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TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
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WORLD WAR I
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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Lenape (ID # 2700), 1918-1918.
Previously S.S. Lenape (1912)
USS Lenape, a 5179 gross ton troop transport, was built at Newport News, Virginia, in 1912 as the commercial passenger-cargo ship of the same name. She was employed as a transport by the U.S. Army during the first year of World War I. The Navy took the ship over in April 1918 and placed her commission later in that month. During May-September 1918 USS Lenape made three round-trip voyages to France, carrying U.S. service personnel to the European war zone. She was returned the the Army in late October 1918 and resumed merchant service after the end of hostilities. Beached in Delaware Bay after a fire on 18 November 1925, S.S. Lenape was scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1926.
This page features all available views concerning USS Lenape (ID # 2700) and S.S. Lenape (1912).
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Photo #: NH 105904 S.S. Lenape (American Passenger Liner, 1912) Underway, prior to 1917. This ship served as USS Lenape (ID # 2700) in April-October 1918. The original photograph is printed on post card stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105832-KN (color) S.S. Lenape (American Passenger Steamer, 1912) Underway off Jacksonville, Florida, circa the mid-1910s. Color-tinted post card published by the E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This steamer served as USS Lenape (ID # 2700) in 1918. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102877 S.S. Lenape (American Passenger Ship, 1912) Halftone reproduction of a pre-World War I artwork. This steamer served as USS Lenape (ID # 2700) in 1918. Courtesy of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2005. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 104492 S.S. Lenape (American Passenger Ship, 1912) In French waters while serving as a transport, circa 1917. This ship was USS Lenape (ID # 2700) in April-October 1918. The original photograph is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 485 pixels Note: This image is very fuzzy in the vicinity of the ship's midships area. |
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Photo #: NH 99542 S.S. Lenape (American Passenger-Cargo Steamer, 1912) In port, possibly when she was inspected by the Third Naval District on 9 April 1918, the day she was taken over by the Navy. This ship served as USS Lenape (ID # 2700) from April until October 1918. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 375 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 51274 USS Lenape (ID # 2700) At the New York Navy Yard, 20 August 1918. Note Lenape's pattern camouflage, the large doors in her hull side, and the loaded coal barges in the foreground. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 51273 USS Lenape (ID # 2700) At the New York Navy Yard, 20 August 1918. Note the enclosed lookout position at her bow. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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