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Photo #  NH 99705:  Artwork of S.S. Berkshire


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-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Steamship Berkshire (American River Passenger Steamer, 1908)

Berkshire, a 4300 gross ton paddle-wheel river passenger steamship, was built at Camden, New Jersey in 1908 (according to "Lloyd's Register" -- Her World War I Navy data card says 1913). She was inspected by the Third Naval District in October 1917 and assigned the registry identification number 1978. However, she was not taken over for Navy service and remained in the custody of her owner, the Peoples Line, Hudson Navigation Company, of New York City.

This page features the only view we have concerning the river passenger steamship Berkshire.

Note: The Hudson Navigation Company's steamship C.W. Morse, which was USS C.W. Morse (ID # 1966) during World War I, appears to have been a near-sister to S.S. Berkshire.


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Photo #: NH 99705

S.S. Berkshire
(American River Passenger Steamer, 1908)

Halftone reproduction of an artwork, depicting the ship using her searchlight while underway on the Hudson River prior to World War I.
The 4300 gross ton side wheel steamer Berkshire was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company at Camden, New Jersey. She was very similar to the steamship C.W. Morse (built 1903), which served as the U.S. Navy receiving ship C.W. Morse (ID # 1966) in 1917-1919. The original print of this image is mounted on the official data card for C.W. Morse.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


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