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Photo # NH 105203:  S.S. Gorontalo, 1918

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with One Smokestack, Two Single Masts, and Raised Hull Islands Forward and Amidships

Eight of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts, and raised hull islands forward and amidships.

To facilitate identification, these vessels have been placed in three 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, and raised hull islands forward and amidships, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

EIGHT SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, AND RAISED HULL ISLANDS FORWARD AND AMIDSHIPS, 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.



EIGHT SHIPS -- Foreign built

  • Besoeki, USN 1918-1919 (German built, ex Dutch S.S. Besoeki, 1901).
    3778 Gross Tons; Length 345'; Breadth 44.4'
  • Buitenzorg, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Buitenzorg, 1916).
    7098 Gross Tons; Length 445.6'; Breadth 54'
  • Gorontalo, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Gorontalo, 1908).
    5884 Gross Tons; Length 395.7'; Breadth 51.4'
  • Jan Van Nassau, USN 1918-1918 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Jan Van Nassau, 1913).
    3330 Gross Tons; Length 346.2'; Breadth 44.25'
  • Merauke, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Merauke, 1911).
    6674 Gross Tons; Length 432'; Breadth 54.25'
  • Ternate, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Ternate, 1907).
    5909 Gross Tons; Length 393'; Breadth 51.4'
  • Veendijk, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Veendijk, 1914).
    6874 Gross Tons; Length 425'; Breadth 54'
  • Zaanland, USN 1918-1918 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Zaanland, 1900).
    5417 Gross Tons; Length 389.3'; Breadth 51.1'

     S.S. Besoeki, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Buitenzorg, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Gorontalo, 1918:

    Picture Data
     USS Jan van Nassau, 1918:

    Picture Data
     USS Merauke, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Ternate, 1918:

    Picture Data
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     S.S. Veendijk, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Zaanland, 1918:

    Picture Data
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