From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships

(SlvBar: dp. 726; l. 128'2"; b. 27'; dr. 10'6"; a. none)

John W. Crittenden (No. 3224) was a wooden-hulled sailing salvage barge built in 1900 by A. C. Brown, Tottenville, N.Y.; purchased 11 September 1918 from Meritt [sic; Merritt] & Chapman Dredge & Wrecking Co., N.Y., for service to the 3d Naval District. She was sold to her previous owner 15 May 1919.

Transcribed by Yves HUBERT (hubertypc@aol.com)