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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Adirondack (River Passenger Steamship, 1896)
Served as USS Adirondack (ID # 1270) in 1917-1919
Adirondack, 3644 gross ton steel-hulled side-wheel river
passenger steamship, was built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1896.
She was chartered by the Navy for World War I service, delivered
in September 1917 and became USS Adirondack (ID # 1270).
For more than two years, she was employed as a floating barracks
attached to the Receiving Ship at the New York Navy Yard. No longer
required after the Armistice, Adirondack was returned to
her owner in January 1919. She operated commercially in the Hudson
River area for the next few years, but was abandoned in 1923-24.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
river passenger steamer Adirondack, which was USS Adirondack
(ID # 1270) in 1917-19.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 105830-KN (color)
S.S. Adirondack (American River Passenger Steamer,
1896)
At Albany, New York, circa the early 1900s.
Color-tinted post card printed at Frankfort om Main, Germany
and published by the Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Maine. This
card was postmarked at Albany, New York, 19 August 1907.
This steamer served as the U.S. Navy barracks ship Adirondack
(ID # 1270) in 1917-1919.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100112-A
Steamship Adirondack (American River Passenger Ship)
Photographed Prior to World War I.
This steamer was delivered the Navy on 25 September 1917 and
became USS Adirondack (ID # 1270). She served as a floating
barracks as part of the Receiving Ship, New York Navy Yard, through
World War I. Adirondack was returned to her owner on 24
January 1919.
Note this ship's extensive hogging brace.
The original is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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NOTE:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
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Page made 2 May 2002
New image added 10 December 2008