SMY16 USS Antares (AKS 3) Built 1918-20 Hog Island, Pa; 5050 tons displ. 401x54.16x11.75 feet; Recp SHP 2500=11.5 kts; 4x5"/51 + 2-4x3"/50 guns (1942 added small AA).  USN Nov.'21, Commission Feb.'22 as Fleet Target & Photo Ship (AG 10).  Atlantic/Caribbean service 1922-1937; Pacific from June'38; Nov. '40 reclassified AKS 3.  Arrived Pearl Harbor 7 Dec '41, two hours before Japanese attack, outside harbor entrance sighted midget submarine which USS WARD (DD 139) sank.  April '42 - April '46 Pacific logistic ops., including Okinawa; decommissioned 2 Aug.'46, scrapped