USS Antigua

USS Antigua

USS "Antigua" may refer to more than one ship in the U.S. Navy:

* USS "Antigua" (AF-17), acquired by the Navy on 28 December 1941, but was never actually commissioned. It was returned to its owner in 1944.

* which had been slated to be transferred to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease act during its construction was occasionally referred to as "Antigua" since the frigate was renamed HMS|Antigua|K501 when it entered British service.

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