page_title: Type N3 ship
hierarchical_section_title: Type N3 ship
caption_attribution_description: English: Maritime Commission type N3-S-A1. N3-S-A2 variant similar in appearance with oil vs. coal fired boilers. (Note: This image does not represent the N3-M-A1 diesel powered type that became U.S. Navy's Enceladus cargo class. That variant had the deck house aft rather than midships.)
context_page_description: Type N3-S ships were a Maritime Commission small coastal cargo ship design to meet urgent World War II shipping needs, with the first of the 109 N3, both steam and diesel, type hulls delivered in December 1942. They were built by the Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co. of Camden, New Jersey.
context_section_description: Type N3-S ships were a Maritime Commission small coastal cargo ship design to meet urgent World War II shipping needs, with the first of the 109 N3, both steam and diesel, type hulls delivered in December 1942. They were built by the Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co. of Camden, New Jersey.
caption: N3-S-A1 illustration from ""American World Traders-New Ships for the Merchant Marine"
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