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Adirondack (SP 1270)


Passenger Steamer: Built in 1896 by J. Eaglis and Sons, Brooklyn, NY; Acquired by the Navy in September 1917; Placed in service, (date unknown); Placed out of service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register 24 January 1919 and returned to her owner, the Hudson Navigation Co.; Abandoned in 1924.

Specifications: Displacement 3,882 t.; Length 388' 2"; Beam 50'; Draft 10'; Speed 11.3 kts.; Complement 135; Armament none.


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Adirondack 107k Photographed Prior to World War I. Note this ship's extensive hogging brace.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 100112-A
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: In September 1917, Adirondack steel-hulled river passenger steamer built in 1896 at Brooklyn, N.Y., by J. Eaglis and Sons—was chartered by the Navy from the Hudson Navigation Co., of Pier 32, North River New York City. Delivered to the Navy on the 25th of that month Adirondack assigned the identification number (Id. No.) 1270—was officially requisitioned on 16 October 1917 for service as a floating barracks to quarter a portion of the men assigned to the Receiving Ship, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. She performed this service in a noncommissioned status through the end of World War I and was returned to her owner on 24 January 1919. Her name was struck from the Navy list the same day.

Adirondack then resumed her pre-war operations, serving as a passenger steamer with the Hudson Navigation Co. She was finally abandoned due to age and deterioration during the fiscal year which ended on 30 June 1924.


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