USS Abarenda (IX-131)

SS Acme when she was inspected by the Twelfth Naval District in December 1917.
History
United States
NameAcme
NamesakeAcme Oil Company
Owner
  • Standard Transportation Company, Inc., New York City (1916–1931)
  • Standard-Vacuum Transportation Company, Inc., New York (1931–1935)
  • Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., New York (1935–1942)
  • War Shipping Administration (1942–1943)
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Yard number125
Laid down1916
Launched29 April 1916
Commissioned22 June 1916
Identification
FateRequisitioned by the WSA 3 November 1943
SS Acme at anchor, 19 August 1943, location unknown, shortly before being acquired by the USN.
History
United States
NameAbarenda
Acquired26 February 1944
Commissioned18 April 1944
Decommissioned28 February 1946
Renamed3 November 1943
Stricken20 March 1946
Identification
FateScrapped at Shanghai 1948
General characteristics
Class & typeEmergency Fleet Corporation design 1047 tanker
TypeFloating storage tanker
Displacement19,410 long tons (19,720 t)
Length435 ft (133 m)
Beam56 ft (17 m)
Draft25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed10.2 kn (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph)
Complement10 officer 110 enlisted

Originally named SS Acme, the second USS Abarenda (IX-131) was a storage tanker, one of many miscellaneous-class Navy vessel crewed by the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

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