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Photo #  NH 102830:  Steam lighter Commerce in port, circa 1918


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Commerce (American Steam Lighter, 1901).
Was U.S. Navy Freight Lighter # 123 and YF-123 in 1918-1923

Commerce, a 127 gross ton self-propelled lighter, was built at Athens, New York, in 1901. In September 1918 the Navy acquired her from the Warner Sugar Refining Company of Englewood, New Jersey. Assigned the registry ID # 2763, she was formally renamed Freight Lighter # 123, but continued to be called Commerce until at least December 1919. She was employed in New York Harbor until September 1920, a few months after she had been renamed YF-123. After that she served in the Norfolk, Virginia, area. YF-123 was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in July 1922 and sold in March 1923.

This page features the only view we have concerning the steam lighter Commerce, which was U.S. Navy Freight Lighter # 123 (later YF-123) in 1918-1923.


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Photo #: NH 102830

Commerce
(American Steam Lighter, 1901)

In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District on 18 May 1918.
Taken over by the Navy on 15 September 1918, this vessel continued to be referred to as Commerce (ID # 2763) though she was officially renamed Freight Lighter # 123 (later YF-123). She was sold on 24 March 1923.

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