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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Page made 11 December 2004