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Photo # NH 65067:  USS M. J. Scanlon in 1918

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

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with Engines and Smokestacks Aft

Seven of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had their engines and smokestacks aft.

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 engines and smokestacks aft, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

EIGHT SHIPS with ENGINES AND SMOKESTACKS AFT, 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.



ONE SHIP -- Foreign built: Doxford turret steamer type

  • Beukelsdijk, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Beukelsdijk, 1903).
    6801 Gross Tons; Length 440.2'; Breadth 62'

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     USS Beukelsdijk, 1918:

    Picture Data
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    FIVE SHIPS -- Miscellaneous American built

  • Frieda, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Frieda, 1912).
    3365 Gross Tons; Length 348.6'; Breadth 45.1'
  • Herman Frasch, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Herman Frasch, 1910).
    3803 Gross Tons; Length 345'; Breadth 48.3'
  • M. J. Scanlon, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. M. J. Scanlon, 1918).
    5672 Gross Tons; Length 361.75'; Breadth 51'
  • Middlesex, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Middlesex, 1912).
    4727 Gross Tons; Length 369'; Breadth 50.1'
  • Newton, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Newton, 1911).
    5122 Gross Tons; Length 373.2'; Breadth 52.7'

     S.S. Frieda, 1917:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Herman Frasch, 1917:

    Picture Data
     USS M. J. Scanlon, 1918:

    Picture Data
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     S.S. Middlesex, 1912:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Newton:

    Picture Data
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    TWO SHIPS -- Newport News 360-foot type

  • Munalbro, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Munalbro, 1916).
    4293 Gross Tons; Length 359.6'; Breadth 49'
  • Stephen R. Jones, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Stephen R. Jones, 1915).
    4387 Gross Tons; Length 360' wl; Breadth 49'

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     S.S. Munalbro, 1916:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Stephen R. Jones, 1919:

    Picture Data
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