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LST-132 / ARB-4 Zeus

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Xray - Golf;f
 NJXG
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Projected as LST-132
  • Laid down, 17 June 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 26 October 1943
  • Redesignated as ARB-4, a Battle Damage Repair Ship
  • Converted to a battle damage repair ship by the Maryland Drydock Co. at Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned, 11 April 1944, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Sand Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Sold 1 August 1974, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service to Snopac Enterprises for commercial service as a salmon processor and freight ship, renamed MV Cape St. Elias
  • Sold in 1988 to Icicle Sea Foods, renamed MV Coastal Star
  • Sold to SNOPAC Products Inc., December 2007, renamed MV SNOPAC Innovator
  • Current Disposition serves as a transport and berthing vessel for SNOPAC Products Inc. processing crews in Alaska
    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 two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Zeus 7k ex-Zeus (ARB-4) in commercial service as the Icicle Sea Food Co. ship Coastal Star underway, date and place unknown. Icicle Sea Food web site
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    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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