Berwyn, a 4992 gross ton freighter, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, as part of the Nation's World War I shipbuilding program. Upon completion in September 1918 she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and placed in commission as USS Berwyn (ID # 3565). She began her first Atlantic crossing to France in late October, arriving in mid-November, after the Armistice had ended the fighting, and returning to the U.S. in December. During January-May 1919 the freighter completed two more round-trip voyages to European waters, the first to France and the second to England. Decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board in May, Berwyn was operated as a civilian vessel at least into the early 1920s.
This page features the only views we have concerning the freighter Berwyn, which was USS Berwyn (ID # 3565) in 1918-1919.
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Note: Photo # 19-N-14786 was long identified as showing USS Berwyn (ID # 3565). However both the probably lower Mississippi River location of the view, and details of the ship seen, make this identification highly unlikely.
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Page made 18 April 2004
Text date corrected 23 May 2004