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:
Civilian Identification Numbered Ships Photo Archive

Sioux (ID 1766)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - George - Nan - George
Freighter/Mine Carrier:

  • Built in 1916 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH
  • Acquired by the Navy 1 December 1917 and commissioned the same day
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Navy Register 14 April 1919 and returned to her owner, the Clyde Steamship Co.
  • Scrapped in 1929.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 4,550 t.
  • Length 261'
  • Beam 43' 6"
  • Draft 17' 9"
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Complement 60
  • Armament: One 5"/51 and one 3"/50 mount
  • Propulsion: Two single ended boilers, one 1,250hp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Sioux 77k In port, prior to or shortly after her World War I Navy service
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102218    		 Naval Historical Center
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: The second Sioux (ID-1766), a cargo ship built in 1916 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio, was acquired by the Navy on 1 December 1917 from the Clyde Steamship Co., New York, and commissioned the same day as a unit of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.

    Sioux carried coal between Navy coaling stations along the east coast, including Boston, Bermuda, and Key West. On 30 August 1918, she commenced the first of two voyages overseas, sailing from Norfolk to Glasgow via St. Nazaire. After discharging her cargo of coal, she sailed from Glasgow on 12 October, returning to Norfolk on 1 November. Sailing again from Norfolk on 28 November, this time on an Army account, she arrived at La Pallice, France, on 16 December There, she received urgent voyage repairs and was held in European waters as being unsuitable for North Atlantic use during the winter months. Selected for demobilization, she sailed on 19 February 1919, via the southern route, and arrived at Norfolk on 21 March. She was decommissioned on 14 April 1919 and returned to the Clyde Steamship Co., the same day. Sioux remained in merchant service until scrapped in 1929.

    Back to the Main Photo Index Back to the Civilian Identification Numbered Ships (ID) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created by Joseph M. Radigan and maintained by David Wright
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History