USS Patricia (1899)

USS "Patricia" was originally the German steamship "Patricia" (1899), a 14,446 gross ton passenger liner built in 1899 at Stettin, Germany for commercial employment under the German flag. Following the World War I Armistice she was temporarily allocated to the United States for use bringing service personnel home from the former European war zone. Placed in commission in March 1919 as USS "Patricia" (with no identification number assigned), she made four voyages to the U.S., carrying nearly nine thousand passengers. Decommissioned in September 1919, the ship was delivered to Great Britain for service in their merchant marine.

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/patricia.htm U.S. Navy Ships - USS "Patricia" (1919-1919)] , Naval Historical Center, Department of the U.S. Navy (30 October 2004)