USS Atglen (ID-1315)

Barge Atglen, probably photographed at New York City at the time of her 1917 inspection by the 3rd Naval District, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
United States
Name: USS Atglen
Laid down: 1900
Acquired: 16 November 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 1919
General characteristics
Type: Barge
Displacement: 150 tons
Propulsion: None
Armament: None

USS Atglen (ID-1315), also sometimes listed as ID-1350,[1] was a United States Navy barge in service from 1917 to 1919.

Atglen was laid down as a non-self-propelled commercial barge at South Roundout, New York, in 1900. The U.S. Navy' 3rd Naval District inspected her for possible World War I service in 1917, and the Navy acquired her on 16 November 1917,[2] assigning her one of two reported Naval Registry Identification Numbers (either Id. No. 1315[3] or Id. No. 1350[4] She probably served in and near New York Harbor through the end of the war.

Atglen was returned to her owners sometime in 1919.

Notes

  1. ↑ Confusion exists regarding the barge's Naval Registry Identification Number. Per the U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/atglen.htm), her number was 1315. NavSource Online agrees at the entry http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171315.htm, but at the otherwise identical entry at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171350.htm lists the number as 1350, without further explanation for the double listing or the internal disagreement about the registry number.
  2. ↑ The U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/atglen.htm) both specifies this date and expresses doubt that U.S. Navy acquisition of the barge ever actually occurred. NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171315.htm and http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171350.htm ), expresses no doubt that the acquisition occurred.
  3. ↑ Per the U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/atglen.htm) and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171315.htm.
  4. ↑ Per NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171350.

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