USS Midway (AG-41)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Midway |
| Namesake | Midway Atoll |
| Owner | Alaska Transportation Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Builder | Todd Shipyards Corporation, Brooklyn, New York |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Completed | in 1921 |
| Acquired | by the Navy on bareboat charter |
| Commissioned | 10 April 1942 as USS Midway (AG-41) at Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Decommissioned | 24 May 1946 |
| Renamed | Tyee in 1939; USS Panay (AG-41), 3 April 1943 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Returned to her owner at war's end |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | commercial cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 2,250 tons |
| Displacement | 1,622 tons |
| Length | 238 ft 8 in (72.75 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 8 in (10.26 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Propulsion | unknown, single propeller |
| Speed | 11.5 knots |
| Troops | 300 |
| Complement | 86 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | one single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount |
USS Midway (AG-41), later renamed as USS Panay (AG-41), was a commercial cargo ship leased by the United States Navy during World War II. She was used by the Navy as a cargo ship and as a troop transport in the North Pacific Ocean. She was returned to her owner at war's end.