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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Alloway (American Freighter, 1918).
Served as USS Alloway (ID # 3139) in 1918-1919
Alloway, a 6165 gross ton steam freighter built at Oakland,
California, was completed in July 1918. The Navy took the ship
over in mid-July, placed her in commission as USS Alloway
(ID # 3139) and assigned her to the Naval Overseas Transportation
Service. On her maiden voyage she steamed to Arica, Chile, where
she loaded a cargo of nitrates. This was carried to Norfolk, Virginia,
where Alloway arrived in September. Following repairs,
she left New York in November 1918 to take Army cargo to France.
In early March 1919, soon after her return to the United States
from this voyage, USS Alloway was decommissioned and returned
to the U.S. Shipping Board.
This page features all our views of the steamship Alloway,
which served as USS Alloway (ID # 3139) in 1918-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 95858
S.S. Alloway (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway during builder's trials on 5 July 1918, probably in
San Francisco Bay, California. She is flying the flag of her
builder, the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California,
from a short mast on her forecastle. The United States Shipping
Board flag is flying from her forward mast, and a flag bearing
her name is at the top of her after mast.
Originally named Shintaku, this ship was acquired by the
Navy upon completion and commissioned on 11 July 1918 as USS
Alloway (ID # 3139). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping
Board on 3 March 1919.
Note the ship's "dazzle" camouflage scheme.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 65143
S.S. Alloway (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway, probably during her builder's trials on 5 July 1918.
Constructed by the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California,
and originally named Shintaku, this ship served with the
Naval Overseas Transportation Service in 1918-1919 as USS Alloway
(ID # 3139).
Note her "dazzle" camouflage scheme.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 345 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 65142
S.S. Alloway (American Freighter, 1918)
Underway, probably during her builder's trials on 5 July 1918.
Constructed by the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California,
and originally named Shintaku, this ship served with the
Naval Overseas Transportation Service in 1918-1919 as USS Alloway
(ID # 3139).
Note her "dazzle" camouflage scheme.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 270 pixels |
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