USS Antigone (AGP-16)

USS Antigone was a Portunus-class Motor Torpedo Boat Tender in service with the United States Navy during World War Two. Authorized originally as LST-773, She was reclassified Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, and laid down the next day at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL. On 27 October 1944, she was launched, and put into reduced commission for conversion to a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender. On 5 December 1944, she was decommissioned for the conversion at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD. 160 days later, on 14 May 1945, USS Antigone was put into full commission with LCDR. Whitson M. Jones in command. After serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater for a year, USS Antigone was decommissioned on 27 May 1946, at San Francisco. On 10 June 1947, she was struck from the Naval Register, and sold to the Maritime Administration for final disposal on 6 February 1948 and simultaneously sold to Kaiser & Co., for scrapping.

History
USA
Name: USS Antigone
Namesake: The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek mythology.
Builder: Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.
Laid down: 15 August 1944
Launched: 27 October 1944
Commissioned: 27 October 1944
Decommissioned: 27 May 1946
In service: 1944
Out of service: 1946
Stricken: 10 June 1947
Fate: Transferred to the MARAD for disposal, 6 February 1948 and sold to Kaiser & Co. for scrapping
Notes: Ship International Radio Callsign: NJYN
General characteristics
Displacement: 4,100 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: 11 feet 2 inches
Propulsion: Two General Motors 12-568A Diesel engines
Speed: 12 Knots
Complement: 41 Officers, 245 Enlisted
Armament: One 3 in (76 mm)/50 Dual Purpose Mount
Aircraft carried: None
Aviation facilities: None

Ship awards
  • American Campaign Medal
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
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