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.
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
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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
Text edited and coding updated 22 September 2009