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LST-518 / ARB-6 Nestor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as LST-518, 12 September 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL.
  • Redesignated Battle Damage Repair Ship ARB-6, 3 November 1943
  • Converted to an Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned, USS Nestor (ARB-6), 24 June 1944, CDR. Frank W. Parsons, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Nestor was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Nestor was driven aground at Okinawa by wind and heavy seas during Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 29 November 1945
  • Final Disposition, hulk sold for scrap May 1947
    In November 1945 CNO directed that the hulk be sunk or destroyed, but this was not done and she became one of around
    15 Okinawa typhoon wrecks that were finally sold for scrap in two batches in May and November 1947 by the State Department's
    Foreign Liquidations Commission. Nestor (ARB-6) along with LST-823 and LST-826, three floating docks and some
    smaller craft, were included in the May batch and were purchased by the Oklahoma-Philippines Co. in what was referred to as the
    "Berry sale." The date of her scrapping is not known.
  • Nestor 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 gun mounts
    eight 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Nestor 51k Nestor (ARB-6) driven aground at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, by wind and heavy seas during Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945 . The aftermath of the typhoon found this jumble of ships with Nestor's bow through the stern of another ship. Note the YTB alongside Nestor.
    Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, "The Elsie Item", June 2006 issue, courtesy of Delbert C. Hollinger, USS LCI(G)-470    		 Ardie Hunt
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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