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LST-1100 / ARST-3 Palmyra

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Laysan Island Class Salvage Craft Tender
  • Laid down, 11 December 1944, as LST-1100 at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Redesignated Salvage Craft Tender, ARST-38 December 1944
  • Named Palmyra, 23 December 1944
  • Launched, 20 February 1945
  • Commissioned, USS Palmyra (ARST-3), 28 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 1 April 1974
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,800 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement 289
    Armament
    eight 40mm AA guns
    twelve 20mm AA guns
    Boats two LCVPs
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Palmyra 23k Palmyra (ARST-3) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Palmyra 44k Palmyra (ARST-3) underway, 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
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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