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ID-1997 / AK-4 Bath

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
Cargo Ship:
  • Built in 1913 as Andromeda by Oderwerke Stettiner, Stettin, Germany for the Argo Steamship Co., Holland
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Seized by US Customs Service at New Orleans, LA., 6 April 1917
  • Transferred to the US Navy in May 1917
  • Commissioned USS Bath (ID 1997), 30 July 1917
  • Redesignated (AK-4), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 9 May 1922, at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 2 January 1926, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,250 t.(lt), 6,782 t.(fl>
    Length 344'
    Beam 46' 2"
    Draft 20' 2"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 99
    Armament three single 3" gun mounts and two machine guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Bath 90k Bath (ID-1997) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 28 June 1918, with what appears to be a significant list to starboard. Note her pattern camouflage.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-6737 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Bath 65k Bath (AK-4) at anchor and dressed with flags, circa 1920.
    US Navy photo # NH 68729 a US Naval Historical Center photo courtesy Charles M. Loring, 1969    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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