Twelve of the U.S. Navy's WWI era colliers were regular cargo ships acquired in 1898 during the Spanish American war. This figure includes four former colliers of this type that had been reassigned to other functions prior to World War I. All twelve ships had one smokestack and two single masts. They fall into five groups based on their hull configurations.
This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy colliers of the cargo ship type acquired in 1898, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.
TWELVE SHIPS, 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.
TWO SHIPS -- Cargo ship type with flush decks
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FOUR SHIPS -- Cargo ship type with flush decks except for a well forward. Hannibal and Leonidas were sisters.
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ONE SHIP -- Cargo ship type with a raised hull island amidships (bridge island)
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TWO SHIPS -- Cargo ship type with raised hull islands forward and amidships
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THREE SHIPS -- Cargo ship type with three raised hull islands
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 5 January 2008