John W. Chittenden (Id.No. 3224)
1918-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.
(Id.No. 3224: tonnage 235 (gross); length 128'2"; breadth on water line 27' ; depth of hold 8'8"; mean draft 10'6"; coal capacity 250 tons)
John W. Chittenden -- a wooden-hulled non-powered salvage barge built in 1900 by A. C. Brown, Tottenville, N.Y. -- was purchased on 11 September 1918 from Merritt & Chapman Dredge & Wrecking Co., N.Y., for service in the Third Naval District. She was sold to her previous owner on 15 May 1919.
Corrected, Robert J. Cressman
19 August 2020
Published: Wed Aug 19 11:10:59 EDT 2020
