milazzo

A giant collier, built in 1916, sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine in 1914. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Milazzo

Charley Seavey Sunk before it was built?

Oops. Ahh, I meant 1917. Typo, typo, typo!

Fascinating set of this ship. They don't build them like they used to! I had no idea that there were narrow gauge rail tracks on such ships. Looks as if these skips were pulled/pushed by hand.

Despite the spelling on the image, this was of SS Milazzo, an Italian bulk-carrier/collier. It was the largest cargo ship in the world at the time of its launch. It arrived in New York on its maiden voyage on 1 July 1916, which is likely around the time the photos in this series were taken. (This exact image appeared in a profile of the ship in “Popular Science” in Sept. 1916.) The ship was short-lived, being sunk by an Austro-Hungarian U-Boat in the Mediterranean on 29 Aug. 1917.

Andy Baker: thanks for correcting the spelling and finding more information about the ship. We'll update the record.

Name s/b MILAZZO for this and other photos in this series. SS Milazzo was an Italian bulk carrier built in 1916 and sunk during World War I. When she entered service, Milazzo was reported as the largest collier and also the largest cargo ship in the world. She was designed with a unique railcar and elevator system that helped to automate the discharge of cargo. [1]

Pixel Wrangler That Wikipedia link needs some repair. Looks like Milazzo arrived in NY on July 1, 1916 on her maiden voyage.

Art Siegel Fixed. Thanks.

Thanks to both of you for the information, and spelling correction. We'll make the changes to the records the next time we update.

A report about the ship and her arrival in New York is in The Washington times., July 02, 1916, SUNDAY EVENING EDITION, Image 13, last column, "Biggest Freighter Hereon Maiden Trip", chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1916-07-02/ed-....