USS Rappahannock (AF-6)

History
United States
Laid down1913, as SS Pommern
Launched1913
Commissioned
  • as USS Rappahannock (ID-1854),
  • 8 December 1917
Decommissioned1919
In service
  • as USS Rappahannock (AF-6),
  • June 1922
Out of service10 December 1924
Stricken19 July 1933
FateSold to Luckenbach Steamship Co.
General characteristics
Displacement17,000 long tons (17,300 t)
Length471 ft 2 in (143.61 m)
Beam59 ft 2 in (18.03 m)
Draft26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement155
Armament
  • 1 × 5-inch gun
  • 1 × 3-inch gun

USS Rappahannock (AF-6) was a Rappahannock-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War I. She served in the North Atlantic Ocean, delivering animals, such as horses and steers on-the-hoof, to American Expeditionary Force troops in Europe.

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