&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Newport_News_(AK-3).jpg) USS Newport News in San Francisco Bay, circa 1919
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| History | |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft |
| Yard number | 232 |
| Launched | 12 December 1903 |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Acquired | for US Navy, 14 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | into US Navy, 14 Jul 1917 |
| Decommissioned | from US Navy, 1 Aug 1924 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped January 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 3,343 GRT, 2,136 NRT |
| Displacement | 10,000 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 45.0 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Depth | 24.5 ft (7.5 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 480 NHP, 2,400 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement | in US Navy: 150 |
| Armament | 4 × 3-inch/23-caliber guns |
| Notes | sister ships: St. Thomas, St. Croix |
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USS Newport News (AK-3) was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1903 as St. Jan. She was renamed Odenwald in 1907 when she changed owners, and Newport News in 1917 when the United States seized her. She was renamed Arctic in 1925, and scrapped in 1937.
She was the first of three US Navy ships to be named USS Newport News. She served in the United States Navy from 1918 until 1924. Her Naval service was transatlantic until 1919, when she was transferred to the Pacific.
As Odenwald she belonged to the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) from 1907 until 1917. She was the first of three HAPAG ships of this name. The second Odenwald was a motor ship that entered service in 1923 and was captured in 1941.[1] The third was a motor ship that entered service in 1951.[2]
When the First World War began in August 1914, Odenwald took refuge in Puerto Rico. In March 1915 she tried to leave port without permission, so the United States Army garrison fired at her. This led to a diplomatic incident between the US and Germany.