Claim: USS Agwidale, the single-screw steel-hulled freighter commissioned on November 16, 1918 and built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., was sold to China in 1946 and renamed Wei Ming.
Evidence: While still under construction, the single-screw steel-hulled freighter SP-4464 was acquired by the Navy from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. near the end of the first World War and assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation service (NOTS). 16 November 1918 Commissioned: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA Builder: Sold to China in 1946 and renamed Wei Ming. Fate unknown. Fate: