USS Adirondack (ID-1270)

Adirondack photographed prior to World War I. Note her extensive hogging brace.
History
United States
Name	Adirondack
Namesake	Adirondack Mountains
Owner	Hudson Navigation Company, Pier 32, North River, New York City
Builder	J Eaglis and Sons, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Laid down	8 June 1895
Launched	October 1895
In service	1896
Homeport	New York City
Fate	Chartered by the USN September 1917
History
United States
Name	Adirondack
Acquired	25 September 1917
In service	16 October 1917
Stricken	24 January 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: ID-1270
Fate	Returned to owner 24 January 1919 Abandoned in 1924
General characteristics
Displacement	3,882 long tons (3,944 t)
Length	388 ft 2 in (118.31 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m) (mean)
Installed power	4 × 55 psi (380 kPa) W. & A. Fletcher Company steam boilers 4,000 hp (3,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 × W. & A. Fletcher Company Vertical single expansion low pressure beam steam engine 2 × side Paddle wheels
Speed	11.3 kn (20.9 km/h; 13.0 mph)
Capacity	350 staterooms 1,000 short tons (910 t) cargo space
Complement	135

Adirondack, a steel-hulled side-wheel river passenger steamship displacing 3,882 long tons (3,944 t), was built by J. Eaglis and Sons, at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, in 1896, for the Hudson Navigation Company, the "People's Line". Her keel was laid 8 June 1895, and she was launched within five months, probably October 1895, with her fitting out completed in time for the summer 1896 season.^[1]