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Photo #  NH 65069:  Barge San Joaquin, circa 1917


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San Joaquin (American Schooner Barge, 1876).
Served as USS San Joaquin in 1918-1919

San Joaquin, a 1551 gross ton schooner barge, was built at Freeport, Maine, in 1876 as a commercial sailing vessel. She was purchased by the Navy during World War I and placed in service as USS San Joaquin in August 1918. She was subsequently employed by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service to carry coal between Norfolk, Virginia, and New England. In late March 1919, the barge was assigned to the Fifth Naval District for local duty in the vicinity of Norfolk. Stricken from the Navy list in June 1919, San Joaquin was sold in September 1919.

This page features our only views of the schooner barge San Joaquin, which served as USS San Joaquin during the World War I era..


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Photo #: NH 65069

San Joaquin
(American Schooner Barge, 1876)

Photographed circa 1917. She was placed in service as USS San Joaquin on 8 August 1918. After use transporting coal along the East Coast, she was sold in September 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102177

San Joaquin
(American Schooner Barge, 1876)

Moored alongside another barge, circa 1917. She was acquired by the Navy on 17 October 1917 and placed in service as USS San Joaquin (with no identification number) on 8 August 1918. Subsequently employed to transport coal along the East Coast, she was stricken on 13 June 1919 and sold on 11 September 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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