USS Antigone (AGP-16)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Antigone.

Antigone circa 1945
History
United States
Name	USS Antigone
Namesake	The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek mythology.
Builder	Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.
Laid down	15 August 1944
Launched	27 October 1944
Commissioned	27 October 1944
Decommissioned	27 May 1946
In service	1944
Out of service	1946
Stricken	10 June 1947
Identification	Ship International Radio Callsign: NJYN
Fate	Transferred to the MARAD for disposal, 6 February 1948 and sold to Kaiser & Co. for scrapping
General characteristics
Displacement	4,100 tons
Length	328 feet
Beam	50 feet
Draft	11 feet 2 inches
Propulsion	Two General Motors 12-568A Diesel engines
Speed	12 Knots
Complement	41 Officers, 245 Enlisted
Armament	One 3 in (76 mm)/50 Dual Purpose Mount
Aircraft carried	None
Aviation facilities	None

USS Antigone was a Portunus-class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender in service with the United States Navy during World War II. Authorized originally as LST-773, She was reclassified Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, and laid down the next day at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL. On 27 October 1944, she was launched, and put into reduced commission for conversion to a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender. On 5 December 1944, she was decommissioned for the conversion at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD. 160 days later, on 14 May 1945, Antigone was put into full commission. After serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater for a year, Antigone was decommissioned on 27 May 1946, at San Francisco. On 10 June 1947, she was struck from the Naval Register, and sold to the Maritime Administration for final disposal on 6 February 1948 and simultaneously sold to Kaiser & Co., for scrapping.

Ship awards

• American Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

External links

• http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AGP/AGP-16_Antigone.html
• http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/restored/ANTIGONE_AGP_16.html
• http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/09/0916.htm