USS Antigone (ID-3007) was a transport for the United States Navy during World War I, and the first ship of that name for the US Navy. She was originally Neckar for Norddeutscher Lloyd from her 1900 launch until seized by the US in 1917. After her war service she was Potomac for United States Lines.
Neckar
Neckar was launched on 8 December 1900 at Geestemünde, Germany, by Joh. C. Tecklenborg and was owned and operated by North German Lloyd. Neckar was 499.5 ft long, had twin screws and quadruple expansion engines.[1] During 1900–1914, she was the third largest transporter of steerage passengers (nearly all immigrants) to the United States, most of whom disembarked in New York and Baltimore.[2] In the North Atlantic at the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, the passenger and freight liner sought sanctuary at the neutral port, Baltimore, Maryland — lest she fall prey to the warships of the Royal Navy — and was interned, ostensibly for the duration of the conflict.