Fabius-class aircraft repair ship

	USS Megara
Class overview
Name	Fabius class
Builders	American Bridge Co.
Operators	United States Navy ; Mexican Navy ;
Preceded by	Aventinus class
Built	1945
In commission	1945–1956
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft repair ship
Displacement	2,110 long tons (2,144 t), light; 3,960 long tons (4,024 t), full load;
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567A diesel engines ; Single Falk Main Reduction Gear; 2 × shafts; 2 × rudders ;
Speed	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	20 officers, 225–240 enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns ; 12 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons ;

Last updated June 25, 2025

The Fabius-class aircraft repair ship was a class of repair ships that were operated by the United States Navy during World War II.^[1]

Design

Fabius-class was a ship class consisting of two modified LST-542-class tank landing ships, where they serve as aircraft repair ships in late 1945. They have the same hull measurements with changes taken place on their armaments and displacements, alongside a workshop to carry out their role. Only LST-1093 (Fabius) and LST-1095 (Megara) were chosen to be modified and redesignated ARVA, with "A" standing for "Aircraft".^[1]

Both ships survived the war and were mothballed for a short while, before Fabius was reactivated amid the Korean War in the 1950s. Mexico bought Megara and renamed her to ARM General Vincente Guerrero (A-05).^[2]

Ships in the class

*Fabius* class^[3]
Hull no.	Name	Callsign	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
ARVA-5	Fabius	NIRI	American Bridge Co.	8 January 1945	11 April 1945	7 June 1945	4 April 1952	Stricken, fate unknown
ARVA-6	Megara	NIRK	American Bridge Co.	22 January 1945	25 April 1945	27 June 1945	16 January 1956	Transferred to Mexico and renamed ARM General Vincente Guerrero (A-05), 1973^[2]

References

1 2 "Fabius (ARVA-5) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
1 2 "Aircraft Repair Ship Photo Index (ARV)". NavSource. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
↑ Aviation Ships, Chapter 26 (PDF). Naval History and Historical Command. p. 356.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Fabius (ARVA-5) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Aircraft Repair Ship Photo Index (ARV)". NavSource. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[3] Aviation Ships, Chapter 26 (PDF). Naval History and Historical Command. p. 356.

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Fabius Megara
Preceded by: Aventinus class Followed by: none
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Fabius-class aircraft repair ship

Contents

Design

Ships in the class

See also

References

Class overview
USS Megara
Name	Fabius class
Builders	American Bridge Co.
Operators	United States Navy Mexican Navy
Preceded by	Aventinus class
Built	1945
In commission	1945–1956
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft repair ship
Displacement	2,110 long tons (2,144 t), light 3,960 long tons (4,024 t), full load
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567A diesel engines Single Falk Main Reduction Gear 2 × shafts 2 × rudders
Speed	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	20 officers, 225–240 enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns 12 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons