USS Midway (AG-41)

History
United States
NameUSS Midway
NamesakeMidway Atoll
OwnerAlaska Transportation Company, Seattle, Washington
BuilderTodd Shipyards Corporation, Brooklyn, New York
Laid downdate unknown
Completedin 1921
Acquiredby the Navy on bareboat charter
Commissioned10 April 1942 as USS Midway (AG-41) at Puget Sound Navy Yard
Decommissioned24 May 1946
RenamedTyee in 1939; USS Panay (AG-41), 3 April 1943
Strickendate unknown
FateReturned to her owner at war's end
General characteristics
Typecommercial cargo ship
Tonnage2,250 tons
Displacement1,622 tons
Length238' 8"
Beam33' 8"
Draft16' 9"
Propulsionunknown, single propeller
Speed11.5 knots
Troops300
Complement86 officers and enlisted
Armamentone single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount

USS Midway (AG-41), later renamed as USS Panay (AG-41), was a commercial cargo ship leased by the United States Navy during World War II. She was used by the Navy as a cargo ship and as a troop transport in the North Pacific Ocean. She was returned to her owner at war's end.