USS Fashion (ID-755), later USS Freight Lighter No. 116, later USS YF-116, was a United States Navy

United States Navy

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 freight lighter

Lighter (barge)

A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were moved and steered using long oars called "sweeps," with their motive power provided by water currents...

 in commission from 1918 to 1922.

Fashion was built as a commercial barge

Barge

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 of the same name in 1915 by Richard Rodermond in New York

New York

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. In 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Eugene Coop of New York, for use during World War I

World War I

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. Asssigned the naval registry identification number 755, he was placed in service in 1918 as USS Fashion (ID-755). She later was renamed USS Freight Lighter No. 116.

When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Freight Lighter No. 116 was classified as a YF (freight lighter) under the new system and renamed USS YF-116.

YF-116 was taken out of service on 8 May 1922. She was sold in 1922.