&sq=&lang=&file=File:Proteus.ac9.JPG) USS Proteus
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Proteus |
| Namesake | Proteus |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 31 October 1911 |
| Launched | 14 September 1912 |
| Commissioned | 9 July 1913 |
| Decommissioned | 25 March 1924 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1940 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Proteus-class collier |
| Displacement | 19,000 long tons (19,000 t) full |
| Length | 522 ft (159 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Speed | 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 158 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 4"/50 caliber guns |
The collier USS Proteus (AC-9) was laid down on 31 October 1911, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and launched on 14 September 1912. She was the lead ship of her class of four colliers. She was commissioned on 9 July 1913, to the United States Navy.