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Photo # NH 93142:  USS Gulfport on 19 April 1921

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with ONE SMOKESTACK, TWO SINGLE MASTS, and FLUSH DECKS except for a WELL FORWARD or AFT

Nine of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had one smokestack, two single masts, and flush decks except for a well forward or aft.

All ships of this configuration were foreign built ships of different types.

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 flush decks except for a well forward, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

NINE SHIPS with ONE SMOKESTACK (Funnel), TWO SINGLE MASTS, and FLUSH DECKS except for a WELL FORWARD or AFT:


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.



ONE SHIP -- Foreign built. The well on this ship was located aft, and was relatively long.

  • Long Beach, USN 1917-1922 (British built, ex German S.S. Hohenfelde, 1892).
    2974 Gross Tons; Length 318.2'; Breadth 41.9'.


     USS Long Beach, 1918:

    Picture Data



    TWO SHIPS -- Foreign built. These ships' relatively short wells were located forward.

  • Beaufort, USN 1917-1926 (German built, ex German S.S. Rudolf Blumberg, 1909).
    1759 Gross Tons; Length 275.75'; Breadth 40.2'.
    Note: This ship's well was later filled in by the Navy.
  • Casco, USN 1918-1919 (German built, ex German S.S. Elmshorn, 1910).
    4594 Gross Tons; Length 397' oa; Breadth 54'.
    Note: This ship also had a bulwark amidships.


     USS Beaufort, 1917:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Casco, 1917:

    Picture Data



    SIX SHIPS -- Foreign built. These ships' relatively long wells were located forward.

  • Clio, USN 1918-1918 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Clio, 1910).
    2927 Gross Tons; Length 326.75'; Breadth 44.25'
  • Gulfport, USN 1917-1922 (German built, ex German S.S. Locksun, 1902).
    1657 Gross Tons; Length 253.75'; Breadth 37.2'
  • Mercurius, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Mercurius, 1909).
    2863 Gross Tons; Length 327.5'; Breadth 44.2'
  • Quincy, USN 1918-1922 (British built, ex German S.S. Vogesen, 1909).
    3716 Gross Tons; Length 349.2'; Breadth 51'
  • Savannah, USN 1917-1934 (German built, ex German S.S. Saxonia, 1899).
    4424 Gross Tons; Length 400.2'; Breadth 46.1'.
    Converted to a submarine tender in 1917, USS Savannah
    never served as a Navy cargo ship.
    Note: Savannah also had a bulwark amidships.
    During the early 1920s her well was filled in.
  • Wachusett, USN 1918-1919 (German built, ex German S.S. Suevia, 1896).
    3789 Gross Tons; Length 371.2'; Breadth 44.2'

     S.S. Clio, 1918
    (tentative ID):

    Picture Data
     USS Gulfport, 1919:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Mercurius, 1918:

    Picture Data
     USS Quincy, 1919:

    Picture Data
     USS Savannah, 1917:

    Picture Data
     USS Wachusett, 1919:

    Picture Data


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    Page made 23 December 2007
    Edited and reposted 22 September 2009