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...
13 KB (1,796 words) - 16:08, 3 August 2024
Action of 27 March 1942 (section USS Atik)
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...
5 KB (477 words) - 09:06, 7 July 2023
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...
497 bytes (108 words) - 12:56, 31 March 2022
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)...
23 KB (3,056 words) - 04:13, 30 June 2024
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...
12 KB (1,589 words) - 16:18, 3 August 2024
HMS Campbeltown (I42) (section As USS Buchanan)
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...
19 KB (1,874 words) - 23:24, 3 July 2024
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...
31 KB (3,325 words) - 17:13, 28 May 2024
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...
17 KB (1,937 words) - 06:05, 10 June 2024
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...
30 KB (2,834 words) - 11:13, 2 July 2024
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)...
12 KB (1,105 words) - 12:41, 22 February 2024