USS Procyon (AG-11)

History
United States
Name	USS Procyon
Namesake	Procyon
Builder	American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	1919
Launched	13 May 1919
Acquired	8 November 1921
Commissioned	30 November 1921
Decommissioned	1 April 1931
Renamed	TS Empire State (IX-38), 15 July 1931 TS American Pilot, circa 1941
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 3 March 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Antares-class cargo ship
Displacement	4,060 long tons (4,125 t)
Length	380 ft (120 m)
Beam	54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)
Draft	9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	218

USS Procyon (AG–11) was an Antares-class cargo ship in the United States Navy after World War I. She later served as a training vessel for the Merchant Marine Academy as Empire State. In 1940 the ship was returned to the United States Maritime Commission, was renamed American Pilot, and sailed under the American flag during World War II. She was scrapped in 1948.