Aristaeus-class repair ship

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Class overview
NameAristaeus class
Builders
Operators
Built1943-1945
In commission1943-1947
Planned12
Completed12
Laid up1
Retired12
General characteristics
Type Repair ship
Displacement
  • 1,781 t (1,753 long tons) light
  • 4,100 t (4,035 long tons) full load
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops20 officers, 234 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

The Aristaeus-class repair ship was a class of repair ships of the United States Navy during the Second World War.

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Development

Thirteen ships was converted into a repair ship throughout the later stages of World War II. The ships were converted from the LST-1, LST-491 and LST-542 classes. After the war, few ships were then sold to foreign countries such as Brazil, Greece, Norway and West Germany.

The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipments to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armament had been slightly changed and relocated to make way for the ships' equipments. All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat. [1]

MV Gordon Jensen (ex-USS Zeus) is still active to this day, serving as a transport and berthing vessel for SNOPAC Products Inc. processing crews in Alaska. [2]

ARB-13 (ex-USS LST-50) was redesignated as a repair ship on 14 November 1952. She was sold to Norway as HNoMS Ellida (A534) and later sold to Greece as Sakipis (A329).

Ships of class

Aristaeus-class repair ship [3]
Pennant numberNameCallsignBuildersLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
ARB-1 Aristaeus NJWX Philadelphia Navy Yard 11 February 194318 May 194310 January 1947Fate unknown
ARB-2 Oceanus NJXA11 February 194322 May 1943January 1947Scrapped
ARB-3 Phaon NJXD Dravo Corporation 30 January 19435 August 1943January 1947Scrapped on 8 July 1962
ARB-4 Zeus NJXG Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. 26 October 194311 April 194430 August 1946Sold to merchant service, laid up in Alaska
ARB-5 Midas NJXJ24 December 194323 May 1944January 1947Scrapped on 19 November 1980
ARB-6 Nestor NJLJ20 January 194424 June 194429 November 1945Scrapped
ARB-7 Sarpedon NJLR Bethlehem Steel Co. 21 August 194410 March 194529 January 1947Scrapped on 30 May 1989
ARB-8 Telamon NJLV Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard 10 January 19451 June 194520 May 1947Scrapped on 1 March 1974
ARB-9 Ulysses NJMB2 December 194420 April 194528 February 1947Sold to West Germany and renamed Odin (A512), fate unknown
ARB-10 Demeter NJMJChicago Bridge and Iron Co.19 January 19453 July 194525 May 1947Sold to merchant service, sunk on 12 January 1964
ARB-11 Diomedes NJMP11 January 194523 June 19453 December 1946Sold to West Germany and renamed Wotan (A513), fate unknown
ARB-12 Helios NJMR14 February 194523 July 19453 December 1946Sold to Brazil and renamed Belmonte (G24), sunk as target on 19 March 2002
ARB-13Sold to Norway as HNoMS Ellida (A534), later sold to Greece as Sakipis (A329)

Citations

  1. ↑ Aristaeus Class Repair Ships. Books LLC. ISBN   9781156724477.
  2. ↑ "GORDON JENSEN, Fishing vessel - Details and current position - IMO 8836273 MMSI 367526070 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "NavSource Auxiliary Ship Photo Archive". NavSource. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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