- Built in Maine in 1879
- World War I service
- See also
- References
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= USS J B Walker.jpg | Ship caption= J.B. Walker (American Seagoing Barge, 1879)
}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1917}} | Ship name= USS J. B. Walker | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= E. O'Brien Co., Thomaston, Maine | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= date unknown | Ship launched= 1879 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= 1879 | Ship acquired= 8 August 1918 | Ship commissioned= 8 August 1918 as USS J.B. Walker (ID # 1272) | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= 27 March 1919 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= 1919 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= Norfolk, Virginia | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= sold, 11 September 1919 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
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}} | USS J. B. Walker (ID 1272) was an old schooner hulk acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. Because of her age, condition and relatively large cargo capacity, she was used as a collier, carrying coal where needed. She was not self-propelled, and required to be towed from one port to another. Post-war, J. B. Walker was sold. Built in Maine in 1879 J.B. Walker, a 2,136 gross ton seagoing barge, was built at Thomaston, Maine, in 1879 as a schooner. After operating commercially for nearly four decades, she was taken over by the U.S. Navy in October 1917 and placed in commission as USS J.B. Walker (ID # 1272) in August 1918. World War I service For the rest of World War I, and for some months after the November 1918 Armistice, she was employed carrying coal between Norfolk, Virginia, and New England. In late March 1919 J.B. Walker was assigned to the Fifth Naval District, probably for harbor service in the vicinity of Norfolk and Hampton Roads. She was sold in September 1919. See also References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j1/j_b_walker.htm}}
- J.B. Walker (American Schooner-Barge, 1879). Served as USS J.B. Walker (ID # 1272) in 1918-1919
- NavSource Online: J. B. Walker (ID 1272)
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