S.S. Moffitt (Design 1100, Hull 1708)
Photographed on 13 March 1919 at the concrete shipyard of A. Bentley and Sons Co. at Jacksonville, Fla. Concrete shipbuilding by U.S. methods used large amounts of timber, and the concrete yards were located near plentiful timber supplies. Note also the steel reinforcing rods.
Photo No. None
Source: thecretefleet.com/blog/f/the-us-concrete-ships-of-world-war-i-ss-moffitt?blogcategory=US+-+World+War+1
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S.S. Moffitt (Design 1100)
Being launched on 28 September 1920. All of the Design 1100 concrete tankers were side launched.
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Source: thecretefleet.com/blog/f/the-us-concrete-ships-of-world-war-i-ss-moffitt?blogcategory=US+-+World+War+1
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S.S. Peralta (Design 1100, Hull 1662)
Being launched on 25 October 1920.
Photo No. 165-WW-491A-007
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW
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S.S. Selma (Design 1100, Hull 1716)
Being launched on 28 June 1919. Note the rows of tank tops in the deck on each side of the ship.
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Source: thecretefleet.com/blog/f/born-in-the-usa---concrete-ships-of-world-war-i---ss-selma?blogcategory=Myth+Buster, citing The Aberdeen Group: Concrete Construction
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S.S. Selma (Design 1100)
This photo was attached to the SP/ID card made at the time the ship was inspected in early 1920 by the Navy under its mobilization readiness program. She was assigned the ID number 4423 and Latham at the same shipyard at Mobile, Ala., was designated ID 4423-A. Similarly Dinsmore at Jacksonville, Fla., became ID 4351 and Moffitt became ID 4351-A.
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Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card
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S.S. Selma (Design 1100)
Underway during the brief period between her completion and the grounding at Tampico, Mexico, on 17 May 1920 that ended her seagoing career.
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Source: thecretefleet.com/blog/f/born-in-the-usa---concrete-ships-of-world-war-i---ss-selma?blogcategory=Myth+Buster, from N. K. Fougner, Seagoing and Other Concrete Ships (London, 1922), page 75.
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S.S. Selma (Design 1100)
Aground at Tampico, Mexico, before being refloated with compressed air circa 17 May 1920. The ship in the foreground, also aground, is the steel tanker S.S. John D. Rockefeller.
Photo No. P0001.003/02-APB71#001
Source: Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.
(catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/search?search_catalog=Archives &search_catalog=Collections&query=selma)
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