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USS George F. Pierce

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lists as having the naval registry identification number ID-648. Many non-patrol-type vessels were initially given "SP" numbers which later were changed to "ID" numbers, and
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Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number:
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at "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
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by William G. Abbott in 1914. In 1918, the U.S. Navy purchased her from the
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NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 648)
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and supply boat in the Philadelphia area for the next four years.
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http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g4/george_f_pierce.htm
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Index

USS George F. Pierce (ID-648)
cargo ship
Cargo ship
gross register tons
Steam engine
knots
cargo ship
United States Navy
hulled
steam
passenger ship
Milford and Philadelphia Freight Line Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Navy Yard
commissioned
4th Naval District
passenger ship
decommissioned
Milford
Delaware
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g4/george_f_pierce.htm
section patrol
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170648.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/shusn-no/spid0600.htm
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
here
Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: ID # 648 George F. Pierce at "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 648)

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