USS Atik
United States Navy Q-ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik, a double star in the constellation Perseus. Her twin sister ship was Asterion.
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USS Atik, seen here as the SS Carolyn | |
History | |
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Owner | A. H. Bull Steamship Lines |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News |
Yard number | 158 |
Laid down | 15 March 1912 |
Launched | 3 July 1912 |
Commissioned | 5 March 1942 |
Fate | Sunk in battle with all hands, 26 March 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Q-ship |
Displacement | 6,610 long tons (6,720 t) |
Length | 382 ft 2 in (116.48 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 1 in (14.05 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
Speed | 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement | 141 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 4 × .50 in (13 mm) machine guns, 4 × .30 in (7.6 mm) Lewis machine guns, 6 × depth charge projectors |
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