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USS Sarpedon (ARB-7)

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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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as LST-956, 11 July 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, MA.
  • Redesignated Battle Damage Repair Ship ARB-7, 14 August 1944
  • Launched, 21 August 1944
  • Placed in partial commission for transit to her conversion yard and decommissioned, at Baltimore, MD., 29 November 1944
  • Converted to an Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Recommissioned, USS Sarpedon (ARB-7), 10 March 1945
  • During and following World War II USS Sarpedon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and performed both Occupation duty in the Far East and China service
  • Decommissioned, 29 January 1947, at San Diego, CA,
  • Laid up int the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976
  • Sold for scrapping, 1 January 1977, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS)
  • Acquired by Phaethon Shipping & Trading Corp. S.A., Panama and renamed MV Petrola 133
  • Final Disposition, broken up for scrap, 30 May 1989
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,781 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 15
    Enlisted 271
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Ship's Service Generators
    four 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two 100Kw 450V A.C.
    Fuel Oil Capacity Diesel 4,480 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    two propellers, 1800shp
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    Sarpedon 108k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) underway near Baltimore, MD., 24 March 1945, after completion of conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship. Beginning with this ship, the 3"/50 gun was eliminated and the after 40 mm quad mount was moved to the extreme stern.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-81377, RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sarpedon 1125k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. Bruce Latimer
    Sarpedon 1173k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. Bruce Latimer
    Sarpedon 92k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) at anchor at Shanghai, China, 26 December 1945 Bruce Latimer
    Sarpedon 1495k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) voyage record with ports of call. Bruce Latimer
    Sarpedon 119k USS Sarpedon (ARB-7) laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    USS Sarpedon (ARB-7)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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