Twenty-two of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts, flush decks, and two or more kingpost pairs.
To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in ten sub-groups, some containing ships of essentially identical design ("sister ships"), while others consist of quite different designs. The latter are further subdivided as to whether they were built in the United States or abroad.
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, flush decks, and two or more kingpost pairs, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.
TWENTY-TWO SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, FLUSH DECKS, and TWO or MORE KINGPOST PAIRS, 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.
FOUR SHIPS -- Two kingpost pairs, one aft of the bridge and the other aft of the midships superstructure: Precursors to Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1032
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ONE SHIP -- Two kingpost pairs, one forward and one aft of the bridge: Cramp 404-foot type
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SIX SHIPS -- Two kingpost pairs, one forward and one aft of the midships superstructure: American-Hawaiian 407-foot type built at Sparrows Point, Md. All six later served as transports, as did three sisters and near-sisters: Dakotan, Floridian and Kentuckian.
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TWO SHIPS -- Two kingpost pairs, one well forward and one aft of the midships superstructure: American Hawaiian 472-foot type. Texan was built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. and Mexican by Union Iron Works. Both later served as transports.
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TWO SHIPS -- Three kingpost pairs: Foreign built
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TWO SHIPS -- Three kingpost pairs, one forward of the bridge, one aft of the bridge and one aft of the midships superstructure: American Hawaiian 470-foot type built by Union Iron Works. Both later served as transports.
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TWO SHIPS -- Four kingpost pairs (one forward and one aft of each mast): Luckenbach 436-foot type built by Fore River SB/Bethlehem Quincy. Both later served as transports.
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THREE SHIPS -- Four kingpost pairs (one forward and one aft of each mast): Luckenbach 447-foot type built by Bethlehem Quincy. All later served as transports.
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NOTES:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 23 December 2007
Edited and reposted 18 September 2009