Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations

New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.

USS Broad Arrow (Yard no. 175) Photographed by her builder on 27 March 1918. She was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to the Standard Transportation Co. on 12 March 1918. She was commissioned in the Navy on 16 March 1918 in place of Chestnut Hill, which had failed trials (but was soon acquired too.) She was decommissioned on 24 February 1919. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 65100-A Source: NHHC, from original in NARA RG-19-LCM (SP ship file)
S.S. E. L. Doheny, III (Yard no. 190) Photographed by her builder on 26 November 1918 looking forward from the stern gun platform to the poop deck. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: NHHC: 2014.08l Mark Kulikowski Collection
S.S. E. L. Doheny, III (Yard no. 190) Photographed by her builder on 29 November 1918 in the stream (the Delaware River). She was delivered to the EFC on 19 November 1918 and reconveyed to the Pan American Petroleum Transportation Co. and commissioned in the Navy on 25 November 1918. She was decommissioned on 17 November 1919. The name board on her bridge reads "E. L. Doheny, Third." Photo No. None Source: NHHC: 2014.08l Mark Kulikowski Collection
S.S. Sylvan Arrow (Yard no. 174) In the port of Rotterdam (Holland) 23 January 1920. She was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to the Standard Transportation Co. on 2 January 1918. She was inspected by the Navy on 11 January 1918 but not commissioned until 19 July 1918. She was decommissioned on 22 January 1919. New York Ship built a total of 12 ships of this type beginning with Standard Arrow (yard no. 167) in 1916 and including five built after the war. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 105923 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command

S.S. Deepwater (Yard no. 176) This large collier was delivered to the EFC on 10 October 1917 and reconveyed to Castner, Curran & Bullett on 12 October 1917. This appears to be a builder's photo taken at that time. As a war measure her cargo facilities were specially fitted to permit the carrying of locomotives. Photo No. None Source: Edward Scott Swazey, New York Shipbuilding Corporation: A Record of Ships Built, NYSB 1921 (PDF at www.loc.gov/item/21015565/)

USS Fairmont (Yard no. 182) Photographed by her builder on 21 February 1918. She was delivered to the EFC on 15 February 1918, reconveyed to the Coastwise Transportation Co. on 18 February 1918, and commissioned in the Navy on 19 February 1918. She was decommissioned on 28 February 1919. Note the short posts on deck for handling the large coal hatch covers. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM
S.S. William N. Page (Yard no. 195) Photographed off her builder's yard, probably on 16 December 1918. She was delivered to the EFC on 30 November 1918 and was commissioned by the Navy on 18 December 1918. As a war measure her cargo facilities were specially fitted to permit the carrying of locomotives. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1919 and reconveyed to her owner, Castner, Curran & Bullitt on 19 June 1919. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM (Also NHHC NH 65115-A)
S.S. Winding Gulf (Yard no. 192) In commercial service between the wars. She had been delivered to the EFC on 15 August 1918, commissioned in the Navy on 19 August 1918, and reconveyed to Castner, Curran & Bullitt on 28 August 1918. She was decommissioned in March 1919. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe
S.S. Glen White (Yard no. 191) Entering a U.S. port on 30 July 1943. She had been delivered to the EFC on 31 May 1918, commissioned in the Navy on 22 July 1918, and reconveyed to Castner, Curran & Bullitt on 29 July 1918. She was decommissioned on 6 March 1919. New York Ship built a total of eight ships of this type, initially for the Norfolk-Mediterranean trade, beginning with Plymouth (yard no. 161) in 1915. See her WWI page. Photo No. GlenWhite_2198_003 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2198

S.S. Tuckahoe (Yard no. 205) This ship was built in 37 days in an effort to set a new record. The Navy inspected her on 17 June 1918 after cancelling on 13 May 1918 its plans to acquire her. This photo is from the back of the ship's Navy inspection data card and may date from the inspection. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card.
S.S. Freeman (Yard no. 183) Entering a U.S. port on 23 October 1941. She had been delivered to the EFC on 3 April 1918 and reconveyed to the Pocahontas Fuel Co. on 5 April 1918. New York Ship built a total of six ships of this type for coastwise trade beginning with Virginia (yard no. 164) in 1915. Photo No. Freeman_8140_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8140
S.S. James Ellwood Jones, ex Absecon (Yard no. 204) Photographed on 8 October 1943 off the Virginia Capes headed north by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. The Navy inspected her with Tuckahoe on 17 June 1918 but did not take her over. Photo No. 80-G-87117 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G

S.S. Gulfland (Yard no. 189) Photographed on 5 June 1943 by a blimp from ZP-22 based at Houma, La. She had been delivered to the EFC on 29 May 1918 and reconveyed to the Gulf Refining Co. on 6 June 1918. New York Ship built a total of six ships similar to this one for the Gulf Oil Co. beginning with Gulfoil (yard no. 125) in 1912. Photo No. 80-G-271864 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G

USS M. J. Scanlon (Yard no. 193) Photographed by her builder on 27 September 1918, a few days after she was completed and taken over by the Navy. This unusual freighter was specially designed for carrying lumber. See her WWI page. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-UB

S.S. Gulfqueen (Yard no. 196) Photographed by her builder on 14 April 1919. She was delivered to the EFC on 18 April 1919 and reconveyed to the Gulf Refining Co. on 19 April 1919. New York Ship built a total of five ships of this type (like Gulfland but of somewhat greater capacity), including this one and four after the war. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-UB

USS Santa Elisa (Yard no. 197) Photo by La Tour, Philadelphia, probably taken just after her delivery in June 1919 to the Navy as a transport. She had been ordered by W. R. Grace & Co. and was requisitioned in August 1917. She was released by the Navy in October 1919 and entered Grace's service to the west coast of South America. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 99924 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
S.S. Santa Leonora (Yard no. 198) Probably shown running builder's trials in early July 1919 just before delivery to the Navy as a transport. She had been ordered by W. R. Grace & Co. and was requisitioned in August 1917. The Navy transferred her in September 1919 to the Army, which soon returned her to the Shipping Board. The Grace Line, deciding it no longer needed her for its South American service, declined her return. She became USS Canopus (AS-9) in November 1921. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 74064 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
S.S. Baranof, ex Santa Elisa (Yard no. 197) In 1936 the former Santa Elisa became one of the Alaska Steamship Company fleet and served Alaskan ports including Yakutat and Ketchikan. Photo by Schallerer's, Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe, from the collection of John W. Baum, Colonel, U.S. Army, supplied by his daughter

S.S. Santa Tecla (Yard no. 206) In cargo service with the Grace Line circa 1920. Photo No. None Source: Swazey, Record of Ships Built, 1921, photo provided by W. R. Grace & Co.
S.S. North Wind, ex Mineola (Yard no. 207) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 3 March 1943. She had been delivered to the EFC on 28 June 1918 and sold to W.R. Grace on 12 July 1918 Photo No. 80-G-79622 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G