Following the November 1918 Armistice, the U.S. Navy converted fifteen older battleships, eight armored cruisers and two larger protected cruisers for temporary service as transports. All began this work between mid-December 1918 and late February 1919. These ships made one to six trans-Atlantic round-trips each, bringing home a total of more than 145,000 passengers. The last of these warship trooping voyages ended in late July 1919.
Source note: Tonnage (displacement) and dimension data used on this page is taken from the 1 October 1919 edition of Ships' Data -- U.S. Naval Vessels.
This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of U.S. Navy battleships, armored cruisers and protected cruisers used as transports, plus a photograph of each ship.
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.
FIFTEEN BATTLESHIPS, of four different classes, including:
Two South Carolina class battleships. Normal
Displacement: 16,000 tons; Length: 450.0'; Breadth: 80.2'. These
ships averaged about 930 passengers on each voyage made as a transport.
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Six Connecticut class battleships. Normal Displacement:
16,000 tons; Length: 450.0'; Breadth: 76.9'. These ships averaged
about 1285 passengers on each voyage made as a transport.
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Five Virginia class battleships. Normal Displacement:
14,948 tons; Length: 435.0'; Breadth: 76.2'. These ships averaged
about 1145 passengers on each voyage made as a transport.
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Two Maine class battleships. Normal Displacement:
12,500 tons; Length: 388.0'; Breadth: 72.2'. These ships averaged
about 815 passengers on each voyage made as a transport.
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EIGHT ARMORED CRUISERS, of three different classes, including:
Three Tennessee (Memphis) class armored cruisers.
Normal Displacement: 14,500 tons; Length: 502.0'; Breadth: 72.9'.
These ships averaged about 1515 passengers on each voyage made
as a transport.
NOTE: These three ships have not yet been posted on the Online Library.
Four Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) class armored
cruisers. Normal Displacement: 13,680 tons; Length: 502.0';
Breadth: 69.5'. These ships averaged about 1765 passengers on
each voyage made as a transport.
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One New York (Rochester) class armored cruiser.
Normal Displacement: 8150 tons; Length: 380.5'; Breadth: 64.9'.
This ship carried 317 passengers on her only voyage as a transport.
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TWO LARGER PROTECTED CRUISERS:
Two St. Louis class protected cruisers. Normal
Displacement: 9700 tons; Length: 424.0'; Breadth: 66.0'. These
ships averaged about 1470 passengers on each voyage made as a
transport.
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Page made 6 April 2007