USS George H. Johnson (SP-379)

USS George H. Johnson (SP-379) was the proposed name and designation for a freight lighter that the United States Navy considered for World War I naval service but never acquired.

A pre-World War I photograph of George H. Johnson (left) and Catherine Johnson, (right) loading or unloading barrels.
History
United States
Name:	USS George H. Johnson (proposed)
Namesake:	Previous name retained (proposed)
Builder:	W. G. Abbott, Milford, Delaware
Completed:	1912
Acquired:	Never
Commissioned:	Never
Notes:	No naval service; operated as commercial freight lighter George H. Johnson
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel (proposed)
Tonnage:	196 gross register tons
Length:	110 ft (34 m)

The freight lighters Metcalf No. 1 (left), George H. Johnson (center right), and Catherine Johnson (right) tied up alongside a British cargo ship (center left) on 5 May 1917.

George H. Johnson was built as a commercial freight lighter in 1912 by W. G. Abbott at Milford, Delaware. She was the property of the T. Johnson Company of New York City when the U.S. Navy inspected her in 1916 or early 1917 for possible naval use during World War I. The Navy assigned her the section patrol number SP-379 but never acquired her, and she saw no naval service.