USS Argonne (AS-10)
USS Argonne (AS-10), c. 1930s |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Argonne |
| Builder: | American International Shipbuilding |
| Yard number: | 673 |
| Laid down: | 22 November 1918 as Sinsinawa |
| Launched: | 24 February 1920 |
| Completed: | August 1920 |
| Acquired: | 5 November 1921 |
| Commissioned: | 8 November 1921 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 July 1946 |
| Reclassified: | From AP-4 to AS-10, 1 July 1924; to AG-31, 25 July 1940 |
| Struck: | 28 August 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 14 August 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Design 1024 ship |
| Displacement: | 8,400 tons |
| Length: | 448 ft (137 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft 6 in (20.88 m) |
| Draft: | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots |
| Complement: | 249; AG: 398 |
| Armament: | 4 x 5" guns 4 x 3" guns 2 x 6-pdrs |
USS Argonne (AP-4/AS-10/AG-31) was originally completed in 1920 under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract by the International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa., and transferred to the Navy on 3 November 1921 by the War Department. Accepted preliminarily by the Navy on that date, she was commissioned as Argonne on 8 November 1921 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. Theodore H. Winters in command.
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