USS Anthedon

	USS Anthedon (AS-24,) moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, 26 January 1945.
History
United States
Name	Anthedon
Namesake	Anthedon
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 858
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	6 May 1943
Launched	15 October 1943
Commissioned	17 December 1943 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	30 December 1943
Commissioned	15 September 1944 (full commission)
Decommissioned	21 September 1946
Stricken	c.1968–1969
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-24; Code letters: NUSP; ;
Fate	Sold to Turkey, 7 February 1969
Turkey
Name	Donatan
Acquired	7 February 1969
Identification	A-583
Fate	Scrapped, date unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Aegir-class submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Foster–Wheeler D-type 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers; 8,500 shp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine; General Electric double reduction main gears; 1 × Propeller;
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun; 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA;

USS Anthedon (AS-24) was an Aegir-class submarine tender of the United States Navy during World War II.

History
USS Anthedon (AS-24,) moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, 26 January 1945.
United States
Name	Anthedon
Namesake	Anthedon
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 858
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	6 May 1943
Launched	15 October 1943
Commissioned	17 December 1943 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	30 December 1943
Commissioned	15 September 1944 (full commission)
Decommissioned	21 September 1946
Stricken	c.1968–1969
Identification	Hull symbol: AS-24 Code letters: NUSP
Fate	Sold to Turkey, 7 February 1969
Turkey
Name	Donatan
Acquired	7 February 1969
Identification	A-583
Fate	Scrapped, date unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Aegir-class submarine tender
Displacement	16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full)
Length	492 ft 6 in (150.11 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Foster–Wheeler D-type 465 psi (3,210 kPa) 765 °F (407 °C) steam boilers 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric steam turbine General Electric double reduction main gears 1 × Propeller
Speed	18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph)
Complement	82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun 4 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA