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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Antelope (IX-109), 1943-1946

USS Antelope, a non-self-propelled dry cargo storage vessel, was built at Richmond, California, in 1943 as the "Liberty" ship M.H. de Young. Torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific on 14 August 1943, she was towed to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. The Navy took her over under charter in October 1943 and placed her in service under the name Antelope. She spent the rest of World War II at Espiritu Santo and in the Philippines as a stationary storage hulk. Antelope was placed out of service in May 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission. Sold for scrapping in 1948, she was broken up in China in about 1950.

This page features our only views of USS Antelope (IX-109).

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Photo #: NH 97018

USS Antelope (IX-109)


Entering the floating drydock ABSD-1 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 5 January 1945.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 72KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-314233

USS Antelope (IX-109)


In the floating drydock ABSD-1 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 8 January 1945.
Also in the drydock, astern of Antelope is USS LST-120. YF-326 is the nearest of the yardcraft on the right, moored to ABSD-1.
Note that Antelope appears to have an armament of only three 20mm guns, and the rest of her gun tubs are empty.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 610 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 


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17 October 1999