Abraham Lincoln’s keel was laid Nov. 3, 1984 at Newport News, Va. For additional photographs taken on board this ship, see: USS President Lincoln-- Troops On Board the Ship. On Board Views and Ship's Crew. This page features views taken on board USS President Lincoln and photographs of her crew. USS President Lincoln was a troop transport in the United States Navy during World War I.



On May 31, 1918, USS President Lincoln, a U.S. Navy transport ship, was sunk by the German submarine U-90. It just so happens that my relative was the captain of the USS President Lincoln, Commander (Percy) Foote on its last five crossings.
Now the USS President Lincoln was originally a German ship that somehow came to be in American control (how I dont know). Photo #: NH 103355 USS President Lincoln (1917-1918) View looking aft from the ship's foremast, while she was at Hobokon, New Jersey, during World War I. USS Lincoln back after makeover One of the most recognized ships in the U.S. Navy is ready for service again after a massive overhaul. 155K likes.

Formerly the German steamer President Lincoln of the Hamburg-American Line, was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, in 1907; seized in New York harbor in 1917; turned over to the Shipping Board, and transferred to the Navy for operation as a troop transport. President Lincoln made five voyages from New York to France, transporting around 23,000 American troops. Title: USS President Lincoln Description: (1917-1918) Some of the ship's survivors on board USS Warrington (Destroyer # 30), which rescued them after President Lincoln was sunk on 31 May 1918. U.S. Built in 1907 in Ireland, the ship initially belonged to the German transatlantic shipping company Hamburg America Line before it was seized in New York harbor in 1917. On the morning of 31 May 1918 the 32,500 ton (displacement) transport USS President Lincoln was steaming about 600 miles from Brest, France, bound for the United States after delivering a load of American military personnel earlier that month. Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
U.S. USS President Lincoln was a troop transport in the United States Navy during World War I.

The USS Abraham Lincoln, ironically built for Germany, became a victim of German U-boat U-90 on the 31 st of May 1918 six hundred miles off the coast of France. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 696-6900 The USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived home after a 295-day deployment - the longest since the Cold War - allowing some sailors to meet their children for the first time. Photographed from USS Susquehanna (ID # 3016), ... USS President Lincoln (1917-1918) In port, circa 1917. USS President Lincoln - Sunk 1918 I recently came across a newspaper article about a long deceased family member of mine.


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