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Photo #  NH 69588:  USS Lake Champlain in camouflage, circa 1918-1919.

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U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- Listed by Hull Number

"SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft
numbered from ID # 1700 through ID # 1799


This page covers World War I era acquired vessels numbered in the "SP" and "ID" series from ID # 1700 through ID # 1799, plus some that were given numbers but not acquired.


See the list below to locate photographs of individual ships and craft numbered in the "SP" and "ID" series from ID # 1700 through ID # 1799.

For lists of "SP" and "ID" series ships and craft in other number ranges, see:

  • "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft.

    If the "SP"/"ID" vessel you want does not have an active link on this page, or the other pages of this series, and the statement "no image available" is lacking, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.


    World War I era acquired vessels numbered from ID # 1700 through ID # 1799:

    • SP-1700: Marian Calaveras. Motor boat, 1911. USN: Marian Calaveras, 1917-1917. No image available
    • SP-1701: Minneopa. Motor boat, 1902. USN: Minneopa, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1702: Hamilton. 3723 gross ton coastal passenger steamer, 1899. USN: Saranac, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1704: Billow. 248 gross ton trawler, 1912. USN: Billow, 1918-1918
    • ID # 1706: Wave. 248 gross ton trawler, 1913. No U.S. Navy service
    • ID # 1707: Breaker. 450-ton trawler, 1912. USN: Billow, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1708: Boothbay. 334 gross ton coastal ferry steamer, 1907. USN: Boothbay, 1917-1930. Renamed Grampus, 1920

    • SP-1711: Miss Toledo. 60-foot motor boat, 1917. Probably no U.S. Navy service
    • SP-1712: Tango. Motor boat, 1913. USN: Tango, 1917-1917 (very brief service, if any). No image available
    • ID # 1714: Raymond. 301 gross ton barge. USN: Raymond, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1716: George Conway. 312 gross ton barge. USN: George Conway, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1717: Francis Conway. 296 gross ton barge. USN: Francis Conway, 1917-191?. No image available

    • ID # 1720: Fischer Bros.. 303 gross ton barge. USN: Fischer Bros., 1917?-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1721: Atlida. 253 gross ton barge, 1904. USN: Atlida (renamed Coal Barge # 515), 1917-1919
    • ID # 1723: Maggie G. Lubey. 355 gross ton barge. USN: Maggie G. Lubey, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1725: George. 312 gross ton barge. USN: George, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1727: James J. Doherty. 447 gross ton barge. USN: James J. Doherty, 1917?-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1728: John F. Leach. Barge. USN: John F. Leach, 1917-1919. No image available
    • ID # 1729: Charles S.. 447 gross ton barge. Probably no U.S. Navy service

    • ID # 1730: Arthur. 240 gross ton barge, 1906. USN: Arthur, 1917-1919 (probably)
    • ID # 1735: Square Dealer. 451 gross ton barge. USN: Square Dealer, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1736: Anna O'Boyle. 351 gross ton barge, 1903. USN: Anna O'Boyle, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1737: Liberty. Barge. Possibly also named Boston. USN: Liberty, 1917-1919. No image available

    • ID # 1740: John F. Bresnahan. 321 gross ton barge, 1912. USN: John F. Bresnahan (renamed Freight Lighter # 125), 1917-1919?. No image available
    • ID # 1741: P.J. Barry. 447 gross ton barge. USN: P.J. Barry, 1917?-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1742: Frank J. Downey. 301 gross ton barge. USN: Frank J. Downey, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1749: Grace. 341 gross ton barge. USN: Grace, 1917-191?. No image available

    • ID # 1750: James H. Cullen. 284 gross ton barge. USN: James H. Cullen, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1751: Mary. Barge. USN: Mary, 1917-191?. No image available
    • SP-1755: Bessie. 338 gross ton barge, 1899. USN: Bessie (later renamed SP-1755 and Coal Barge # 514), 1917-1919
    • ID # 1758: Dochra. 4309 gross ton freighter, 1906. USN: Dochra, 1917-1919

    • ID # 1760: Shoshone. 4707 gross ton passenger-cargo ship. Previously named Wasgenwald. Later named Manoa. USN: Shoshone, 1919-1919
    • SP-1761: Tech Jr.. Motor boat, 1912. USN: Tech Jr., 1917-1917. No image available
    • SP-1764: Margaret G.. 3 gross ton motor boat. USN: Margaret G. (later renamed SP-1764), 1917-1918. No image available
    • ID # 1765: Carib. 2118 gross ton freighter, 1916. USN: Carib, 1917-1919
    • ID # 1766: Sioux. 2048 gross ton freighter, 1916. USN: Sioux, 1917-1919
    • ID # 1768: H.G. Huntley. 399 gross ton barge. USN: H.G. Huntley, 1917-191?. No image available

    • SP-1770: Hazleton. 11 gross ton motor boat, 1917. USN: Hazleton, 1917-1919. No image available
    • ID # 1773: Alice. 260 gross ton barge. USN: Alice, 1917-1919(?). No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1774: Stella F. Murphy. 326 gross ton barge. USN: Stella F. Murphy, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1778: Arthur L. Haber. 420 gross ton barge. USN: Arthur L. Haber, 1917?-1919?. No image is available, or known to exist

    • ID # 1780: Thomas Monk. 261 gross ton barge. USN: Thomas Monk, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1781: Margaret K.. 447 gross ton barge. USN: Margaret K., 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1784: Teutonic. 253 gross ton barge. USN: Teutonic, 1917-191?. No image available
    • SP-1785: Carlotta. 9 gross ton motor boat. USN: Carlotta, 1917-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1787: Indiana. 5742 gross ton freighter, 1917. Originally named Nikkosan Maru. USN: Western Front (initially named Indiana), 1918-1919
    • ID # 1788: Lake Placid. 4200-ton freighter, 1917. Originally named War Path. USN: Lake Placid, 1918-1919. No image available
    • ID # 1789: Henry E. Giller. 96 gross ton tug, 1915. USN: Henry E. Giller (possibly served under charter, 1918?-1919?). No image available

    • ID # 1791: Lake Champlain. 2118 gross ton freighter, 1917. Originally named War Chant. Later named Nipponier, Fruithandel and Meisei Maru. USN: Lake Champlain, 1918-1919
    • ID # 1792: Lake Shore. 1190 net ton freighter, 1917. Originally named War Shell. Later named Olympic, Glento, Pilhamm and Lulu. USN: Lake Shore, 1918-1919. Was later USS Taganak (AG-45), 1942-1946
    • SP-1793: Akela. 72 gross ton steam yacht, 1899. USN: Akela, 1918-1919
    • SP-1795: War Bug. 62' 4" motor boat, 1917. Originally named Herreshoff 320. USN: War Bug, 1917-1919
    • ID # 1797: Three Brothers. 388 gross ton barge. USN: Three Brothers, 1917-191?. No image available
    • ID # 1798: Athens. 396 gross ton barge. USN: Athens, 1917-1919?. No image is available, or known to exist
    • ID # 1799: Dorothy E. Price. 409 gross ton barge. USN: Dorothy E. Price, 1917-191?. No image is available, or known to exist

    For lists of "SP" and "ID" series ships and craft in other number ranges, see:

  • "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft.


    To the best of our knowledge, the pictures provided in the "Online Library of Selected Images" are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

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