USS Argonne (AS-10)

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

USS Argonne (AS-10), c. 1930s
History
United States
NameArgonne
NamesakeMeuse-Argonne campaign in World War I[1]
BuilderAmerican International Shipbuilding
Yard number673
Laid down22 November 1918 as Sinsinawa
Launched24 February 1920
CompletedAugust 1920
Acquired5 November 1921
Commissioned8 November 1921
Decommissioned15 July 1946
ReclassifiedFrom AP-4 to AS-10, 1 July 1924; to AG-31, 25 July 1940
Stricken28 August 1946
FateSold for scrap, 14 August 1950
General characteristics
TypeDesign 1024 ship
Displacement8,400 tons
Length448 ft (137 m)
Beam68 ft 6 in (20.88 m)
Draft23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Speed15.5 knots
Complement249; AG: 398
Armament

USS Argonne (AP-4/AS-10/AG-31) was a Design 1024 cargo ship built under United States Shipping Board contract by the International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania, for the United States Department of War. Named Argonne for the U.S. Army's Meuse-Argonne campaign in World War I, she was completed in 1920, delivered to the War Department in December 1920, laid up in February 1921, and loaned to the Navy on 3 November 1921.[1] Accepted preliminarily by the Navy on that date, she was commissioned as Argonne on 8 November 1921 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The ship was permanently transferred to the Navy 6 August 1924 by Executive Order.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Clay, Steven E. (2011). U. S. Army Order Of Battle 1919-1941. Volume 4. The Services: Quartermaster, Medical, Military Police, Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare, And Miscellaneous Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 2142.