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USS Lenape (ID-2700)
USS ''Lenape'' (ID-2700) was a troop transport for the United States Navy in 1918, during World War I. She was launched in 1912 as SS ''Lenape'', a passenger steamer for the Clyde Line. After the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, she was chartered by the United States Army as transport USAT ''Lenape''. After her Navy service ended in October 1918, she was returned to the Army.
==Early career==
''Lenape'' was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding Co. of Newport News, Virginia, in 1912 for the Clyde Steamship Company, known as the Clyde Line. She operated as a passenger steamer on the East Coast of the United States, typically on a New York–Charleston–Jacksonville route.〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 315.〕〔 (A summary of ''Lenape'' 's route can be found at the (Clyde Line page ) at ''Maritime Timetable Images''.)〕
After the United States declared war on Germany, the units that comprised the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) were selected in early May and ordered to Europe within 30 days. The Army, needing transports to get the men and materiel to France, re-formed the Army Transport Service.〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 313.〕 A committee of shipping executives pored over registries of American shipping and, on 28 May 1917, selected ''Lenape'' and thirteen other American ships that were sufficiently fast, could carry enough coal in their bunkers for transatlantic crossings, and, most importantly, were in port or not far at sea.〔Sharpe, p. 359.〕〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 314.〕 After ''Lenape'' discharged her last load of passengers, she was officially chartered by the Army on 1 June.〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 315–16.〕
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