Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters or skoots, are shallow-hulled merchant ships used for transporting cargo along a coastline. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs whe
Coastal merchant vessel
N3-S-A1 illustration from ""American World Traders-New Ships for the Merchant Marine, 1945
MS Unterelbe (1939) - a WW2 era coaster and the oldest operable Diesel coaster remaining in the UK
N3-M-A1 as USS Enceladus (AK-80), August 1943 in original Navy configuration. Note Whirley crane, a part of the original N3-M-A1 design.
The T1 tanker or T1 are a class of sea worthy small tanker ships used to transport fuel oil before and during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. The T1 tanker classification is still in use tod
USS Mettawee, a 1942, T1-M-A2 tanker
USNS Alatna, 1956 T1 tanker
Lead ship of T1 class, T1-MT-M1, USS Patapsco, sister ship of USS Natchaug
USS Chehalis a 1944 T1-MT-M1 tanker