USS W. F. Babcock
USS W. F. Babcock (ID-1239) was a collier that served in the United States Navy from 1917-1919. W. F. Babcock was a wooden-hulled, schooner-rigged barge launched in 1882 at Bath, Maine by . On 13 April 1917 she went ashore on Monomoy Point, Massachusetts. Refloated and returned to service. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Luckenbach Steamship Company on 18 October 1917 for service in World War I. Given Id. No. 1239 and commissioned on 8 November 1917, W. F. Babcock operated as a collier at the 5th Naval District until 8 August 1918, when she was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS). Plying the United States East Coast between New England and Norfolk, Virginia. W. F. Babcock served as a coastwise collier through the end of World War I. Reassigned to the 1st
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USS W. F. Babcock
USS W. F. Babcock (ID-1239) was a collier that served in the United States Navy from 1917-1919. W. F. Babcock was a wooden-hulled, schooner-rigged barge launched in 1882 at Bath, Maine by . On 13 April 1917 she went ashore on Monomoy Point, Massachusetts. Refloated and returned to service. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Luckenbach Steamship Company on 18 October 1917 for service in World War I. Given Id. No. 1239 and commissioned on 8 November 1917, W. F. Babcock operated as a collier at the 5th Naval District until 8 August 1918, when she was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS). Plying the United States East Coast between New England and Norfolk, Virginia. W. F. Babcock served as a coastwise collier through the end of World War I. Reassigned to the 1st
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1917-10-18
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1917-11-08
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1917-10-18
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1917-11-08
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United States
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USS W. F. Babcock
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Operated as seagoing barge before her U.S. Navy service
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Schooner-rigged
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1919-11-20
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