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Photo #  NH 99305:  Barge Annie B. Embry in port.


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Annie B. Embry (American Barge, 1905).
May have seen U.S. Navy service in 1918-1919 with ID # 2401, perhaps as Coal Barge # 421

Annie B. Embry, a 431 gross ton wooden-hulled barge, was built at Elkton, Maryland, in 1905. Employed in the coal trade out of Norfolk, Virginia, she was inspected for possible U.S. Navy acquisition in March 1918, assigned ID # 2401. Ordered to be taken over in May, she may have become the Navy's Coal Barge # 421. If this is the case, she was taken out of service sometime before the fall of 1919.

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Photo #: NH 99305

Annie B. Embry
(American Barge, 1905)

In port, possibly in the Norfolk, Virginia, area on 3 March 1918, when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District.
Assigned registry ID # 2401, on 7 May 1918 this barge was ordered to be taken over for Navy service. She was reportedly later renamed Coal Barge # 421.
The barge at right is Violet, which was assigned registry ID # 2395 and reportedly later became Navy Coal Barge # 420.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 76KB; 530 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99307

Violet
(American Barge, 1897)

In port, possibly in the Norfolk, Virginia, area on 3 March 1918, when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District.
Assigned registry ID # 2395, on 7 May 1918 this barge was ordered to be taken over for Navy service. She was reportedly later renamed Coal Barge # 420.
The barge partially visible at left is Annie B. Embry, which was assigned registry ID # 2401 and reportedly later became Navy Coal Barge # 421.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 


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