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Photo # NH 101960: USS Kerlew circa 1918

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
of Unknown Configuration

We have been unable to determine the configuration of twenty-four of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships. Ships will be moved out of this category as additional information becomes available.

These vessels have been placed in three sub-groups: foreign built, Japanese built (purchased by the U. S. Shipping Board before completion), and American built.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy cargo ships of unknown configuration, plus a photograph of each ship in this group if available.


Ships in this group:

TWENTY-THREE SHIPS OF UNKNOWN CONFIGURATION, 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.



SIXTEEN SHIPS -- Foreign built.

  • Antilla, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Antilla, 1904).
    3668 Gross Tons; Length 358' oa; Breadth 45'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Antilla.
  • Artigas, USN 1918-1919 (German built, ex German S.S. Wiegand, 1911).
    4849 Gross Tons; Length 399.2'; Breadth 53.6'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Artigas.
  • Ausable, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch Ausable, 1901).
    3153 Gross Tons; Length 317.7'; Breadth 48.6'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Ausable.
  • Charlton Hall, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Charlton Hall, 1907).
    4749 Gross Tons; Length 400'; Breadth 50'
  • Constantia, USN 1918-1918 (British built, ex German S.S. Constantia, 1890).
    3026 Gross Tons; Length 339.4'; Breadth 41.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Constantina.
  • Frederick Luckenbach, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Frederick Luckenbach, 1888).
    2903 Gross Tons; Length 317.4'; Breadth 40.2'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Frederick Luckenbach.
  • Guantanamo, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Guantanamo, 1910).
    3292 Gross Tons; Length 350.1'; Breadth 46.4'
  • Kerkenna, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Borneo, 1900).
    3621 Gross Tons; Length 330.75' wl; Breadth 45.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Kerkenna.
  • Kerlew, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Virginia, 1906).
    3563 Gross Tons; Length 326'; Breadth 41.75'
  • Kerwood, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Budapest, 1911).
    3661 Gross Tons; Length 331'; Breadth 48.3'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Kerwood.
  • Lydia, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Szell Kalman, 1902).
    3905 Gross Tons; Length 366' oa; Breadth 48.2'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Lydia.
  • Mauban, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Mauban, 1900).
    1253 Gross Tons; Length 230.0'; Breadth 34.4'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Mauban.
  • Samarinda, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Samarinda, 1912).
    6825 Gross Tons; Length 430.25'; Breadth 55.25'
  • Santiago, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Santiago, 1906).
    3490 Gross Tons; Length 358.0'; Breadth 44.9'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Santiago.
  • Teresa, USN 1917-1919 (British built, ex Austrian S.S. Teresa, 1900).
    3769 Gross Tons; Length 344.5' oa; Breadth 49.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Teresa.
  • Winnebago, USN 1918-1918 (British built, ex Norwegian S.S. Haugarland, 1900).
    4362 Gross Tons; Length 360.6'; Breadth 48.2'

     S.S. Charlton Hall, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Guantanamo, 1917:

    Picture Data
     USS Kerlew, circa 1918:

    Picture Data

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     S.S. Samarinda, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Winnebago, 1918:

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    FOUR SHIPS -- Japanese built

  • Argonne, USN 1918-1919 (Japanese built, ex American S.S. Argonne, 1916).
    5870 Gross Tons; Length 385'; Breadth 51'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Argonne.
  • Eastern Light, USN 1918-1919 (Japanese built, ex American S.S. Eastern Light, 1918).
    7056 Gross Tons; Length 416.0'; Breadth 33.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Eastern Light.
  • Eastern Shore, USN 1918-1919 (Japanese built, ex American S.S. Eastern Shore, 1918).
    6731 Gross Tons; Length 425'; Breadth 53.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Eastern Shore.
  • Eastport, USN 1918-1919 (Japanese built, ex American S.S. Eastport, 1918).
    4381 Gross Tons; Length 345' oa; Breadth 49.7'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Eastport.


    THREE SHIPS -- Miscellaneous American built

  • Auburn, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Auburn, 1918).
    6047 Gross Tons; Length 401.0'; Breadth 54.0'
  • Indianapolis, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Indianapolis, 1918).
    8164 Gross Tons; Length 439.5'; Breadth 60.0'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Indianapolis.
  • Sudbury, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Sudbury, 1917).
    5075 Gross Tons; Length 385'; Breadth 51'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Sudbury.

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     S.S. Auburn, 1918:

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