USS Abarenda (AC-13)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Abarenda.
The first USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy during World War I.
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USS Abarenda | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Abarenda |
Builder | Edwards Shipbuilding Company, Newcastle, England |
Launched | 11 August 1892 |
Acquired | 5 May 1898 |
Commissioned | 20 May 1898 |
Decommissioned | 21 January 1926 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Sold into civilian service, 28 February 1926 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Collier |
Displacement | 6,680 long tons (6,790 t) |
Length | 325 ft 6 in (99.21 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 10 in (6.96 m) |
Speed | 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement | 69 |
Armament | 4 × 3-pounders |
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She was originally a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle, England by the Edwards Shipbuilding Company and was acquired by the Navy on 5 May 1898. She was fitted out as Collier No. 13 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 20 May 1898.