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Tonnage |
11380 tons standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
401' by 54' by 24' 122.2m by 16.5m by 7.3m |
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Maximum
speed |
11 knots |
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Complement |
197 |
| Machinery |
1-shaft General Electric Curtis turbine (2500 shp) 3 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers |
| Bunkerage |
980 tons |
| Modifications |
Armed with 2 5"/51
guns, 4 3"/50 AA guns, 8 20mm
Oerlikon AA guns by the end of the war. |
The Antares was built in 1922 as a miscellaneous auxiliary. She was reclassified as a general stores issue ship in 1940.
Antares was
present during the attack on Pearl
Harbor. She was just entering the channel when a Catalina spotted a Japanese midget
submarine attempting to follow her into the harbor. Ward
was nearby and sank the midget submarine with gunfire and depth charges.
References
Navsource.org (accessed 2012-12-1)
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007 by Kent G. Budge. Index
