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Photo # NH 65594-A:  S.S. George G. Henry in 1917

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

WORLD WAR I ERA TANKERS --
with Smokestacks Aft and Three Masts

Fifteen of the U.S. Navy's WWI era tankers had their engines and smokestacks aft and three masts.

This page features a table (with links to individual ships) of World War I era U.S. Navy tankers with smokestacks aft and three masts, plus a photograph of each ship in this group.


Ships in this group:

FIFTEEN SHIPS:


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 -- with flush decks: New York SB 468-foot type. This ship was probably a near sister to the three 468-foot ships from the same yard on the page for tankers with two masts.

  • Standard Arrow, USN 1917-1919 (ex American S.S. Standard Arrow, 1916).
    7794 Gross Tons; Length 468.5'; Breadth 62.6'

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     S.S. Standard Arrow, circa 1917:

    Picture Data
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    ONE SHIP -- with flush decks except for a well forward: Foreign built

  • Chinampa, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex American S.S. Cushing, 1903).
    6894 Gross Tons; Length 426.7'; Breadth 54.6'

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     S.S. Cushing, 1917:

    Picture Data
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    ONE SHIP -- with raised hull islands forward (forecastle) and aft (poop): Foreign built

  • Wieldrecht, USN 1918-1919 (Dutch built, ex Dutch S.S. Wieldrecht, 1913).
    3559 Gross Tons; Length 331'; Breadth 47.2'

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     S.S. Wieldrecht, 1918:

    Picture Data
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    TWO SHIPS -- with three raised hull islands: Miscellaneous American built

  • Frank H. Buck, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Frank H. Buck, 1914).
    6076 Gross Tons; Length 408.2'; Breadth 55.4'
  • Topila, USN 1917-1918 (ex American S.S. Topila, 1913).
    5125 Gross Tons; Length 369.5'; Breadth 59'
    No image is available (or known to exist) of USS Topila

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     S.S. Frank H. Buck, 1914:

    Picture Data
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    THREE SHIPS -- with three raised hull islands: Union Iron Works/Bethlehem Steel, Alameda, 435-foot type. These ships were probably similar to the three 435-foot ships of Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1047 built at the Bethlehem Steel yard at Sparrrows Point, Maryland.

  • George G. Henry, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. George G. Henry, 1917).
    6936 Gross Tons; Length 435'; Breadth 56'
  • Herbert L. Pratt, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Herbert L. Pratt, 1917).
    7150 Gross Tons; Length 435'; Breadth 56'
  • Los Angeles, USN 1917-1919 (ex American S.S. Los Angeles, 1916).
    6876 Gross Tons; Length 435'; Breadth 56.2'

     S.S. George G. Henry, 1917:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Herbert L. Pratt, 1918:

    Picture Data
     S.S. Los Angeles, circa 1916:

    Picture Data

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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