Manhattan, 3539 gross ton coastal passenger steamship, was built at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1913. She was acquired by the Navy in January 1918 and commissioned as USS Manhattan (ID # 2195), but was renamed Nopatin a few months later. During and after World War I, the ship served as a transport between England and France. Decommissioned by mid-1919, she was sold in July 1920.
This page features all available viewss of the coastal passenger steamer Manhattan and of USS Manhattan and USS Nopatin (ID # 2195).
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Photo #: NH 102054 S.S. Manhattan (American Coastal Passenger Steamer, 1913) Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken prior to her World War I Naval service. This steamer was acquired by the Navy in January 1918 and commissioned on the 28th of that month as USS Manhattan (ID # 2195). She was renamed Nopatin on 11 April 1918. Following service during and after World War I as a special services troop transport in the English Channel, she was stricken on 15 August 1919 and sold in July 1920. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 370 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100563 S.S. Manhattan (American Coastal Passenger Steamer) Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service. Acquired on 11 January 1918, this steamship served during and after World War I in the English Channel as the special services troop transport USS Nopatin (ID # 2195). This view shows her forward end. See Photo # NH 100564 for a view of her after end. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100564 S.S. Manhattan (American Coastal Passenger Steamer) Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service. Acquired on 11 January 1918, this steamship served during and after World War I in the English Channel as the special services troop transport USS Nopatin (ID # 2195). This view shows her after end. See Photo # NH 100563 for a view of her forward end. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 530 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 41747-A USS Nopatin (ID # 2195) At New York City, circa spring or summer 1918, prior to deploying to Europe. Photographed by the New York Navy Yard. This image is cropped from Photo # NH 41747, a view of USS President Grant (ID # 3014), part of whose stern is visible at left. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 480 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 89530 USS Nopatin (ID # 2195) Approaches a British merchant ship, at Brest, France, circa May 1919. Collection of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) A. Alvin Booth, USNRF. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
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Page made 4 May 2002
Link added 4 May 2007