Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AKS-3 USS Antares

• Antares class General Stores Issue Ship:
• Displacement: 11,380 tons (full load)
• Length: 401'
• Beam: 54'
• Draft: 24'
• Speed: 11 knots (max); 9 knots (econ)
• Armament: 2 5"/51; 4 3"/50 DP; 8 20mm
• Complement: 197
• Geared turbine engines; single screw; 2,500 hp
• Built at American International Ship Building, and commissioned as AG-10 on 23 February 1922
• Reclassified AKS-3 on 30 November 1940

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Antares
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack

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