USS Yukon (AF-9)

USS Yukon (AF-9)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Yukon.

Career
Name:	USS Yukon
Builder:	Moore Shipbuilding Company, Oakland, California
Laid down:	1920, as SS Mehanno
Acquired:	14 November 1921
Commissioned:	6 December 1921, as USS Yukon (AF-9)
Decommissioned:	14 April 1922
Recommissioned:	19 January 1940
Decommissioned:	18 March 1946
Struck:	17 April 1946
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 29 July 1946
General characteristics
Class & type:	Arctic-class store ship
Displacement:	12,546 long tons (12,747 t) full load
Length:	416 ft 10 in (127.05 m)
Beam:	53 ft 10 in (16.41 m)
Draft:	25 ft 9 in (7.85 m)
Installed power:	2,800 shp (2,100 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × geared turbine 1 × shaft
Speed:	12.3 kn (14.2 mph; 22.8 km/h)
Capacity:	5,280 long tons (5,360 t)
Complement:	229 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun, 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose guns, 8 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon

USS Yukon (AF-9) was an Arctic-class store ship acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. Yukon served as a stores ship, responsible for delivering supplies to military personnel in combat and non-combat areas. She served her remarkable career in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean theaters of operation.

The first Navy ship to be so-named, Yukon was a steamer constructed in 1920 as SS Mehanno by the Moore Shipbuilding Company at Oakland, California, for the United States Shipping Board and was acquired by the Navy on 14 November 1921. She was renamed Yukon; converted to a stores ship; designated AF-9; and commissioned on 6 December 1921, Commander Leo Sahm in command.