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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
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Last updated:
November 16, 2001