USS Abarenda (AC-13)

The first USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy during World War I.

She was originally a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle, England by the Edwards Shipbuilding Company and was acquired by the Navy on 5 May 1898. She was fitted out as Collier No. 13 and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 20 May 1898 with Lieutenant Commander Marcus B. Buford in command.