USS Demeter

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USS Demeter (ARB-10) laid up in reserve at East Boston Naval Annex, Massachusetts (USA), in September 1960.jpg
USS Demeter (ARB-10), laid up in reserve at East Boston Naval Annex, September 1960.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Name
  • LST-1121
  • Demeter
Namesake Demeter
Builder Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down25 October 1944
Launched19 January 1945
Commissioned
  • 31 January 1945, reduced commission
  • 3 July 1945, full commission
Decommissioned
  • 2 March 1945
  • 27 May 1947
Identification
Fate
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Name
  • Motonave
  • Demeter
FateSunk, 12 January 1964
General characteristics [1]
Class and type
Displacement
  • 1,781 long tons (1,810  t) light
  • 3,960 long tons (4,020 t) full load
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11.6  kn (21.5  km/h; 13.3  mph)
Complement15 officers, 271 enlisted men
Armament

USS Demeter (ARB-10) was planned as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship, but was redesignated as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Demeter (the Greek goddess of agriculture), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

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Construction

Laid down as LST-1121 on 25 October 1944, by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; launched 19 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Wynn; placed in partial commission on 31 January 1945, under the command of Lieutenant P. P. Wynn, USNR; sailed down the Mississippi River on her way to Baltimore, where she was decommissioned on 2 March 1945, for conversion to a battle damage repair ship; and commissioned as Demeter (ARB-10) on 3 July 1945. [2]

Service history

Demeter called at San Diego, from 1 to 6 September 1945, and arrived at Pearl Harbor ten days later. She embarked passengers for the United States and sailed 11 October, for the east coast, arriving at Charleston, South Carolina, on 11 November. She arrived at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 27 November, and was placed in service in reserve on 27 May 1947, to provide services there to the reserve fleet group. Demeter was sold on 3 September 1959. [2]

Resold in 1961, for merchant service and renamed Motonave, the ship was later renamed Demeter (date unknown). She sank on 12 January 1964. [1]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Navsource 2017.
    2. 1 2 DANFS.

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