Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations

Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News

S.S. O. B. Jennings (Yard no. 201) Delivered to the EFC on 29 October 1917 and reconveyed to Standard Oil of New Jersey on 31 October 1917. After nearly being lost in March 1918 (see below), she was sunk in a gun battle by U-140 off the Virginia Capes on 4 August 1918. Photo copied from The Rudder magazine, June 1919, page 272 Photo No. NH 75656 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
S.S. O. B. Jennings (Yard no. 201) On 24 March 1918 O. B. Jennings and the British steamer War Knight (see EFC Design 1057-A), both laden with naphtha and inflammable oils, collided in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight. The burning tanker was shelled by escorting destroyers until her decks were level with the water, extinguishing the flames. She was then taken in tow and beached. She is shown here with a temporary navigating bridge replacing her ravaged bridge house. Photo No. NH 44573 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
S.S. J. C. Donnell (Yard no. 205) This ship was delivered to the EFC on 21 January 1918 and reconveyed to Atlantic Refining Co. on 22 January 1918. She had only one mast when delivered, as shown here. She was sixth in a series of eight large tankers of this type that began with Charles Pratt (Yard no. 186) in 1916 and included O. B. Jennings and two ships built after the war. See her WWII page. Photo No. 165-WW-498-15 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW
S.S. J. C. Donnell (Yard no. 205) In service with the Atlantic Refining Co. circa the 1920s with a peacetime rig of two masts. This firm used unusually elaborate funnel markings during this period. The oval contains the company's name and, in the middle, the word "oils." In 1943 she became USS Pasig (AO 89) but was soon returned to her owner. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe

S.S. El Capitan (Yard no. 204) This ship was delivered to the EFC on 18 September 1917, reconveyed to Southern Pacific Co. on 9 November 1917, and commissioned in the Navy from 22 March 1918 to 1 February 1919. She had one sister, El Almirante, Photo by E. P. Griffith of Newport News, Va. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 70476-A Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, original from NARA RG-19-LCM

S.S. Munindies (Yard no. 206) This ship was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to the Munson Steamship Co. on 6 Dec 17. She was inspected by the Navy and commissioned on 17 December 1917. She was decommissioned on 24 July 1919. Newport News delivered one earlier ship of this type, Mundelta (Yard no. 200), in April 1917. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: www.wrecksite.eu (Elena R.)
S.S. Munaires (Yard no. 207) This ship was inspected by the Navy on 7 January 1918, reconveyed to Munson on 9 January 1918, commissioned in the Navy on 10 January 1918, and delivered to the EFC on 16 January 1918. She was decommissioned on 25 April 1919. This photo was filed with the data card from the Navy inspection and probably shows her on trials. Photo No. NH 65132 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
S.S. Munaires (Yard no. 207) Photographed in Navy service during World War I. While operating with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service she made five Army supply voyages from New York to French ports in the Gironde during 1918 and followed these in 1919 with a single voyage with coal to South America. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe
USS Agwidale (Yard no. 212) Photographed by her builder on 1 December 1918. She was delivered to the EFC, reconveyed to the Mallory S.S. Co., and commissioned in the Navy on 16 November 1918. She was decommissioned on 11 April 1919. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 65099 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center
S.S. Agwistar (Yard no. 213) This final ship of this type was delivered to the EFC on 15 February 1919 and reconveyed to the Mallory S.S. Co. on 6 March 1919. Photo No. None Source: Facebook, posted by Henk van der Linden from www.photoship.co.uk (now defunct)