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Photo # NH 98371:  USS Quinnebaug, circa early 1919

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U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- Listed by Hull Number

"SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft
numbered from ID # 1600 through ID # 1699


This page covers World War I era acquired vessels numbered in the "SP" and "ID" series from 1600 through 1699, plus some that were given numbers but not acquired.


See the list below to locate photographs of individual ships and craft numbered in the "SP" and "ID" series from 1600 through 1699.

For lists of "SP" and "ID" series ships and craft in other number ranges, see:

  • "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft.

    If the "SP"/"ID" vessel you want does not have an active link on this page, or the other pages of this series, and the statement "no image available" is lacking, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.


    World War I era acquired vessels numbered from ID # 1600 through ID # 1699:

    • ID # 1605: Arcadia. 5454 gross ton freighter, 1896-1897. USN: Arcadia, 1919-1919
    • ID # 1607: Munsomo. 3315 gross ton freighter, 1916. USN: Munsomo, 1918-1919

    • ID # 1613: Frank H. Buck. 6076 gross ton tanker, 1914. USN: Frank H. Buck, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1614: Minnesota. 20,566 gross ton passenger-cargo ship, 1904. USN: Troy, 1919-1919
    • ID # 1615: Mongolia. 13,638 gross ton passenger-cargo steamship, 1904. USN: Mongolia, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1616: Pleiades. 3753 gross ton freighter, 1900. USN: Pleiades, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1617: Herman Frasch. 3803 gross ton bulk carrier, 1910. USN: Herman Frasch, 1918-1918
    • ID # 1618: Frieda. 3365 gross ton Bulk Carrier, 1913. USN: Frieda, 1918-1919

    • ID # 1627: Sagua. 3299 gross ton freighter, 1914. USN: Sagua, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1628: Otsego. 4650 gross ton passenger-cargo liner. Originally named Prinz Eitel Friedrich. USN: Otsego, 1919-1919
    • ID # 1631: Ausable. 3153 gross ton freighter, 1901. Also named Laura. USN: Ausable, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1633: Manchuria. 13,638 gross ton passenger liner, 1904. Renamed President Johnson, 1928. USN: Manchuria, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1634: Sierra. 5989 gross ton passenger liner, 1900. Later named Gdansk. USN: Sierra, 1918-1919
    • SP-1636: Triune. Motor boat. USN: Triune, 1917-1917 (probably no actual service). No image available
    • ID # 1637: Guantanamo. 3292 gross ton freighter, 1910. Also named Registan. USN: Guantanamo, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1639: Peerless. 6273 gross ton freighter, 1917. Also named Eagle. USN: Peerless, 1918-1919

    • ID # 1640: Tiger. 6273 gross ton freighter, 1917. USN: Tiger, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1641: War Baron. 6293.76 gross ton freighter, 1917. No U.S. Navy service
    • ID # 1643: Saint Paul. 16,275-ton passenger liner, 1895. USN: Saint Paul, 1898; 1918-1919
    • ID # 1644: Saint Louis. 16,275-ton passenger liner, 1895. USN: Saint Louis, 1898; Louisville, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1645: New York. 10,499 gross ton passenger liner, 1888. Originally named City of New York. USN: Harvard, 1898; Plattsburg, 1918-1919.
    • ID # 1646: Doris. 35' 2" motor boat, 1905. USN: Doris, 1917-1917 (probably no actual service)
    • ID # 1648: Choctaw. 2081 gross ton freighter, 1917. USN: Choctaw, 1918-1919

    • ID # 1650: Orion. Collier. Also named Prinz Oskar. No USN service. No image available
    • ID # 1651: Cambridge. 1694 gross ton coastal passenger & freight steamer, 1890. Also named Boston. USN: Cambridge, 1917-1919 (no active Navy service)
    • ID # 1655: Mexican. 8673 gross ton freighter, 1907. USN: Mexican, 1917-1919
    • ID # 1656:Gargoil. 4433 gross ton tanker, 1902. Originally named Pennoil. USN: Gargoyle, 1917-1918
    • SP-1658: Halcyon. 5-ton motor boat, 1912. USN: Halcyon, 1917-1917. No image available

    • ID # 1662: Edward Luckenbach. 8151 gross ton freighter, 1916. USN: Edward Luckenbach, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1663: Philadelphia. 10,499 gross ton passenger steamer, 1889. Also named City of Paris and Paris. USN: Yale, 1898; Harrisburg, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1667: Economy. 451 gross ton barge. Probably no U.S. Navy service
    • ID # 1668: Barge at San Pedro. Barge. USN: Barge at San Pedro, 1917?-1918. No image is available, or known to exist

    • SP-1671: Berwind. Motor boat, 1912. USN: Berwind, 1917-1917. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1672: Yale. 3731 gross ton coastal passenger ship, 1906. USN: Yale, 1918-1920
    • SP-1674: Cuyuna. Motor boat. USN: Cuyuna, 1917-1917. No image is available, or known to exist
    • SP-1675: Magete. Motor boat, 1905. USN: Magete, 1917-1917. No image available
    • SP-1676: Ella. 32-foot motor boat, 1902. USN: Ella, 1917-1917. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1677: Philippines. 11,440 gross ton freighter, 1898. Also named Bulgaria and Hercules. USN: Philippines, 1919-1919

    • ID # 1687: Jefferson. 5150-ton passenger steamer, 1899. USN: Quinnebaug, 1918-1919

    • ID # 1694: El Siglo. 4616 gross ton passenger-cargo steamer, 1901. USN: Canandaigua, 1918-1919. Later (circa 1922) assigned ID # 4510
    • ID # 1695: El Dia. 7620-ton passenger-cargo steamer, 1901. USN: Roanoke, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1696: El Cid. 4665 gross ton passenger-cargo steamer, 1899. USN: Canonicus, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1697: El Rio. 4664 gross ton passenger-cargo steamer, 1899. USN: Housatonic, 1918-1919

    For lists of "SP" and "ID" series ships and craft in other number ranges, see:

  • "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft.


    To the best of our knowledge, the pictures provided in the "Online Library of Selected Images" are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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