USS Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik, a double star in the constellation Perseus. Her twin sister ship was Asterion...

American Q-ship encountered a U-boat and a short surface engagement ensued. USS Atik, under Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynnwood Hicks, was originally a merchantman...

Omicron Persei Atik railway station, in Manitoba, Canada Atik Yomin or "Ancient of Days", Aramaic name for God in the Book of Daniel USS Atik (AK-101), a...

USS Eagle (AM-132) before becoming USS Captor (PYc-40), SS Evelyn and Carolyn, identical cargo vessels that became USS Asterion (AK-100) and USS Atik (AK-101)...

designation, however, was strictly a cover, for Asterion, like her sister ship USS Atik (the former SS Carolyn) was in fact a Q-ship. While this ruse de guerre...

Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan, and was one of 50 obsolescent U.S. Navy destroyers transferred...

USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston". She was launched...

USS Drum (SS-228) is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship...

Bermuda before moving closer to the US east coast. She then attacked the USS Atik, a Q ship. This disguised merchantman was hit on the port side, the crew...

67 21 February 1942 26 February 1942 USS Atik (AK-101) (antisubmarine operations) 27 March 1942 27 March 1942 USS Asterion (AK-100) (antisubmarine operations)...