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Photo #  NH 101838:  Barge Josephus in 1917 or earlier


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Josephus (Seagoing Barge, 1876);
Later USS Josephus (ID # 3065), 1917-1919

Josephus, a 1406 gross ton seagoing barge, had been built in 1876 at Newcastle, Maine, probably as a schooner. She had also been named Josephine Luckenbach during her long career. The U.S. Navy purchased her in October 1917 and placed her in commission as USS Josephus early in the following month. Through World War I and beyond, she was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and employed as a coal barge along the U.S. east coast. Josephus was stricken from the Navy list in June 1919 and was sold to commercial owners in September of that year.

This page features our only views of the barge Josephus, later USS Josephus (ID # 3065).


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Photo #: NH 101838

Josephus
(U.S. Seagoing Barge, 1876)

Photographed circa 1917 or earlier, prior to her acquisition by the Navy.
This vessel served as USS Josephus (ID # 3065) during 1917-19.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 32KB; 740 x 460 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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