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LST-1095 / ARV(A)-6 Megara


USS Megara (ARV(A)-6 was transferred to Mexico and renamed Rio Grijalva (A-03)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Fabius Class Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft):
  • Authorized as LST-1095
  • Redesignated Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft) ARV(A)-6, 14 December 1944
  • Laid down, 22 January 1945, at American Bridge Co., Ambrige, PA.
  • Launched, 25 April 1945
  • Placed in temporary commission, 19 June 1945, for transit to her fitting out yard at New Orleans LA,
  • Completed and placed in full commission as USS Megara (ARV(A)-6), 27 June 1945, at Algiers, LA., Lcdr. M. T. Dalby in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group
  • Recommissioned, 5 January 1951, at Green Cove Springs, FL., Lcdr. R. J. Devito in command
  • Decommissioned, 16 January 1956, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group
  • Transferred (date unknown) to Atlantic Reserve Fleet Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition, transferred, cash sale by DRMS, to Mexico, 1 October 1973, renamed Rio Grijalva (A-03), fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,753 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 245
    Armament eight 40mm guns, 12 20mm guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Megara 25k Megara (ARV(A)-6 at anchor, date and place unknown. Gunter Krebs
    View the Megara (ARV(A)-6) DANFS history entry located at NavSource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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