USS President Lincoln (1907)
USS ''President Lincoln'' was a troop transport in the United States Navy during World War I. Formerly the German steamer ''President Lincoln'' of the Hamburg-American Line, it was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1907. Seized in New York harbor in 1917, it was turned over to the Shipping Board and transferred to the Navy for operation as a troop transport. Having been damaged severely by her German crew, the ''President Lincoln'' underwent extensive repairs and conversion at Robin's Dry Dock and Repair Company in Brooklyn, New York before being re-commissioned as a Navy troop transport at Brooklyn on 25 July 1917. Commander Yates Stirling, Jr. was then placed in command. Service history The ''President Lincoln'' made five voyages from New York to France. Transporting approximately 23,000 American troops to Brest, France and St. Nazaire, four cycles were completed without incident: October–November 1917, December 1917-January 1918, February–March, and March–May ...
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