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LST-514 / ARB-5 Midas

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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 August 1943, as LST-514 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Redesignated a Battle Damage Repair Ship, 3 November 1943
  • Launched, 24 December 1943
  • Completed as a Battle Damage Repair Ship at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned, USS Midas (ARB-5), 23 May 1944, at Baltimore, MD., LT. Robert A. Young in command.
  • During World War II Midas was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Placed in reserve, in commission, 30 November 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Decommissioned in January 1947 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), date unknown
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD sale, 19 November 1980, fate unknown
  • Midas earned one battle star 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 40mm guns, eight 20mm guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Midas 87k Midas (ARB-5) underway, date and place unknown. Note Midas is painted Camouflage Measure 31, Design 8L.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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