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LST-1092 / ARV(E)-3 Aventinus

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Korean Service Medal

USS Aventinus (ARVE-3) was transferred to Chile and renamed Aguila (ARVE-135)
Aventinus Class Aircraft Repair Ship (Engine):
  • Authorized as LST-1092
  • Redesignated an Aircraft Repair Ship (Engine), 8 December 1944
  • Laid down, 8 January 1945, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 24 March 1945
  • Commissioned, USS Aventinus (ARV(E)-3), 30 May 1945, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Recommissioned, 25 July 1950
  • Decommissioned, 4 April 1952, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Transferred to Chile in August 1963, renamed Aguila (ARVE-135)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 June 1992
  • Final Disposition, scuttled in August 1980 after running aground
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,110 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement 245
    Armament eight 40mm, 12 20mm
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    USS Aventinus (ARV(E)-3)
    Aventinus 39k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) underway off Okinawa, late 1945. Jeff Burke
    Aventinus 57k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Aventinus 78k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy         		James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 61k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) gunnery drill, date unknown. James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 54k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) underway , starboard side looking forward, date and place unknown. James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 69k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) aircraft engine test equipment James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 61k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) sick bay James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 162k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) aircraft engine test stand James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 78k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) aircraft engine test stand James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 45k Buckner Bay, Okinawa from the decks of Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 111k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) coming alongside a barge off Okinawa, circa October 1945. James D. Patlyek
    Aventinus 84k Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) coming alongside a barge off Okinawa, circa October 1945. James D. Patlyek
    Aguila (ARVE-135)
    Aventinus 43k Ex-Aventinus (ARV(E)-3) in the Republic of Chile service as Aguila (ARVE-135) at anchor, circa 1965, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Aventinus 33k Aguila (ARVE-135) moored at Caleta Tortel, Chiloe Island, Chile, in 1979. Victor Vergara
    View additional Aventinus Crew Photos
    View the Aventinus (ARV(E)-3)
    DANFS history entry located at NavSource.
    View the Aventinus ships newspapers:
    Volume No. 1, No. 1. "Nameless News" Monday 22 October 1945
    Volume No. 1, No. 2. "Avent News"
    Volume No. 1, No. 6. "Avent News" Monday 26 November 1945
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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