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Online Library of Selected Images:
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Washington (American Schooner Barge, 1879).
Previously named Manuel Llaguno.
Served as the U.S. Navy barge Washington (SP-1241) in 1917
Washington, a 1724 gross ton schooner barge, was built
at Bath, Maine, in 1879. During her long commercial career she
was also named Manuel Llaguno. In 1917, while owned by
the Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York and employed in the
coastal coal transportation trade, she was taken over by the Navy
under registry number SP-1241. In December of that year, while
in tow from Hampton Roads, Virginia, with 2300 tons of coal on
board, Washington was caught in a heavy snow storm and
went aground attempting to enter the Ambrose Channel, New York.
Determined to be unsalvageable, she was stricken from the Navy
Register in February 1918.
This page features all the views we have related to the
barge Washington (ex Manuel Llaguno), which was the U.S.
Navy's barge Washington (SP-1241) in 1917.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102510
Washington (American Schooner Barge, 1879)
At anchor, prior to her brief World War I Naval service.
Previously named Manuel Llaguno, this barge was acquired
by the Navy as Washington (SP-1241) on 18 October 1917.
On 1 December 1917, while in use as a seagoing coal barge, she
was wrecked in a snowstorm in the Ambrose Channel, New York.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 44KB; 445 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102512
Washington (American Schooner Barge, 1879)
At anchor, prior to her brief World War I Naval service.
Previously named Manuel Llaguno, this barge was acquired
by the Navy as Washington (SP-1241) on 18 October 1917.
On 1 December 1917, while in use as a seagoing coal barge, she
was wrecked in a snowstorm in the Ambrose Channel, New York.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 480 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102511
Washington (American Schooner Barge, 1879)
In port, prior to her brief World War I Naval service, with sails
furled on her booms.
Previously named Manuel Llaguno, this barge was acquired
by the Navy as Washington (SP-1241) on 18 October 1917.
On 1 December 1917, while in use as a seagoing coal barge, she
was wrecked in a snowstorm in the Ambrose Channel, New York.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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