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Photo #  NH 1348:  USS Newburgh circa December 1918.

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USS Newburgh (ID # 3768), 1918-1919.
Originally, and later, S.S. Newburgh (American Freighter, 1918).

Newburgh, a 5983 gross ton (12,400 tons displacement) freighter completed at Newburgh, New York, in December 1918, was placed in commission by the Navy as USS Newburgh (ID # 3768) at Hoboken, New Jersey, on the last day of 1918. After loading a cargo of flour, bacon, and lard consigned to the Northern Food Administration, Newburgh sailed in late January for Falmouth, England. Upon arrival she was ordered by the Food Administration to proceed to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and unload her cargo there. Having carried out these orders, the ship sailed in ballast for New York, but in mid-March 1919 lost two blades of her propeller and had to put in to the Azores and await shipment of a new propeller from New York. Returning to New York in early April, Newburgh loaded a cargo of hay and oats for the Army, which she delivered to Rotterdam in mid-May. On her return voyage she again suffered damage to her propeller and had to put in to Bermuda for repairs and also for refueling. The freighter returned to New York in June 1919 and was decommissioned there and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on the 19th of that month. Newburgh remained in Shipping Board custody until being sold for scrapping at Baltimore in 1931.

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Photo #: NH 1348

USS Newburgh
(ID # 3768)

Probably photographed near New York City on the date of her trials, 30 December 1918, or of her delivery and commissioning, 31 December 1918.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 106626

USS Newburgh
(ID # 3768)

At Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18 February 1919, while bringing food to Europe after the end of World War I.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 88KB; 900 x 665 pixels

 


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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