USS Asterion (AK-100)
The only surviving US Navy photo of the Evelyn/Asterion | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Laid down | 17 January 1912 |
| Launched | 9 May 1912 |
| Commissioned | March 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 22 January 1944 |
| Fate | Transferred to Coast Guard, then scrapped in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 6610 tons |
| 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 | 10 knots |
| Complement | 141 officers and enlisted |
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USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canes Venatici.