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LST-328 / ARB-2 Oceanus

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Xray - Alpha

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:

Laid down, 12 November 1942, as LST-328 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

Reclassified, Battle Damage Repair Ship, ARB-2, 25 January 1943

Launched, 11 February 1943

Commissioned, USS Oceanus (ARB-2), 22 May 1943, LCDR. W. B. Studley in command

During WWII Oceanus was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of Southern Palau Islands, 20 September to 14 October 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, March to June 1945
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 20 February to 17 March 1945	.

Decommissioned in January 1947 at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961

Final Disposition, scrapped

Oceanus earned three battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,781 t(lt) 3,700 t.(fl)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 260
Armament

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	44k	Oceanus (ARB-2) at anchor, date and location unknown. Note *Oceanus* is painted Camouflage Measure 31, Design 11L. US Navy photo		Joanne Ziegler for her father Joe Ziegler USS Oceanus

View the Oceanus (ARB-2)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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