USS Altair (AD-11)

USS Altair in  1921.
History
United States
Name	SS Edisto
Operator	United States Shipping Board
Builder	Skinner & Eddy Corporation, Seattle Washington
Laid down	18 December 1918
Launched	10 May 1919
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Navy 29 October 1921 Delivered to U.S. Navy 5 December 1921
United States
Name	USS Altair
Namesake	Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila
Operator	United States Navy
Acquired	Transferred to U.S. Navy 29 October 1921 Named USS Altair 2 November 1921 Delivered to U.S. Navy 5 December 1921
Commissioned	6 December 1921
Decommissioned	8 July 1946
Stricken	21 July 1946
Fate	Transferred to United States Maritime Commission 8 July 1946 Sold 9 March 1948 Scrapped
General characteristics as destroyer tender
Type	Altair-class destroyer tender
Displacement	6,250 long tons (6,350 t) light 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) full
Length	423 ft 9 in (129.16 m)
Beam	54 ft 3 in (16.54 m)
Draft	20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbine, single propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement	481 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns (authorized but never installed)

USS Altair (AD-11) was the lead ship of a class of three United States Navy destroyer tenders.^[1] She was named for Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, and was in commission from 1921 to 1946, seeing service during World War II.