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Photo # NH 99329:  S.S. Rijnland in 1918

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 Amidships (Bridge Island)

Four of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts and a raised hull island amidships (bridge island).

All of the vessels of this configuration were foreign built.

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 amidships (bridge island), plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

FOUR SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, AND A RAISED HULL ISLAND AMIDSHIPS (BRIDGE ISLAND):


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.



FOUR SHIPS -- Foreign built

  • Batjan, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Batjan, 1913).
    6232 Gross Tons; Length 400'; Breadth 53.4'
  • Hercules (later Canton), USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Hercules, 1913).
    2286 Gross Tons; Length 326.75'; Breadth 45.1'
  • Rijnland, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Rijnland, 1900).
    5421 Gross Tons; Length 389.3'; Breadth 51.2'
  • Soestdijk, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Soestdijk, 1901).
    6445 Gross Tons; Length 400.3; Breadth 52.1'

     S.S. Batjan, 1917:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Hercules, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Rijnland, 1918:

    Picture Data
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     USS Soestdijk, 1919:

    Picture Data
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