USS Argonne (1918)

Taifuku Maru No.1 on her sea trials
History
Name	1916: Taifuku Maru No.1 1917: Argonne 1922: Calonne 1934: Wally
Owner	1917: Argonne SS Co 1922: Cie Française de Marine et de Commerce 1926: SA "Colonne" 1930: "Calonne" SARL 1934: INSA Industrie Navali SA
Operator	1917: States Marine & Commerce Co 1926: Cie Française de Marine et de Commerce 1930: A Grosos & G Anduze-Faris
Port of registry	1917: New York 1922: Toulon 1930: Le Havre 1934: Genoa
Builder	Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
Yard number	391
Launched	12 September 1916
Completed	December 1916
Commissioned	into US Navy, 19 Oct 1918
Decommissioned	from US Navy, 30 Jan 1919
Stricken	from US Navy, 30 Jan 1919
Identification	US official number 214840 1917: code letters LGPH 1922: code letters OVUP
Fate	scrapped 1935
General characteristics
Class and type	Taifuku Maru-class cargo ship
Tonnage	5,870 GRT, 4,334 NRT
Length	385.0 ft (117.3 m)
Beam	51.0 ft (15.5 m)
Draft	27 ft 1 in (8.3 m)
Depth	36.0 ft (11.0 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	391 NHP, 3,500 ihp
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion engine 1 × screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	in US Navy, 78
Armament	in US Navy: 1 × 6-inch/50-caliber gun 1 × 6-pounder gun

USS Argonne was a cargo steamship that was built in Japan in 1916 as Taifuku Maru No. 1. She served in the United States Navy from October 1918 to January 1919. In 1922 a French company bought her and renamed her Calonne. In 1922 an Italian company bought her and renamed her Wally. She was scrapped in Italy in 1935.