USS Antares (AK-258)

USS Antares (AK-258) as a cargo ship.
History
United States
Name	Nampa Victory Antares
Namesake	Nampa, Idaho Antares
Operator	International Freighting Company during World War II Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company 28 November 1945 – 31 October 1946 Waterman Steamship Corporation 31 October 1946 – 13 November 1946 A. L. Burbank and Company 13 November 1946 – 6 December 1947
Ordered	as type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 107
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	6 April 1944, as SS Nampa Victory
Launched	19 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. R. A. Hadley
Completed	10 June 1944
Acquired	23 July 1951, by the USN
Commissioned	12 February 1952, as USS Antares (AK-258)
Decommissioned	18 December 1964
Renamed	26 July 1951, Antares
Reclassified	1 April 1959, Stores Issue Ship (AKS-33)
Stricken	1 September 1965
Identification	Hull symbol:AK-258 Hull symbol:AKS-33
Honors and awards	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 5 April 1974, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., for $225,433
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Greenville Victory-class cargo ship
Displacement	4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard) 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × steam turbine 2 × boilers 1 × shaft
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	250
Armament	2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns anti-aircraft gun mounts

The second USS Antares (AK-258) was a United States Navy Greenville Victory-class cargo ship in commission from 1952 to 1959. She was converted into a general stores issue ship (AKS-33) in 1959–1960 and remained in commission as such until 1964. She saw extensive service during the Cold War. Prior to her U.S. Navy career, she had operated as the merchant ship SS Nampa Victory during the latter stages of World War II and in the years immediately after the war.