USS ''Atglen'' (ID-1315), also sometimes listed as ID-1350, was a United States Navy barge in service from 1917 to 1919. ''Atglen'' was laid down as a non-self-propelled commercial barge at South Roundout,

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, in 1900. The U.S. Navy

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inspected her for possible World War I service in 1917, and the Navy acquired her on 16 November 1917, assigning her one of two reported

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s (either Id. No. 1315 or Id. No. 1350Per NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171350. She probably served in and near

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through the end of the war. ''Atglen'' was returned to her owners sometime in 1919.

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Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: ''Atglen'' (American Barge, 1900). Probably saw U.S. Navy service (under registry ID # 1315) in 1917-1919
* ttp://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171350.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Atglen (ID 1350) {{DEFAULTSORT:Atglen (ID-1315) Ships built in New York (state) 1900 ships World War I auxiliary ships of the United States Barges of the United States Navy