USS Antigone (ID-3007)
USS Antigone (ID-3007) underway with troops aboard
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Antigone |
Namesake | Antigone |
Builder | Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
Yard number | 172 |
Launched | 8 December 1900 |
Acquired | 12 July 1917 |
Commissioned | 5 September 1917 |
Decommissioned | 24 September 1919 |
Stricken | 24 September 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 9,835 GRT; 6,200 NRT |
Displacement | 17,024 tons |
Length |
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Beam | 58.1 ft (17.7 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth | 37.0 ft (11.3 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 726 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 389 |
Armament |
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USS Antigone (ID-3007) was a transport for the United States Navy during World War I, and the first ship of that name for the US Navy. She was originally Neckar for Norddeutscher Lloyd from her 1900 launch until seized by the US in 1917. After her war service she was Potomac for United States Lines.
Neckar
Neckar was
World War I
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, American customs agents seized the ship. She was transferred to the Navy by the United States Shipping Board on 12 July 1917; converted for naval service as a troop transport at the
Antigone was assigned to the
After the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, the transport continued her transatlantic voyages and returned more than 22,000 veterans to the United States. She completed her last trip from France upon her arrival at New York City on 15 September 1919. She was decommissioned there on 24 September 1919, and her name was simultaneously struck from the Navy list. The ship was then transferred to the War Department for service in the Army Transport Service.
References
- ^ Arnold Kludas, Die Geschichte der deutschen Passagierfahrt (vol. 2, 1986)
- ^ Business-of-Migration.com
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Antigone at NavSource Naval History