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SUBMARINE TENDER USS ANTAEUS AS-21 Patch St. John was built in 1932 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Va.; operated as a passenger liner by the Eastern Steam Ship Co.; acquired by the on 24 April 1941; renamed Antaeus (AS-21): and placed in commission on 17 May 1941, Comdr. R. S. Morse in command. Following her commissioning, the submarine tender operated in the Caribbean. She took part in training exercises and made repairs to the American submarines patrolling in those waters. Antaeus finished this task in September 1942, when she was assigned to transport duties and was redesignated AG-67. Antaeus entered the New York Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 28 December 1944. There, she underwent conversion to a hospital ship. On 18 January 1945, the vessel was renamed Rescue and redesignated (AH-18).
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