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LST-967 / ARB-9 Ulysses


USS Ulysses (ARB-9) was transferred to West Germany and renamed FGS Wotan (A513)
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:
  • Authorized as LST-967
  • Redesignated Battle Damage Repair Ship ARB-9, 14 April 1944
  • Laid down, 2 November 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 2 December 1944
  • Partially commissioned USS Ulysses (ARB-9), 27 December 1944, for transit to her conversion yard
  • Decommissioned, 9 January 1945, at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Converted to an Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship
  • Recommissioned, 20 April 1945, LT. James L. Johnstone, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned 28 February 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Spring
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1961
  • Transferred to West Germany in June 1961, renamed FGS Wotan (A513)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    Ulysses 67k Ex-Ulysses (ARB-9) underway while in German service as FGS Wotan (A513), date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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