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Photo #  NH 105830-KN:  Steamer Adirondack at Albany, New York, circa the early 1900s


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Adirondack (River Passenger Steamship, 1896)
Served as USS Adirondack (ID # 1270) in 1917-1919

Adirondack, 3644 gross ton steel-hulled side-wheel river passenger steamship, was built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1896. She was chartered by the Navy for World War I service, delivered in September 1917 and became USS Adirondack (ID # 1270). For more than two years, she was employed as a floating barracks attached to the Receiving Ship at the New York Navy Yard. No longer required after the Armistice, Adirondack was returned to her owner in January 1919. She operated commercially in the Hudson River area for the next few years, but was abandoned in 1923-24.

This page features all available views concerning the river passenger steamer Adirondack, which was USS Adirondack (ID # 1270) in 1917-19.


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Photo #: NH 105830-KN (color)

S.S. Adirondack (American River Passenger Steamer, 1896)

At Albany, New York, circa the early 1900s.
Color-tinted post card printed at Frankfort om Main, Germany and published by the Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Maine. This card was postmarked at Albany, New York, 19 August 1907.
This steamer served as the U.S. Navy barracks ship Adirondack (ID # 1270) in 1917-1919.

Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100112-A

Steamship Adirondack
(American River Passenger Ship)

Photographed Prior to World War I.
This steamer was delivered the Navy on 25 September 1917 and became USS Adirondack (ID # 1270). She served as a floating barracks as part of the Receiving Ship, New York Navy Yard, through World War I. Adirondack was returned to her owner on 24 January 1919.
Note this ship's extensive hogging brace.

The original is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 460 pixels

 


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