USS Rappahannock (AF-6)

History
United States
Laid down	1913, as SS Pommern
Launched	1913
Commissioned	as USS Rappahannock (ID-1854), 8 December 1917
Decommissioned	1919
In service	as USS Rappahannock (AF-6), June 1922
Out of service	10 December 1924
Stricken	19 July 1933
Fate	Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co.
General characteristics
Displacement	17,000 long tons (17,300 t)
Length	471 ft 2 in (143.61 m)
Beam	59 ft 2 in (18.03 m)
Draft	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement	155
Armament	one 5"; one 3"

USS Rappahannock (AF-6) was a Rappahannock-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War I. She served in the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean, delivering animals, such as horses and steers on-the-hoof, to American Expeditionary Force troops in Europe.