USS Atglen (ID-1315)
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USS Atglen (ID-1315), also sometimes listed as ID-1350, was a United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...

 in service from 1917 to 1919.

Atglen was laid down as a non-self-propelled commercial barge at South Roundout, New York
New York
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, in 1900. The U.S. Navy 3rd Naval District inspected her for possible World War I
World War I
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 service in 1917, and the Navy acquired her on 16 November 1917, assigning her one of two reported naval registry identification number
Naval Registry Identification Number
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s (either Id. No. 1315 or Id. No. 1350 She probably served in and near New York Harbor
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through the end of the war.

Atglen was returned to her owners sometime in 1919.
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