USS Asterion (AK-100)

The only surviving US Navy photo of the Evelyn/Asterion
History
United States
Laid down	17 January 1912
Launched	9 May 1912
Commissioned	March 1942
Decommissioned	22 January 1944
Fate	Transferred to Coast Guard, then scrapped in 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	6610 tons
Length	382 ft 2 in (116.48 m)
Beam	46 ft 1 in (14.05 m)
Draft	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Speed	10 knots
Complement	141 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 4-inch guns 4 x .50-caliber machine guns 4 x .30 cal. Lewis machine guns 6 x depth charge projectors

USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canes Venatici.