&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Recruit_(1917).jpg) The Landship Recruit under construction in Union Square in 1917.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Recruit |
| Builder | USN |
| Commissioned | 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 1920 |
| Fate | Dismantled |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 200 ft (61.0 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12.192 m) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | Wooden guns |
USS Recruit, also known as the Landship Recruit, was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the United States Navy in Manhattan in New York City, as a recruiting tool and training ship during the First World War. Commissioned as if it were a normal vessel of the U.S. Navy and manned by a crew of trainee sailors, Recruit was located in Union Square from 1917 until the end of the war. In 1920, with the reduced requirements for manning in the post-war Navy, Recruit was decommissioned and dismantled, having recruited 25,000 sailors into Navy service.