During World War I the U.S. Navy had nine colliers with specialized coal handling gear. All were built by the Navy to support the combatant fleet.
To facilitate identification, these vessels are listed in four classes, all containing ships of essentially identical design ("sister ships").
This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy colliers with specialized coal handling gear, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.
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 -- 450-foot type with one smokestack amidships and four single masts with coaling booms
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ONE SHIP -- 520-foot type with paired smokestacks aft and seven kingpost pairs with coaling booms
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TWO SHIPS -- 520-foot type with paired smokestacks aft and eight lattice towers with coaling booms
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THREE SHIPS -- 385-foot type with one smokestack aft, two masts, and five kingpost pairs with coaling booms
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TWO SHIPS -- 500-foot type with one smokestack aft and seven lattice goalpost masts with coaling booms
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TWO SHIPS -- 514-foot type with paired smokestacks aft, seven lattice towers with coaling booms, and a lattice tower mast over the bridge
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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