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{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Absecon}}

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|Ship image=USS Absecon (ID-3131) 1 July 1918 On trial trip in Delaware Bay.jpg
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|Ship caption=USS Absecon (ID-3131) On trial trip in Delaware Bay, 1 July 1918.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1918}}
|Ship name= USS ''Absecon''
|Ship namesake=[[Absecon Inlet]] in [[New Jersey]]
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|Ship builder=[[New York Shipbuilding Company]], [[Camden, New Jersey]]
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|Ship laid down=2 October 1917
|Ship launched=23 March 1918
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|Ship in service=In non-commissioned status on 12 October 1918
|Ship out of service=5 November 1918
|Ship renamed=*Acquired in 1928 by the Isthmian Line and renamed ''James Ellwood Jones''
*Renamed ''T. J. Sheridan'' in 1951
*Acquired in 1960 by the Coyle Line and renamed ''DeBardeleben Marine II''
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|Ship honors=[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with [[medal bar|Armed Guard Clasp]]
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The first '''USS ''Absecon'' (ID-3131)''' was a [[cargo ship|freighter]] that operated in the [[United States Navy]] in 1918. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for [[Absecon Inlet]], a small inlet north of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].

On 17 June 1918, [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] of the U.S. Navy{{'}}s [[4th Naval District]] inspected ''Absecon'', a single-[[propeller|screw]], steel-[[Hull (watercraft)|hulled]] freighter built in 1918 by the [[New York Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], New Jersey. Although the Navy gave the ship Identification Number (Id. No.) 3131, as it did with most commercial cargo ships and [[Tanker (ship)|tankers]] [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into U.S. Navy service for use in [[World War I]], the [[United States Government]] never took possession of the ship. However, she was armed, and a Navy [[Naval Armed Guard|armed guard]] crew was placed on board the ship.

''Absecon'' earned the [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with [[medal bar|Armed Guard Clasp]] for service between 12 October 1918 and 5 November 1918. She then left naval service.

==References==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/absecon-i.htm}}

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[[Category:Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation]]
[[Category:World War I auxiliary ships of the United States]]
[[Category:1918 ships]]
[[Category:Cargo ships of the United States Navy]]

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