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USS Narragansett (SP-2196)

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The United States ship Narragansett, grounded on the Isle of Wight, is perilously near to breaking up the Navy Department was advised today. All troops are off the vessel and there were no casualties. -" The British Admiralty salvage has tugs standing by, but there is little hope that they can float
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After the Armistice, the transport reversed her mission and commenced carrying troops from France to England. With the new year, 1919, she extended her operational area to include the
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She departed Plymouth for New York on 30 May and arrived in New York on 15 June. Decommissioned on 12 September at Hoboken, N.J., she was sold on 13 August 1920.
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departed New London and steamed to Wilmington, Delaware, for overhaul and alterations necessary for troop transport service. In May, she shifted to
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twice a week. In October, she cut back to once a week, but, throughout, she carried an average of over 1,400 troops per voyage.
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served as a unit of that fleet, which was charged with the highly important mission of keeping men and
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and reporting for duty in the Cross Channel Fleet on the 21st. From that time until
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USS Narragansett

Harlan and Hollingsworth
Wilmington, Delaware
Transport ship
knots
transport ship
United States Navy
Harlan and Hollingsworth
Wilmington, Delaware
Philadelphia
Saint-Nazaire
the Armistice
materiel
British Isles
Southampton
Le Havre
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Rotterdam
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Southampton
Isle of Wight
"Narragansett Near Breaking Up On Rocks"
"American Troopship"
"U. S. Narraganset saved in storm by her false bottom"
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