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Photo #  NH 102512:  Barge Washington at anchor, prior to her U.S. Navy service


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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.


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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

 
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

 
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

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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