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USS Newport News (AK-3)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)

Newport News Class Cargo Ship:

Built in 1904 by Flensburg Shipbuilding Co., Flensburg, Germany

Taken over as SS Odenwald by the US Navy, 14 May 1917

Commissioned USS Newport News, 14 July 1917, LCDR. John Allison in command

Designated (AK-3), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, 1 August 1924, at Navy Yard, Puget Sound, WA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1924

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 4 April 1925, to John F. Blaine, Berkeley, CA.

Specifications:
Displacement 10,000 t.
Length 371' 5"
Beam 45' 5"
Draft 23' 6"
Speed 13 kts.
Complement 150
Armament four single 3" gun mounts
Propulsion system unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Odenwald
	91k	SS Odenwald at San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March 1915. She is being watched by the USLHT Myrtle, whose bow is to the right. US Library of Congress. Photo No. LC-B2-3456-12.	Mike Green
USS Newport News (AK-3)
	66k	USS Newport News at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in June 1918. US National Archives photo # 19-N-10398 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	80k	USS Newport News moored pierside, circa 1917-1918, location unknown. US National Archives, RG-19-E. Photo No. Unknown a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
	45k	USS Newport News in San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1919. The ship served in the Pacific from August 1919 until she was decommissioned in August 1924. US Navy photo # NH 84673 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1976.	Mike Green and Robert Hurst
	36k	*USS Newport News* (AK-3) with USS Undaunted (AT-58)** alongside. Probably in San Francisco Bay, circa the early 1920s. Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1936. US Navy photo # NH 45128, from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command.	US Navy History and Heritage Command
	55k	*USS Newport News* (AK-3)** waiting off Wake Island, 24 September 1922, prior to putting ashore a large cache of fresh water and provisions for use in the event of a ship wreck there. This mission occurred during a period in which few ships passed Wake Island. US Navy photo # NH 67755, received from the US Naval Library, Treasure Island Naval Station, CA., 1969, from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command.	US Navy History and Heritage Command
	1154k	Photos of *USS Newport News* (AK-3)'s ice machine installation at Mare Island Navy Yard, circa 1919-20. Newport News** was at Mare Island at least twice each year between 1919 and 1924.	Darryl Baker
	983k		Darryl Baker

USS Newport News (AK-3)
DANFS history entry located the US Navy History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Allison, John	14 July 1917 - ?
02	LCDR. Tod, Elmer Wayne	1923 - ?


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