Name USS Antigone Commissioned 27 October 1944 Construction started 15 August 1944 Length 100 m | Laid down 15 August 1944 Decommissioned 27 May 1946 Launched 27 October 1944 Weight 4,166 tons | |
Namesake The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek mythology. Builder Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. | ||
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.