| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Barnegat |
| Namesake | A bay on the eastern border of Ocean County, New Jersey, about 25 miles in length and separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Island Beach. |
| Owner | Luckenbach Steamship Co |
| Builder | John H. Dialogue, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Christened | as Luckenbach Tug No. 1 |
| Acquired | by the Navy on 12 October 1917 |
| Commissioned | 12 October 1917 as Luckenbach Tug No. 1 (SP 1232) |
| Decommissioned | 28 November 1919 at Norfolk, Virginia |
| Renamed | USS Barnegat 30 October 1917 |
| Stricken | circa 28 November 1919 |
| Homeport | Brest, France |
| Fate | Transferred to the War Department 17 August 1920; subsequently operated in the Delaware River by the Army’s Corps of Engineers |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Displacement | 900 tons |
| Length | 138 ft 9 in (42.29 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Speed | 11.75 knots |
| Complement | 40 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Barnegat (SP-1232) was a commercial tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was armed with a 3-inch gun and sent to Brest, France, to perform towing services for Allied ships. Post-war, she returned to the United States, was decommissioned, and was subsequently used on the Delaware River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.