USS Abarenda (AC-13)

USS Abarenda
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History
United States
NameUSS Abarenda
BuilderEdwards Shipbuilding Company, Newcastle, England
Launched11 August 1892
Acquired5 May 1898
Commissioned20 May 1898
Decommissioned21 January 1926
Reclassified
  • AC-13, 17 July 1920
  • AG-14, 1 July 1924
FateSold into civilian service, 28 February 1926
General characteristics
TypeCollier
Displacement6,680 long tons (6,790 t)
Length325 ft 6 in (99.21 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Draft22 ft 10 in (6.96 m)
Speedkn (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement69
Armament4 × 3-pounders

The first USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy during World War I.

She was originally a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle, England by the Edwards Shipbuilding Company and was acquired by the Navy on 5 May 1898. She was fitted out as Collier No. 13 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 20 May 1898.