U.S.S. Agamemnon

The U.S.S. Agamemnon was built in Stettin, Germany in early 1903 and was originally launched as the Kaiser Wilhelm II. She made her maiden voyage on April 14th, 1903. In 1904, she won the Blue Riband for the fastest trans-Atlantic crossing. The vessel was seized by the U.S. Government when it declared war on Germany April 6th, 1917. The ship was placed in commission by the U.S. in late August of 1917 as a transport ship and the name was changed to Agamemnon that September 1st. Novemeber 9th, 1917, the ship took on damage when it collided with another ex-German transport named U.S.S. Von Steuben. In Late 1927, her name was changed again to Monticello, but had no further active service. She was sold for scrap in 1940.

• Length: 215.27 m (706 ft 3 in)
• Beam: 22.02 m (72 ft 3 in)
• Draft: 9.09 m (29 ft in)
• Propulsion: Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw,
• Speed: 23.5 knots (27 Mph)
• Capacity: 19,361 tons
• Occupancy: 1,888 passengers
• Armament: 4) 150mm guns, 2) 1-pounder guns, 2) .Colt Lewis .30-cal machine guns, 10) Depth charges

Giovanni Pennisi (Born: 1886) was on board of this vessel in June of 1919 while serving in the United States military.