&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Camden_(AS-6)_off_Pensacola,_Florida_(USA),_on_23_December_1924_(NH_55046).jpg) USS Camden in 1924
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Camden |
| Namesake | Camden, New Jersey |
| Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany |
| Launched | 20 September 1900, as SS Kiel |
| Acquired | by seizure, April 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 3 May 1918 |
| Recommissioned | 21 February 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 26 May 1931 |
| Recommissioned | 17 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 23 October 1946 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Sold, 23 October 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship / submarine tender / barracks ship |
| Displacement | 6,075 long tons (6,172 t) |
| Length | 403 ft 6 in (122.99 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 345 |
| Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose guns |
USS Camden (AS-6) was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Camden, after Camden, New Jersey the city that lies on the Delaware River across from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Initially a German cargo ship known as Kiel, the vessel was seized during World War I and entered into service with the US Navy in 1917 after having her name changed to Camden. She later saw service as a submarine tender and a barracks ship before her sale in 1946.