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LST-1119 / ARB-11 Diomedes


USS Diomedes (ARB-11) was transferred to Germany and renamed FGS Odin (A512)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 October 1944, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca. IL.
  • Launched, 11 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1119, 23 January 1945, LCDR. S. H. P. Read, Jr., USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD. for conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship
  • Recommissioned, USS Diomedes (ARB-11), 23 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1946, at Jacksonville, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred in June 1961 to Germany, renamed FGS Odin (A512)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • 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 286
    Boats two LCVP
    Armament eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Diomedes 49k Diomedes (ARB-11) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1 December 1945 Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USS Diomedes
    FGS Odin (A512)
    Diomedes 46k Ex-Diomedes (ARB-11) at anchor while in German service as FGS Odin (A512), date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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