USS Bath (AK-4)

History
Netherlands
Name	Andromeda
Namesake	Andromeda (mythology)
Owner	Argo Steamship Co., Holland
Builder	Oderwerke, Stettin, German Empire
Laid down	1913
Completed	1913
Stricken	date unknown
Fate	Seized at New Orleans, La., 6 April 1917
	USS Bath (AK-4) At anchor and dressed with flags, circa 1920.
United States
Name	Bath
Namesake	Bath, Maine
Acquired	6 April 1917
Commissioned	30 July 1917, as USS Bath (ID-1997)
Decommissioned	9 May 1922
Reclassified	17 July 1920, USS Bath (AK-4)
Stricken	30 September 1925
Identification	Hull symbol:ID-1997; Hull symbol:AK-4;
Fate	Sold to S. R. Paterno of Manila, 2 January 1926, wrecked 1955
General characteristics
Displacement	2,250 t (2,210 long tons) (standard); 6,782 t (6,675 long tons) (full load);
Length	344 ft (105 m)
Beam	46 ft 2 in (14.07 m)
Draught	20 ft 2 in (6.15 m)
Speed	10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	99
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber guns; 2 × machine guns;

USS Bath (AK-4) was a

U.S. Navy for service in World War I

.

Acquiring a captured German freighter

The first ship to be named Bath by the Navy, AK-4 was launched in 1913 by

New Orleans, Louisiana

, 6 April 1917; transferred to the Navy in May, renamed Bath 6 June 1917; and commissioned 30 July 1917.

World War I North Atlantic operations

She left New Orleans 2 August 1917, joined a

Naval Overseas Transportation Service in March 1918 and carried cargo between the United States and Europe. Between February 1919 and July 1921 she carried cargo between the east and west coasts of the United States and to the Caribbean

.