Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online:
Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive

Winding Gulf (ID 3379)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; Launched 22 June 1918; Acquired by the Navy 19 August 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned 26 March 1919 at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Returned to her owners, Castner, Curran, and Bullitt, Inc., Boston, MA; Sold in 1926 to the Mystic Steamship Co., of Boston; Sold in the 1930s to the Koppers Coal Co., of Boston; Sold, (date unknown) to the Eastern Gas and Fuel Association; Scrapped in 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 12,163 t.; Length 395'; Beam 55'; Depth of hold 34' 5"; Draft 27'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 75; Armament one 5" and one 3".


Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
Winding Gulf 83k Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 22 June 1918.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 102374
Naval Historical Center

View the Winding Gulf (ID 3379)
DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Auxiliary Ship Index Back to the Identification Numbered Vessel (ID) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.