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Photo # NH 45640:   USS Narragansett stranded on the Isle of Wight, circa 1 February 1919

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USS Narragansett (ID # 2196), 1918-1920.
Originally the civilian passenger steamer Narragansett.

Narragansett, a 3539 gross ton coastal passenger steamship, was built at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1913. She was purchased by the Navy in January 1918 and placed in commission late in that month as USS Narragansett (ID # 2196). After outfitting for naval use, she crossed the Atlantic in July 1918 to take up duty as a transport operating in the English Channel between Great Britain and France. She continued this important logistics work through the rest of World War I and into the months that followed the November 1918 Armistice. In 1919 she began voyages further east, visiting ports in the North and Baltic Seas. However, at the end of January 1919 Narragansett ran aground on the Isle of Wight and was then out of service for two months of repairs. She returned to the United States in June 1919 and was decommissioned in the following September. USS Narragansett was sold in August 1920. While employed as a merchant ship in 1923, she was renamed Richelieu.

This page features all available viewss concerning USS Narragansett (ID # 2196), which was originally the civilian passenger steamer Narragansett.


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Photo #: NH 45640

USS Narragansett (ID # 2196)


Aground on the Isle of Wight, circa 1 February 1919.
She was stranded while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations. In the distance is the British troopship Empress Queen, which was also aground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 595 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 568

USS Narragansett (ID # 2196)


Stranded on Bembridge Ledge, Isle of Wight, circa early February 1919.
She had gone aground while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations, and was later refloated and returned to service.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 


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