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USS Achelous (ARL-1)
ex
 LST-10 (1942)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Quebec - Sierra
 NJQS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (16-18 August 1943) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as LST-10 at Dravo Corp., Wilmington DL.
  • Reclassified as a Landing Craft Repair Ship while still building
  • Launched, 25 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS Achelous (ARL-1), 2 April 1943, at Baltimore, MD., LT. Walter Ringies, in command
  • During World War II USS Achelous was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Sicilian occupation, 15 July to 19 August 1943 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May, June and August 1945
    Invasion of southern France, August 1944 .

  • Decommissioned, 6 September 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition sold for scrapping, 1 January 1974
  • USS Achelous earned three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220t. (lt.) 4,100t. (fl.)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.6 Kts.
    Complement 255
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Achelous 53k USS Achelous (ARL-1) underway, April 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo     		.
    Achelous 54k USS Achelous (ARL-1) steams beneath the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, S.C., 15 February 1945. She is painted in the Measure 31 camouflage scheme (dull black, ocean green and Navy green).
    Note the large A-frame on her port side for hoisting damaged landing craft aboard for repair, and the booms stepped port and starboard for handling cargo.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-78643, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.     		.
    Achelous 27k Starboard broadside view of USS Achelous (ARL-1) underway on the Cooper River off Charleston, S.C., 19 February 1945.
    US Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo #619-45     		Robert Hall
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