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U.S. NAVY TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS, 1917-1919

WORLD WAR I ERA CARGO SHIPS --
with Engines and Smokestacks Aft

Four of the U.S. Navy's WWI era cargo ships had their engines and smokestacks aft. These are subdivided as to whether they were built in the United States or abroad.

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

Ships in this group:

FOUR SHIPS with ENGINES AND SMOKESTACKS AFT, subdivided as shown below:

Click the small photographs to prompt a larger view of the same image with a descriptive header.

ONE SHIP -- Foreign built: Doxford turret steamer type

Beukelsdijk, USN 1918-1919 (British built, ex Dutch S.S. Beukelsdijk, 1903).

6801 Gross Tons, Length 440.2', Beam 62', Comm. 21 Mar 18, Decom. 19 May 19, ID # 3135

THREE SHIPS -- Miscellaneous American built

Herman Frasch, USN 1918-1918 (ex American S.S. Herman Frasch, 1910).

3803 Gross Tons, Length 345', Beam 48.3', Comm. 19 Sep 18, Lost 4 Oct 18, ID # 1617

Frieda, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. Frieda, 1912).

3365 Gross Tons, Length 348.6', Beam 45.1', Comm. 9 Oct 18, Decom. 28 Jan 19, ID # 1618

M. J. Scanlon, USN 1918-1919 (ex American S.S. M. J. Scanlon, 1918).

5672 Gross Tons, Length 361.75', Beam 51', Comm. 23 Sep 18, Decom. 27 Jan 19, ID # 3513