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Photo # NH 96308:  S.S. Howick Hall prior to World War I.  Note her two smokestacks.

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with TWO SMOKESTACKS

Three of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had two smokestacks. All were foreign built and had two masts.
Note: In addition to her two smokestacks, the former British merchantman Howick Hall had a rather unusual upper hull configuration, with two islands amidships and a short well aft. Some of these ships also had kingpost pairs in addition to their masts.

Other Recognition Features and Later Modifications: The two ex-German ships, Camden and Kittery, saw long post-war service. As acquired, both had relatively long wells forward. Kittery could be distinguished by extensive deck houses amidships and aft. Camden was converted to a submarine tender in 1918-1919, emerging with a massively altered hull configuration. During the mid-1920s a single smokestack replaced her original pair.

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


Ships in this group:

THREE SHIPS with TWO SMOKESTACKS (Funnels):


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.



THREE SHIPS -- Foreign built

  • Camden, USN 1917-1946 (German built, ex German S.S. Kiel, 1900).
    4494 Gross Tons; Length 388'; Breadth 48'.
    Note: This ship had a small kingpost pair forward of her bridge.
    USS Camden became a tender after serving as a Navy cargo ship for a few months.
    The Navy later built up her hull and refitted her with a single smokestack.
  • Howick Hall, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex British S.S. Howick Hall, 1910).
    5096 Gross Tons; Length 400.7'; Breadth 51.4'.
    Note: This ship had an odd deck line, and a small kingpost pair aft of her bridge.
  • Kittery, USN 1917-1933 (German built, ex German S.S. Praesident, 1905).
    1849 Gross Tons; Length 282.2'; Breadth 40.5'.
    Note: This ship had extensive deck houses amidships and aft.

     USS Camden, 1917:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Howick Hall:

    Picture Data
     USS Kittery, 1919:

    Picture Data


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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    Page made 23 December 2007
    Text edited and coding updated 22 September 2009