| − | Barbarossa a steel hulled, twin screw steamer built for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. was launched at the Hamburg, Germany, yard of her builders, Blohm and Voss, on 5 September 1896 and carried freight and passengers in the New York and Australian trade into World War I. Unable to return to Germany due to the Allied blockade at the start of that conflict, she sought haven at Hoboken, N.J., where she was taken over by the Federal Government upon the entry of the United States into the war on 6 April 1917. | + | The [[USS]] Barbarossa a steel hulled, twin screw steamer built for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. was launched at the Hamburg, [[Germany]], yard of her builders, Blohm and Voss, on 5 September 1896 and carried freight and passengers in the New York and Australian trade into [[World War I]]. Unable to return to Germany due to the Allied blockade at the start of that conflict, she sought haven at Hoboken, [[New Jersey]], where she was taken over by the Federal Government upon the entry of the United States into the war on 6 April 1917. |
| | Anticipating American seizure, the ship's German crew had attempted to cripple her machinery with sledge hammers. Therefore, Barbarossa was towed to Brooklyn for repairs by the Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co., under supervision of the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Turned over to the Navy soon thereafter and assigned the Identification Number (Id. No.) 3012, Barbarossa was commissioned on 3 August 1917, Comdr. Harry L. Brinser in command. | | Anticipating American seizure, the ship's German crew had attempted to cripple her machinery with sledge hammers. Therefore, Barbarossa was towed to Brooklyn for repairs by the Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co., under supervision of the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Turned over to the Navy soon thereafter and assigned the Identification Number (Id. No.) 3012, Barbarossa was commissioned on 3 August 1917, Comdr. Harry L. Brinser in command. |