; Length 404'; Breadth 53'7'

     S.S. Santa Barbara:

    Picture Data
     USS Santa Olivia, July 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Santa Paula, 1917:

    Picture Data


    ONE SHIP -- 360-foot Passenger-Cargo type built by Cramp and NYSB (see transports for four sisters)

  • Santa Luisa, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Santa Luisa, 1918).
    4944 Gross Tons; Length 360'; Breadth 51.75'

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     S.S. Santa Luisa, 1918:

    Picture Data
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