Franklin, a 5166 gross ton collier built in 1915 at Camden, New Jersey, was one of a series of eight similar ships built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. between 1915 and 1918 for two U.S. coastal shipping firms, the Coastwise Transportation Co. and Darrow Mann Co. Five of these, Plymouth (ID # 3308), Fairmont (ID # 2429), Glen White (ID # 2068), Winding Gulf (ID # 3379), and William N. Page (ID # 3844) served in the Navy, while Franklin, Tidewater, and Sewalls Point did not. S.S. Franklin became Nevadan in 1921 and Oakey L. Alexander in 1926 and was wrecked on the Maine coast in March 1947.
This page features the only view we have concerning the American collier Franklin.
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Page made 12 December 2007
New image added 6 December 2008